---
type: "Bill"
title: "EDUCATION-TECH"
description: "Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning debt limitations of school districts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "HB 4995"
citation: "Illinois HB 4995 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2014-02-06"
last_action: "2014-08-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dcca4361-7057-4051-ad56-f83d1adf09af"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4995&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=79734&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "4733d3b75218b4dab9c7e5a6077781c63b55c16edae7176b2734bb8867e29667"
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 4995 (98th) — EDUCATION-TECH

Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning debt limitations of school districts.

## 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=09800HB4995&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=79734&DocNum=4995&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB4995eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=79734&DocNum=4995&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB4995enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=79734&DocNum=4995&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **83–32** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bill Mitchell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-06** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jim Durkin `filing`
- **2014-02-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-02-07** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-19** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-26** Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-03-26** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-04-02** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Bill Mitchell `amendment-introduction`
- **2014-04-02** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-02** Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Bill Mitchell
- **2014-04-03** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee
- **2014-04-04** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 012-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-04-07** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2014-04-07** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2014-04-07** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-04-08** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 083-032-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-04-08** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2014-04-08** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 9, 2014 `reading-1`
- **2014-04-10** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Chapin Rose
- **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
- **2014-05-07** Postponed - Education
- **2014-05-14** Do Pass Education; 014-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-05-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 15, 2014
- **2014-05-15** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2014-05-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 19, 2014
- **2014-05-21** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-05-21** Passed Both Houses
- **2014-06-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-08-15** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2014-08-15** Effective Date August 15, 2014
- **2014-08-15** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0912 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dcca4361-7057-4051-ad56-f83d1adf09af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).