---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCH CD-TEACHER-UNION OFF-LEAVE"
description: "Amends the School Code. Provides that if a teacher is elected to serve as an officer of a State or national teacher organization that represents teachers in collective bargaining negotiations, then the school board shall grant the teacher a leave of absence of up to 6 years or the period of time the teacher serves as an officer, whichever is longer (now, the leave may only be for up to 6 years). Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "SB 230"
citation: "Illinois SB 230 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-02-05"
last_action: "2003-07-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ccfd5e33-680d-4f3d-a093-e1ee361a896a"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=230&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=1818&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "a7dff42bc8134cfca001a32d677b6261b80633eea7c85e2921e6d7aeda810640"
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 230 (93rd) — SCH CD-TEACHER-UNION OFF-LEAVE

Amends the School Code. Provides that if a teacher is elected to serve as an officer of a State or national teacher organization that represents teachers in collective bargaining negotiations, then the school board shall grant the teacher a leave of absence of up to 6 years or the period of time the teacher serves as an officer, whichever is longer (now, the leave may only be for up to 6 years). Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement.

## 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=09300SB0230&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=1818&DocNum=230&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB0230eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=1818&DocNum=230&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB0230enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=1818&DocNum=230&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **104–12** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **37–15** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Terry Link — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-02-05** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Terry Link `filing`
- **2003-02-05** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-02-05** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-06** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-19** Do Pass Education; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-02-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 26, 2003
- **2003-03-05** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-03-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 6, 2003
- **2003-03-19** Third Reading - Passed; 037-015-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-03-19** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2003-03-19** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-03-20** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Eddie Washington
- **2003-03-20** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen A. Ryg
- **2003-03-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-03-20** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-31** Assigned to Elementary and Secondary Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-09** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
- **2003-04-09** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Constance A. Howard
- **2003-04-09** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia Bailey
- **2003-04-10** Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary and Secondary Education Committee; 016-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-04-10** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-04-14** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2003-04-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-05-07** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 104-012-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-05-07** Passed Both Houses
- **2003-06-05** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2003-07-24** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-24** Effective Date January 1, 2004
- **2003-07-24** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0377 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ccfd5e33-680d-4f3d-a093-e1ee361a896a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).