---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCHOOL CD-REPEAL TASK FORCE"
description: "Amends the School Code to repeal the provision concerning the Illinois Accessibility Task Force."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "SB 2096"
citation: "Illinois SB 2096 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-02-10"
last_action: "2011-08-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a5904e5-59c2-443e-ab7e-607ec11cda28"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2096&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=58289&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "ea64ffcd714c0080e5b493e79fe37eecd72b031058c13d1bc94cdb73f02a688b"
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 SB 2096 (97th) — SCHOOL CD-REPEAL TASK FORCE

Amends the School Code to repeal the provision concerning the Illinois Accessibility Task Force.

## 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=09700SB2096&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=58289&DocNum=2096&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB2096eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=58289&DocNum=2096&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB2096enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=58289&DocNum=2096&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **51–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pamela J. Althoff — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-10** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Pamela J. Althoff `filing`
- **2011-02-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-02-10** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-02** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-03** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Pamela J. Althoff `amendment-introduction`
- **2011-03-03** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-08** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Education
- **2011-03-08** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2011-03-09** Do Pass as Amended Education; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-03-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 10, 2011
- **2011-03-10** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-03-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 14, 2011
- **2011-04-08** Third Reading - Passed; 051-000-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-04-08** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2011-04-08** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-08** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Timothy L. Schmitz
- **2011-04-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-08** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-12** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-04** Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 014-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-05-04** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-05-04** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith Farnham
- **2011-05-04** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore
- **2011-05-10** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2011-05-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-05-16** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 099-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-05-16** Passed Both Houses
- **2011-05-16** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kay Hatcher
- **2011-06-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2011-08-12** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2011-08-12** Effective Date January 1, 2012
- **2011-08-12** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0355 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7a5904e5-59c2-443e-ab7e-607ec11cda28`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).