---
type: "Bill"
title: "$STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION"
description: "Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Juvenile Justice for its FY 14 ordinary and contingent expenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "SB 2555"
citation: "Illinois SB 2555 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 51
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2013-03-08"
last_action: "2013-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1bda2b40-3a92-44db-b8c0-4383f611f641"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2555&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=75561&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "0f234faca844312f70b26e771ce6bf489af336192d8ccd9470062594a4c0b1ba"
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 2555 (98th) — $STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION

Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Juvenile Justice for its FY 14 ordinary and contingent expenses.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/98/SB/PDF/09800SB2555.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/98/SB/PDF/09800SB2555eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/98/SB/PDF/09800SB2555enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **71–47** (pass) · lower
- Motion — **116–0** (fail) · lower
- Third Reading — **40–19** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- John J. Cullerton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-03-08** Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton `filing`
- **2013-03-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-03-08** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-08** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Heather A. Steans
- **2013-05-08** Approved for Consideration Assignments
- **2013-05-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading
- **2013-05-08** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 9, 2013
- **2013-05-09** Re-referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-28** Approved for Consideration Assignments
- **2013-05-28** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 29, 2013
- **2013-05-28** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Dan Kotowski `amendment-introduction`
- **2013-05-28** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-28** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Appropriations II
- **2013-05-29** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Appropriations II; 012-006-000
- **2013-05-29** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan Kotowski
- **2013-05-29** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Chapin Rose; -McCarter-Althoff-McCann `amendment-introduction`
- **2013-05-29** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-29** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-29** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Kotowski `amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-29** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2013-05-29** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Dan Kotowski `amendment-introduction`
- **2013-05-29** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-29** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Be Approved for Consideration Assignments
- **2013-05-29** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-29** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted; Kotowski `amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-29** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2013-05-29** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. William Delgado
- **2013-05-29** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Donne E. Trotter
- **2013-05-29** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
- **2013-05-29** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Senator Dillard
- **2013-05-29** Third Reading - Passed; 040-019-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2013-05-29** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) `amendment-failure`
- **2013-05-29** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2013-05-29** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Madigan
- **2013-05-29** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William Davis
- **2013-05-29** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-05-29** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-29** Assigned to Appropriations-Elementary & Secondary Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-29** Motion Filed to Suspend Rule 21 Appropriations-Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
- **2013-05-29** Motion to Suspend Rule 21 - Prevailed 116-000-000
- **2013-05-30** Do Pass / Standard Debate Appropriations-Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 010-007-000 `committee-passage`
- **2013-05-30** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Standard Debate
- **2013-05-30** Second Reading - Standard Debate `reading-2`
- **2013-05-30** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Standard Debate
- **2013-05-31** Third Reading - Standard Debate - Passed 071-047-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2013-05-31** Passed Both Houses
- **2013-06-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-06-27** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2013-06-27** Effective Date July 1, 2013
- **2013-06-27** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0034 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1bda2b40-3a92-44db-b8c0-4383f611f641`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).