---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCH CD-CHARTER SCH PROPOSAL"
description: "Amends the Charter Schools Law of the School Code. Requires a charter school proposal to include disclosure of any known active criminal or civil investigation by a local, state, or federal law enforcement agency into the individual or organization submitting the charter school proposal. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "99th"
identifier: "SB 1591"
citation: "Illinois SB 1591 (99th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-02-20"
last_action: "2015-08-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b5a5f5dd-1377-4282-b450-364f07abdfa5"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1591&GAID=13&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=88299&SessionID=88&GA=99"
source_hash: "edeb1997e06ab0b041d3f2cc16b56e8f098cdba410d53c5dce493f45d120dd2e"
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 1591 (99th) — SCH CD-CHARTER SCH PROPOSAL

Amends the Charter Schools Law of the School Code. Requires a charter school proposal to include disclosure of any known active criminal or civil investigation by a local, state, or federal law enforcement agency into the individual or organization submitting the charter school proposal. 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=09900SB1591&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=88299&DocNum=1591&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB1591eng&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=88299&DocNum=1591&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB1591enr&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=88299&DocNum=1591&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **104–11** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jacqueline Y. Collins — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-20** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins `filing`
- **2015-02-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-02-20** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-03** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-11** To Subcommittee on Charter Schools
- **2015-03-18** Reported Back To Education; 003-000-000
- **2015-03-18** Postponed - Education
- **2015-03-19** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins `amendment-introduction`
- **2015-03-19** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-24** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Education
- **2015-03-24** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2015-03-24** Do Pass as Amended Education; 012-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2015-03-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 25, 2015
- **2015-03-24** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. William Delgado
- **2015-03-25** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-03-25** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 26, 2015
- **2015-04-15** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III
- **2015-04-15** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Napoleon Harris, III
- **2015-04-15** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson
- **2015-04-15** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2015-04-15** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2015-04-15** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Robert Martwick
- **2015-04-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-15** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-20** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: Charter School Policy Committee `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-29** Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: Charter School Policy Committee; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2015-04-30** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2015-05-18** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2015-05-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2015-05-22** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2015
- **2015-05-28** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 104-011-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2015-05-28** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi
- **2015-05-28** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Scott Drury
- **2015-05-28** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Silvana Tabares
- **2015-05-28** Passed Both Houses
- **2015-06-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-08-10** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2015-08-10** Effective Date August 10, 2015
- **2015-08-10** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0334 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b5a5f5dd-1377-4282-b450-364f07abdfa5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).