---
type: "Bill"
title: "AUTO CONTRACT RENEW SCHOOLS"
description: "Amends the Automatic Contract Renewal Act. Removes school districts from the list of entities excluded from the definition of the term \"parties\". Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "101st"
identifier: "SB 1630"
citation: "Illinois SB 1630 (101st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-15"
last_action: "2019-08-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/234eb37d-45ae-4137-b02d-e5bb0ff2b06f"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1630&GAID=15&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=118746&SessionID=108&GA=101"
source_hash: "09ba5bbf20e21ba2b169db9d1cbd6866e9011681a7120a6dedc1110a340dd85d"
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 1630 (101st) — AUTO CONTRACT RENEW SCHOOLS

Amends the Automatic Contract Renewal Act. Removes school districts from the list of entities excluded from the definition of the term "parties". 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=10100SB1630&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=118746&DocNum=1630&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100SB1630eng&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=118746&DocNum=1630&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100SB1630enr&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=118746&DocNum=1630&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **54–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brian W. Stewart — primary (person)
- Mark Batinick — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-15** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Brian W. Stewart `filing`
- **2019-02-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-15** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12** Do Pass Education; 014-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 13, 2019
- **2019-03-13** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 14, 2019
- **2019-03-27** Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-03-27** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2019-03-28** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Mark Batinick
- **2019-03-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-28** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-09** Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25** To Commercial Law Subcommittee
- **2019-05-08** Recommends Do Pass Subcommittee/ Judiciary - Civil Committee; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-08** Reported Back To Judiciary - Civil Committee;
- **2019-05-09** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 014-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-09** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-05-21** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2019-05-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-05-23** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-05-23** Passed Both Houses
- **2019-06-21** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-08-16** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2019-08-16** Effective Date August 16, 2019
- **2019-08-16** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0412 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/234eb37d-45ae-4137-b02d-e5bb0ff2b06f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).