---
type: "Bill"
title: "OPEN MEETINGS-SCHOOL EVENTS"
description: "Amends the Open Meetings Act. Provides that a public body may hold closed meetings to consider evidence or testimony presented to a school board regarding denial of admission to school events or property, provided that the school board prepares and makes available for public inspection a written decision setting forth its determinative reasoning. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "HB 2447"
citation: "Illinois HB 2447 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dagmara Avelar", "Meg Loughran Cappel"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 43
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-15"
last_action: "2023-07-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d253ebb-0845-4a61-ba59-b58ff3e721ed"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=2447&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=147529&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "48da744ab03b7672a7886c2c0d2d2eb78e250efca4a4f61cb7ba6e297c5a8ac6"
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 2447 (103rd) — OPEN MEETINGS-SCHOOL EVENTS

Amends the Open Meetings Act. Provides that a public body may hold closed meetings to consider evidence or testimony presented to a school board regarding denial of admission to school events or property, provided that the school board prepares and makes available for public inspection a written decision setting forth its determinative reasoning. Effective immediately.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB2447.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB2447eng.pdf)
3. **House Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB2447ham001.pdf)
4. **House Amendment 002** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB2447ham002.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB2447enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Executive — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **54–1** (pass) · lower
- Executive — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **89–23** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dagmara Avelar — primary (person)
- Meg Loughran Cappel — primary (person)
- Daniel Didech — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-15** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Dagmara Avelar `filing`
- **2023-02-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-15** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2023-02-28** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08** Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 011-000-000
- **2023-03-08** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-03-22** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-03-22** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-03-27** Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
- **2023-04-18** Approved for Consideration Rules Committee; 005-000-000
- **2023-04-18** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-04-18** Third Reading Deadline Extended-Rule May 19, 2023
- **2023-04-18** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Dagmara Avelar `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-04-18** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
- **2023-04-18** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 005-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-25** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Dagmara Avelar `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-04-25** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
- **2023-05-02** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-03** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-03** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2023-05-03** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 089-023-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-04** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-05-04** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-05-04** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel
- **2023-05-04** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-05-04** Referred to Assignments
- **2023-05-09** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-09** Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 19, 2023
- **2023-05-11** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 25, 2023
- **2023-05-11** Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 21, 2023
- **2023-05-12** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 19, 2023
- **2023-05-17** Do Pass Executive; 012-000-000
- **2023-05-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-17** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 18, 2023
- **2023-05-19** Third Reading - Passed; 054-001-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-19** Passed Both Houses
- **2023-05-22** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel Didech
- **2023-06-16** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-07-28** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2023-07-28** Effective Date July 28, 2023
- **2023-07-28** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0311 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3d253ebb-0845-4a61-ba59-b58ff3e721ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).