---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCH CD-BOARD ELECTIONS"
description: "Amends the School Code. Permits a congressional township comprising the territory of a school district to pass, by a 2/3 vote of all voters voting on the question, a proposition to elect board members at large and without restriction by area of residence within the district."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "99th"
identifier: "SB 82"
citation: "Illinois SB 82 (99th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-01-28"
last_action: "2015-07-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/491155e7-acb0-45fa-b618-26acce830b33"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=82&GAID=13&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=83871&SessionID=88&GA=99"
source_hash: "fbe86613a1815ff8cb627df4b5d58e694d89670c0b16108779a5214110995dd4"
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 82 (99th) — SCH CD-BOARD ELECTIONS

Amends the School Code. Permits a congressional township comprising the territory of a school district to pass, by a 2/3 vote of all voters voting on the question, a proposition to elect board members at large and without restriction by area of residence within the district.

## 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=09900SB0082&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=83871&DocNum=82&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB0082eng&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=83871&DocNum=82&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB0082enr&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=83871&DocNum=82&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- John M. Sullivan — primary (person)
- Robert W. Pritchard — cosponsor (person)
- Sam Yingling — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-01-28** Filed with Secretary by Sen. John M. Sullivan `filing`
- **2015-01-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-01-28** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2015-02-11** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2015-02-19** Do Pass Executive; 017-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2015-02-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 3, 2015
- **2015-03-05** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-03-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 10, 2015
- **2015-03-11** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John M. Sullivan `amendment-introduction`
- **2015-03-11** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-17** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Executive
- **2015-03-19** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Executive; 012-000-000
- **2015-03-26** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-03-26** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Sullivan `amendment-passage`
- **2015-03-26** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 14, 2015
- **2015-04-15** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2015-04-15** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2015-04-15** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Norine K. Hammond
- **2015-04-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-15** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-20** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-21** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith R. Wheeler
- **2015-05-06** Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2015-05-06** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2015-05-13** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2015-05-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2015-05-13** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Sam Yingling
- **2015-05-13** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
- **2015-05-14** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2015-05-14** Passed Both Houses
- **2015-06-12** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-07-21** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2015-07-21** Effective Date January 1, 2016
- **2015-07-21** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0091 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/491155e7-acb0-45fa-b618-26acce830b33`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).