---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCH CD-SPECIAL ED-TRANSITION"
description: "Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning transition services, provides that the transition planning process and the transition plan prepared for a student shall include consideration of the assistive technology needs of the student related to the student's transition goals while the student is participating in transition-related activities and in post-school activities, including assistive technology evaluations, devices, and services and the availability and accessibility of appropriate assistive technology devices and services for the student in post-school activities. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "HB 5276"
citation: "Illinois HB 5276 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Koehler", "Suzanne M. Ness"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 46
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-02-08"
last_action: "2024-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8f13bd1-c03a-45b7-8230-3ac93917d22f"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=5276&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=153489&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "d57699cd643bbc31f6b244b7aa110ac0c24796427ea080ab3bc955a50a06cf91"
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 5276 (103rd) — SCH CD-SPECIAL ED-TRANSITION

Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning transition services, provides that the transition planning process and the transition plan prepared for a student shall include consideration of the assistive technology needs of the student related to the student's transition goals while the student is participating in transition-related activities and in post-school activities, including assistive technology evaluations, devices, and services and the availability and accessibility of appropriate assistive technology devices and services for the student in post-school activities. 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/10300HB5276.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB5276eng.pdf)
3. **House Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB5276ham001.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB5276enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Education — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Elem Sec Ed: School Curric Policies — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **107–0** (pass) · lower
- Elem Sec Ed: School Curric Policies, Amendment 1 — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David Koehler — primary (person)
- Suzanne M. Ness — primary (person)
- Dan McConchie — cosponsor (person)
- Diane Blair-Sherlock — cosponsor (person)
- Gregg Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Joyce Mason — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin John Olickal — cosponsor (person)
- Laura Faver Dias — cosponsor (person)
- Lilian Jiménez — cosponsor (person)
- Maurice A. West, II — cosponsor (person)
- Meg Loughran Cappel — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Mussman — cosponsor (person)
- Robyn Gabel — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie A. Kifowit — cosponsor (person)
- Sue Scherer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-08** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Suzanne M. Ness `filing`
- **2024-02-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-02-09** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2024-02-22** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman
- **2024-02-28** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-13** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Faver Dias
- **2024-03-13** Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee; 015-000-000
- **2024-03-13** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason
- **2024-03-13** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-03-14** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Gregg Johnson
- **2024-04-01** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Suzanne M. Ness `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-04-01** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
- **2024-04-02** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee
- **2024-04-03** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee; 014-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Diane Blair-Sherlock
- **2024-04-11** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-04-11** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2024-04-15** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit
- **2024-04-15** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maurice A. West, II
- **2024-04-15** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sue Scherer
- **2024-04-17** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robyn Gabel
- **2024-04-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin John Olickal
- **2024-04-19** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 107-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-24** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lilian Jiménez
- **2024-04-24** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-04-24** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-04-24** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. David Koehler
- **2024-04-24** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-04-24** Referred to Assignments
- **2024-04-30** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-30** Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 10, 2024
- **2024-05-07** Do Pass Education; 012-000-000
- **2024-05-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 9, 2024 `reading-2`
- **2024-05-09** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-05-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2024-05-17** Rule 2-10 Third Reading/Passage Deadline Established As May 24, 2024
- **2024-05-21** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Ram Villivalam
- **2024-05-21** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan McConchie
- **2024-05-23** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-23** Passed Both Houses
- **2024-05-24** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel
- **2024-06-21** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-08-09** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2024-08-09** Effective Date August 9, 2024
- **2024-08-09** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0854 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e8f13bd1-c03a-45b7-8230-3ac93917d22f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).