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Bill	SCH CD-BULLY/HARASSMENT POLICY	Amends the School Code. Requires each school district to create, maintain, and implement an age-appropriate policy on sexual harassment that must be included in the district's student code of conduct handbook. Provides that a school district's or charter school's policy on bullying must be included in the student code of conduct handbook in an age-appropriate manner.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	101st	SB 1798	Illinois SB 1798 (101st)	bill		enacted		3	36	2	2019-02-15	2019-08-16	openstates	ocd-bill/8e886c1f-62cd-4603-a3cf-34dd01658ed9	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1798&GAID=15&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=119285&SessionID=108&GA=101	6b694840646d8c29fcc58b2b2030ac2518bf3876e49495f7317f1b590c71c522	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 1798 (101st) — SCH CD-BULLY/HARASSMENT POLICY

Amends the School Code. Requires each school district to create, maintain, and implement an age-appropriate policy on sexual harassment that must be included in the district's student code of conduct handbook. Provides that a school district's or charter school's policy on bullying must be included in the student code of conduct handbook in an age-appropriate manner.

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 — 54–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 105–9 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Carol Ammons — cosponsor (person)
• Chapin Rose — primary (person)
• Julie A. Morrison — cosponsor (person)
• Kimberly A. Lightford — cosponsor (person)
• Laura M. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
• Linda Holmes — cosponsor (person)
• Mary Edly-Allen — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-15 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Chapin Rose filing
• 2019-02-15 First Reading reading-1
• 2019-02-15 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2019-02-27 Assigned to Education referral-committee
• 2019-03-12 Do Pass Education; 013-000-000 committee-passage
• 2019-03-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 13, 2019
• 2019-03-14 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison
• 2019-03-18 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
• 2019-03-26 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
• 2019-03-29 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
• 2019-04-04 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Chapin Rose amendment-introduction
• 2019-04-04 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2019-04-09 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Education
• 2019-04-09 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Education; 010-000-000
• 2019-04-09 Second Reading reading-2
• 2019-04-09 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Rose amendment-passage
• 2019-04-09 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 10, 2019
• 2019-04-10 Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2019-04-11 Arrived in House introduction
• 2019-04-11 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Mary Edly-Allen
• 2019-04-11 First Reading reading-1
• 2019-04-11 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2019-04-30 Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee referral-committee
• 2019-05-08 Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee; 012-008-000 committee-passage
• 2019-05-08 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2019-05-22 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2019-05-22 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2019-05-24 Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2019
• 2019-05-28 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2019-05-28 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 105-009-000 reading-3, passage
• 2019-05-28 Passed Both Houses
• 2019-05-28 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
• 2019-06-26 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-08-16 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2019-08-16 Effective Date January 1, 2020
• 2019-08-16 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0418 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8e886c1f-62cd-4603-a3cf-34dd01658ed9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).