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Bill	SCH CD-SCH CLOSING NOTICE	Amends the School Code. Requires school boards to give at least 60 days' notice of the closure of a school for at least one school year to all affected students, parents, and legal guardians. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	100th	HB 3437	Illinois HB 3437 (100th)	bill		enacted		3	34	2	2017-02-09	2017-08-18	openstates	ocd-bill/c859b0f9-fe6e-40c1-9333-e00dd4c767ff	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3437&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=105208&SessionID=91&GA=100	0a1bdec42fb8bedf3291d98d455f27684d21ba10d600d87b3af5ab353232497a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 3437 (100th) — SCH CD-SCH CLOSING NOTICE

Amends the School Code. Requires school boards to give at least 60 days' notice of the closure of a school for at least one school year to all affected students, parents, and legal guardians. 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 — 90–8 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 55–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Cynthia Soto — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-09 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Sonya M. Harper filing
• 2017-02-10 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-02-10 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2017-02-22 Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: Licensing, Administration & Oversight referral-committee
• 2017-03-24 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Sonya M. Harper amendment-introduction
• 2017-03-24 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2017-03-27 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Elementary & Secondary Education: Licensing, Administration & Oversight
• 2017-03-29 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Elementary & Secondary Education: Licensing, Administration & Oversight; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2017-03-29 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: Licensing, Administration & Oversight; 007-002-000 committee-passage
• 2017-03-29 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2017-04-26 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2017-04-26 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2017-04-28 Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Cynthia Soto
• 2017-04-28 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2017-04-28 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 090-008-000 reading-3, passage
• 2017-05-02 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2017-05-02 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2017-05-02 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
• 2017-05-02 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-05-02 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2017-05-05 Assigned to Education referral-committee
• 2017-05-12 Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 19, 2017
• 2017-05-19 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
• 2017-05-19 Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 26, 2017
• 2017-05-23 Do Pass Education; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2017-05-23 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 24, 2017
• 2017-05-24 Second Reading reading-2
• 2017-05-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 25, 2017
• 2017-05-25 Third Reading - Passed; 055-002-000 reading-3, passage
• 2017-05-25 Passed Both Houses
• 2017-06-23 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 . . . . . . . . . 100-0179 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c859b0f9-fe6e-40c1-9333-e00dd4c767ff. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).