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Bill	SCH CD-CHI-SCHOOL CLOSING	Amends the Chicago School District Article of the School Code. With regard to a proposed school closure, requires the chief executive officer to publish on the school district's website a full financial report on the closure that includes an analysis of the closure's costs and benefits to the district. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	101st	HB 2205	Illinois HB 2205 (101st)	bill		enacted		3	36	2	2019-02-07	2019-07-26	openstates	ocd-bill/79c8c988-2f15-443b-8ad0-820290d91464	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2205&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=117980&SessionID=108&GA=101	867b8d8cca25cb3a0d5e0de86185ba58240070718a1f4343706d09846387eaea	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 2205 (101st) — SCH CD-CHI-SCHOOL CLOSING

Amends the Chicago School District Article of the School Code. With regard to a proposed school closure, requires the chief executive officer to publish on the school district's website a full financial report on the closure that includes an analysis of the closure's costs and benefits to the district. 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 — 111–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 56–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Camille Y. Lilly — cosponsor (person)
• Delia C. Ramirez — cosponsor (person)
• Elgie R. Sims, Jr. — primary (person)
• Lamont J. Robinson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Nicholas K. Smith — primary (person)
• Sonya M. Harper — cosponsor (person)
• Sue Scherer — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-07 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Nicholas K. Smith filing
• 2019-02-07 First Reading reading-1
• 2019-02-07 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2019-02-19 Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter School referral-committee
• 2019-03-06 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper
• 2019-03-06 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Delia C. Ramirez
• 2019-03-06 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sue Scherer
• 2019-03-12 Moved to Suspend Rule 21 Rep. Gregory Harris
• 2019-03-12 Suspend Rule 21 - Prevailed
• 2019-03-26 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Nicholas K. Smith amendment-introduction
• 2019-03-26 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2019-03-27 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter School
• 2019-03-27 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter School; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2019-03-27 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter School; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2019-03-29 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2019-04-02 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2019-04-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2019-04-10 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2019-04-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lamont J. Robinson, Jr.
• 2019-04-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
• 2019-04-10 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2019-04-10 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 11, 2019 reading-1
• 2019-04-12 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
• 2019-04-12 First Reading reading-1
• 2019-04-12 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2019-04-24 Assigned to Education referral-committee
• 2019-05-02 Do Pass Education; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2019-05-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 7, 2019
• 2019-05-16 Second Reading reading-2
• 2019-05-16 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 17, 2019
• 2019-05-21 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2019-05-21 Passed Both Houses
• 2019-06-19 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-07-26 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2019-07-26 Effective Date July 26, 2019
• 2019-07-26 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0133 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/79c8c988-2f15-443b-8ad0-820290d91464. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).