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Bill	HUNGER-FREE STUDENTS	Creates the Hunger-Free Students' Bill of Rights Act. Provides that every school in this State shall provide a federally reimbursable lunch to a student of that school who requests the lunch, regardless of whether the student has the ability to pay for the lunch or owes money for earlier lunches. Provides that if a student owes money for 5 or more lunches, a school shall reach out to the parent or guardian of the student to attempt collection of the owed money and to request that the parent or guardian enroll the student in a free or reduced-price lunch program. Provides that a school may not publicly identify or stigmatize a student who cannot pay for a lunch or who owes money for lunches. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	100th	SB 2428	Illinois SB 2428 (100th)	bill		enacted		3	63	3	2018-01-30	2018-08-26	openstates	ocd-bill/5e42b452-7326-45cc-a540-77d400fa04d0	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2428&GAID=14&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=108990&SessionID=91&GA=100	c58b0fc2696e86424da5698e6943fbf24b685c10e108b5424b6bc98a31bac658	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2428 (100th) — HUNGER-FREE STUDENTS

Creates the Hunger-Free Students' Bill of Rights Act. Provides that every school in this State shall provide a federally reimbursable lunch to a student of that school who requests the lunch, regardless of whether the student has the ability to pay for the lunch or owes money for earlier lunches. Provides that if a student owes money for 5 or more lunches, a school shall reach out to the parent or guardian of the student to attempt collection of the owed money and to request that the parent or guardian enroll the student in a free or reduced-price lunch program. Provides that a school may not publicly identify or stigmatize a student who cannot pay for a lunch or who owes money for lunches. 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 — 66–44 (pass) · lower
• Concurrence, Amendment 1 — 45–10 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 41–9 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Camille Y. Lilly — cosponsor (person)
• Elizabeth Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
• Justin Slaughter — cosponsor (person)
• Linda Chapa LaVia — cosponsor (person)
• Mary E. Flowers — cosponsor (person)
• Melissa Conyears-Ervin — cosponsor (person)
• Steve Stadelman — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-30 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Steve Stadelman filing
• 2018-01-30 First Reading reading-1
• 2018-01-30 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2018-02-07 Assigned to Education referral-committee
• 2018-02-27 Postponed - Education
• 2018-03-09 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Steve Stadelman amendment-introduction
• 2018-03-09 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2018-03-13 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Education
• 2018-03-14 Postponed - Education
• 2018-04-06 Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Steve Stadelman amendment-introduction
• 2018-04-06 Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2018-04-10 Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Education
• 2018-04-10 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2018-04-10 Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2018-04-11 Do Pass as Amended Education; 009-002-001 committee-passage
• 2018-04-11 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 12, 2018
• 2018-04-23 Second Reading reading-2
• 2018-04-23 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 24, 2018
• 2018-04-27 Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 3, 2018 reading-3
• 2018-05-01 Third Reading - Passed; 041-009-001 reading-3, passage
• 2018-05-01 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
• 2018-05-01 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro
• 2018-05-01 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Patricia Van Pelt
• 2018-05-02 Arrived in House introduction
• 2018-05-02 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Litesa E. Wallace
• 2018-05-08 First Reading reading-1
• 2018-05-08 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2018-05-08 Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee referral-committee
• 2018-05-17 Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee; 011-005-000 committee-passage
• 2018-05-18 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2018-05-18 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Litesa E. Wallace amendment-introduction
• 2018-05-18 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2018-05-21 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper
• 2018-05-21 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
• 2018-05-21 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 005-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-05-21 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2018-05-21 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2018-05-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2018-05-21 Alternate Co-Sponsor Removed Rep. Sonya M. Harper
• 2018-05-21 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
• 2018-05-21 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Juliana Stratton
• 2018-05-21 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicholas K Smith
• 2018-05-21 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper
• 2018-05-21 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Justin Slaughter
• 2018-05-21 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2018-05-21 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
• 2018-05-23 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 066-044-000 reading-3, passage
• 2018-05-23 Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1
• 2018-05-23 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1 - May 24, 2018
• 2018-05-23 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Steve Stadelman filing
• 2018-05-23 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2018-05-23 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Melissa Conyears-Ervin
• 2018-05-23 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
• 2018-05-24 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Education referral-committee
• 2018-05-29 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Education; 008-000-000
• 2018-05-30 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
• 2018-05-30 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 045-010-000
• 2018-05-30 Senate Concurs
• 2018-05-30 Passed Both Houses
• 2018-06-28 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2018-08-26 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2018-08-26 Effective Date August 26, 2018
• 2018-08-26 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-1092 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5e42b452-7326-45cc-a540-77d400fa04d0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).