---
type: "Bill"
title: "PRIVATE BUSINESS/VOC SCHOOLS"
description: "Amends the Private Business and Vocational Schools Act of 2012. Provides that a school or program within a school that exclusively provides yoga instruction, yoga teacher training, or both is not considered to be a private business and vocational school."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "99th"
identifier: "SB 2743"
citation: "Illinois SB 2743 (99th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2016-02-16"
last_action: "2016-07-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2fdc19e5-8466-4b86-8a0f-78b988a6501d"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2743&GAID=13&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=96050&SessionID=88&GA=99"
source_hash: "4877dd62aafc79684d5f66a2d8a4216f1bc7893b0fd22d7f5ac3f03bb5c8e025"
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 2743 (99th) — PRIVATE BUSINESS/VOC SCHOOLS

Amends the Private Business and Vocational Schools Act of 2012. Provides that a school or program within a school that exclusively provides yoga instruction, yoga teacher training, or both is not considered to be a private business and vocational school.

## 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=09900SB2743&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=96050&DocNum=2743&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB2743eng&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=96050&DocNum=2743&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB2743enr&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=96050&DocNum=2743&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **53–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Don Harmon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-16** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Don Harmon `filing`
- **2016-02-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-02-16** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2016-02-24** Assigned to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-03** Postponed - Higher Education
- **2016-03-09** Do Pass Higher Education; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2016-03-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 10, 2016
- **2016-03-10** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-03-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 16, 2016
- **2016-04-06** Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2016-04-06** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2016-04-06** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Daniel J. Burke
- **2016-04-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-04-06** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-11** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
- **2016-04-18** Assigned to Higher Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-04** Do Pass / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 014-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2016-05-05** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2016-05-17** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2016-05-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2016-05-25** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 117-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2016-05-25** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
- **2016-05-25** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark Batinick
- **2016-05-25** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
- **2016-05-25** Passed Both Houses
- **2016-06-23** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2016-07-29** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2016-07-29** Effective Date January 1, 2017
- **2016-07-29** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0705 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2fdc19e5-8466-4b86-8a0f-78b988a6501d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).