---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCH CD-CHARTER SCH-FINANCING"
description: "Amends the Charter Schools Law of the School Code. Provides that if a charter school dismisses a pupil from the charter school after receiving a quarterly payment from the school district, the charter school shall return to the school district an amount equal to 100% of the school district's per capita student tuition, on a pro rata basis, for the time the student is not enrolled at the charter school. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "HB 4591"
citation: "Illinois HB 4591 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 57
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2014-02-04"
last_action: "2014-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f8b5897-ffdb-4b52-a16f-a41fcf5f3fd8"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4591&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=79152&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "4da9c2047d2625c79fb4b9ca3fb01e814b4ad1709ce598bce1074a2807f328bd"
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 4591 (98th) — SCH CD-CHARTER SCH-FINANCING

Amends the Charter Schools Law of the School Code. Provides that if a charter school dismisses a pupil from the charter school after receiving a quarterly payment from the school district, the charter school shall return to the school district an amount equal to 100% of the school district's per capita student tuition, on a pro rata basis, for the time the student is not enrolled at the charter school. 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=09800HB4591&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=79152&DocNum=4591&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB4591eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=79152&DocNum=4591&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB4591enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=79152&DocNum=4591&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **100–2** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Donne E. Trotter — cosponsor (person)
- Robert F. Martwick — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-04** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Robert F. Martwick `filing`
- **2014-02-04** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-02-04** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-03** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-24** Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 014-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-03-25** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-03-25** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Robert F. Martwick `amendment-introduction`
- **2014-03-25** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-26** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-03-27** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Smiddy
- **2014-04-04** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel J. Burke
- **2014-04-04** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Arthur Turner
- **2014-04-04** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Ed Sullivan, Jr.
- **2014-04-04** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch
- **2014-04-04** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
- **2014-04-04** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
- **2014-04-04** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly Burke
- **2014-04-04** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Frances Ann Hurley
- **2014-04-04** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. David McSweeney
- **2014-04-04** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kay Hatcher
- **2014-04-04** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe
- **2014-04-04** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
- **2014-04-04** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. William Davis
- **2014-04-04** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
- **2014-04-04** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
- **2014-04-04** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
- **2014-04-04** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maria Antonia Berrios
- **2014-04-04** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.
- **2014-04-04** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
- **2014-04-04** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Derrick Smith
- **2014-04-04** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ann Williams
- **2014-04-09** Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. David McSweeney
- **2014-04-09** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2014-04-09** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2014-04-10** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2014-04-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-04-10** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 100-002-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-04-11** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2014-04-11** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-04-11** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2014-04-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-04-11** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-23** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-29** Postponed - Education
- **2014-04-29** To Subcommittee on Charter Schools
- **2014-05-06** Reported Back To Education; 003-000-000
- **2014-05-07** Do Pass Education; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-05-07** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 8, 2014
- **2014-05-08** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2014-05-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 12, 2014
- **2014-05-20** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Donne E. Trotter
- **2014-05-21** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-05-21** Passed Both Houses
- **2014-06-06** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-06-09** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2014-06-09** Effective Date June 9, 2014
- **2014-06-09** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0640 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8f8b5897-ffdb-4b52-a16f-a41fcf5f3fd8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).