---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCH CD-DRIV ED-PRACTIC DRIVING"
description: "Amends the School Code. Removes a provision that allows a school district to adopt a policy to permit proficiency examinations for the practice driving part of the driver education course at any time after the completion of 3 hours of practice driving under direct individual instruction."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "SB 297"
citation: "Illinois SB 297 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-03"
last_action: "2005-08-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e5d43f6d-fa00-4d50-95a9-4610528106ad"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=297&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=15687&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "072b43d5684042c7d79a38eaea07e96ea166fe413d522cc391fb1daba5efd237"
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 297 (94th) — SCH CD-DRIV ED-PRACTIC DRIVING

Amends the School Code. Removes a provision that allows a school district to adopt a policy to permit proficiency examinations for the practice driving part of the driver education course at any time after the completion of 3 hours of practice driving under direct individual instruction.

## 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=09400SB0297&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=15687&DocNum=297&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB0297eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=15687&DocNum=297&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB0297enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=15687&DocNum=297&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- John J. Cullerton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-02-03** Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton `filing`
- **2005-02-03** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-02-03** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-17** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-24** Postponed - Education
- **2005-02-28** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton `amendment-introduction`
- **2005-02-28** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-01** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Education
- **2005-03-01** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2005-03-02** Do Pass as Amended Education; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-03-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 3, 2005
- **2005-03-03** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-03-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 8, 2005
- **2005-03-09** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-03-09** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2005-03-09** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-03-16** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Calvin L. Giles
- **2005-03-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-03-16** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-05** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-27** Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 019-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-04-28** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-05-10** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-05-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-05-19** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-05-19** Passed Both Houses
- **2005-06-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2005-08-10** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2005-08-10** Effective Date January 1, 2006
- **2005-08-10** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0525 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e5d43f6d-fa00-4d50-95a9-4610528106ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).