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| Bill | SCH CD-SCH BOARD VACANCY | Amends the School Code. With regard to the election of school board members of a community unit school district (formed before January 1, 1975) or combined school district (formed before July 1, 1983), provides that if a school board fills a vacancy due to a lack of candidates for election in a congressional township in the most recent election, then the school board shall, by resolution, order submitted to the school district's voters at the next general election a proposition for the election of a board member at large without restriction by area of residence within the district (rather than in accordance with mandatory board representation) and the proposition shall be certified by the school board's secretary for submission. | us/states/il | Illinois General Assembly | 100th | SB 2900 | Illinois SB 2900 (100th) |
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enacted | 3 | 26 | 2 | 2018-02-14 | 2018-08-10 | openstates | ocd-bill/ad1a6ec5-e1aa-4dc1-bf78-ff616bbdcd69 | http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2900&GAID=14&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=110041&SessionID=91&GA=100 | 9329d04c1eabe3e333d9a9899c41f202300bd2ef14d9194d97fa851a6571d8a8 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Illinois SB 2900 (100th) — SCH CD-SCH BOARD VACANCY
Amends the School Code. With regard to the election of school board members of a community unit school district (formed before January 1, 1975) or combined school district (formed before July 1, 1983), provides that if a school board fills a vacancy due to a lack of candidates for election in a congressional township in the most recent election, then the school board shall, by resolution, order submitted to the school district's voters at the next general election a proposition for the election of a board member at large without restriction by area of residence within the district (rather than in accordance with mandatory board representation) and the proposition shall be certified by the school board's secretary for submission.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Third Reading — 107–2 (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — 58–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Dale A. Righter — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2018-02-14 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Dale A. Righter
filing - 2018-02-14 First Reading
reading-1 - 2018-02-14 Referred to Assignments
referral-committee - 2018-02-21 Assigned to Government Reform
referral-committee - 2018-02-28 Do Pass Government Reform; 008-000-000
committee-passage - 2018-02-28 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 1, 2018
- 2018-02-28 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Melinda Bush
- 2018-03-13 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
- 2018-04-10 Second Reading
reading-2 - 2018-04-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 11, 2018
- 2018-04-18 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2018-04-18 Arrived in House
introduction - 2018-04-26 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Steven Reick
- 2018-04-26 First Reading
reading-1 - 2018-04-26 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2018-05-07 Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: Licensing, Administration & Oversight
referral-committee - 2018-05-16 Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: Licensing, Administration & Oversight; 009-000-000
committee-passage - 2018-05-17 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- 2018-05-21 Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2018-05-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- 2018-05-25 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 107-002-000
reading-3, passage - 2018-05-25 Passed Both Houses
- 2018-06-22 Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt - 2018-08-10 Governor Approved
executive-signature - 2018-08-10 Effective Date January 1, 2019
- 2018-08-10 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0800
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ad1a6ec5-e1aa-4dc1-bf78-ff616bbdcd69. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).