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Bill	SCH-SPEC ED-MEDIATION OPTION	Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. For parties who agree to not use mediation during a challenge, provides that a parent shall have 10 days after a party declines to use mediation to file a request for a due process hearing to allow the student to remain in his or her present educational placement. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	100th	HB 2618	Illinois HB 2618 (100th)	bill		enacted		3	33	2	2017-02-08	2017-08-18	openstates	ocd-bill/8af19ed2-4b7f-4dcf-a770-d2cac09d902a	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2618&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=103888&SessionID=91&GA=100	5a82f5a59907a7116a5c85c406dda0a0e2c4ef04e1fcfa351107495a6568957b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 2618 (100th) — SCH-SPEC ED-MEDIATION OPTION

Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. For parties who agree to not use mediation during a challenge, provides that a parent shall have 10 days after a party declines to use mediation to file a request for a due process hearing to allow the student to remain in his or her present educational placement. Effective immediately.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 113–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 57–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Donne E. Trotter — cosponsor (person)
• Julie A. Morrison — cosponsor (person)
• Robyn Gabel — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-08 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Robyn Gabel filing
• 2017-02-08 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-02-08 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2017-02-22 Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee referral-committee
• 2017-03-15 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Robyn Gabel amendment-introduction
• 2017-03-15 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2017-03-21 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee
• 2017-03-22 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2017-03-22 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee; 018-000-000 committee-passage
• 2017-03-22 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2017-03-23 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2017-03-23 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2017-03-28 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Sente
• 2017-03-29 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2017-03-29 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2017-03-29 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 30, 2017 reading-1
• 2017-03-30 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
• 2017-03-30 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-03-30 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2017-04-25 Assigned to Education referral-committee
• 2017-05-03 Do Pass Education; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2017-05-03 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 4, 2017
• 2017-05-05 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison
• 2017-05-15 Second Reading reading-2
• 2017-05-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 16, 2017
• 2017-05-26 Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2017 reading-3
• 2017-05-30 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Donne E. Trotter
• 2017-05-30 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2017-05-30 Passed Both Houses
• 2017-06-28 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-08-18 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2017-08-18 Effective Date August 18, 2017
• 2017-08-18 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0122 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8af19ed2-4b7f-4dcf-a770-d2cac09d902a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).