---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCH CONSTRUC-ENERGY EFFICIENCY"
description: "Amends the School Construction Law. Allows school energy efficiency grants to be made to special education cooperatives. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "HB 12"
citation: "Illinois HB 12 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2010-12-28"
last_action: "2011-07-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a174ec53-e13d-4eca-9c1a-65b7909cf0cf"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=12&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=54391&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "42d0809da50b31913fa14cf33fd2d7434a534060506296d602d2e22906e57b2e"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
---

# Illinois HB 12 (97th) — SCH CONSTRUC-ENERGY EFFICIENCY

Amends the School Construction Law. Allows school energy efficiency grants to be made to special education cooperatives. Effective immediately.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB0012&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=54391&DocNum=12&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB0012eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=54391&DocNum=12&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB0012enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=54391&DocNum=12&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **54–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sandy Cole — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2010-12-28** Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Sandy Cole `filing`
- **2011-01-12** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-01-12** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-08** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
- **2011-02-08** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kay Hatcher
- **2011-02-08** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Roger L. Eddy
- **2011-02-08** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2011-02-08** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jil Tracy
- **2011-02-08** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark H. Beaubien, Jr.
- **2011-02-08** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-23** Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 022-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-02-23** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-02-24** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2011-02-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-03-01** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
- **2011-03-01** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith Farnham
- **2011-03-01** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol A. Sente
- **2011-03-01** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
- **2011-03-01** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-03-01** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Fortner
- **2011-03-02** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2011-03-02** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 3, 2011 `reading-1`
- **2011-03-02** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Carole Pankau
- **2011-03-02** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
- **2011-03-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-02** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-27** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-05** Do Pass Education; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-05-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 6, 2011
- **2011-05-06** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 10, 2011
- **2011-05-12** Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-05-12** Passed Both Houses
- **2011-06-10** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2011-07-28** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2011-07-28** Effective Date July 28, 2011
- **2011-07-28** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0205 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a174ec53-e13d-4eca-9c1a-65b7909cf0cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).