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Bill	SCH CD-HOMELESS FEE WAIVER	Amends the School Code. Defines "school fees" or "fees" to mean any monetary charge collected by a public school, public school district, or charter school from a student or the parents or guardian of a student as a prerequisite for the student's participation in any curricular or extracurricular program of the school or school district. Provides that homeless children and youth as defined in Section 11434A of the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act also qualify for a waiver for fees and fines for the loss or destruction of school property (currently, fees). Provides that the school board may provide for waiver verification no more often than once every academic year (currently, once every 60 days). Provides that no discrimination or punishment of any kind, including, but not limited to, the lowering of grades, exclusion from classes, or withholding of student records, transcripts or diplomas, (currently, lowering of grades or exclusion from classes) may be exercised against a student whose because the student's parents or guardians are unable to purchase required textbooks or instructional materials.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	102nd	HB 5265	Illinois HB 5265 (102nd)	bill		enacted	Ann Gillespie Will Guzzardi	5	63	2	2022-01-27	2022-05-13	openstates	ocd-bill/84357969-40a5-4ba3-b75c-4332b9db0cda	https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5265&GAID=16&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=139775&SessionID=110&GA=102	7e4de0dda99e15c61633c3dca2cc8f11843a5140820a66a1ce5d8b8ef0030469	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 5265 (102nd) — SCH CD-HOMELESS FEE WAIVER

Amends the School Code. Defines "school fees" or "fees" to mean any monetary charge collected by a public school, public school district, or charter school from a student or the parents or guardian of a student as a prerequisite for the student's participation in any curricular or extracurricular program of the school or school district. Provides that homeless children and youth as defined in Section 11434A of the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act also qualify for a waiver for fees and fines for the loss or destruction of school property (currently, fees). Provides that the school board may provide for waiver verification no more often than once every academic year (currently, once every 60 days). Provides that no discrimination or punishment of any kind, including, but not limited to, the lowering of grades, exclusion from classes, or withholding of student records, transcripts or diplomas, (currently, lowering of grades or exclusion from classes) may be exercised against a student whose because the student's parents or guardians are unable to purchase required textbooks or instructional materials.

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. House Amendment 001 (committee substitute) — source
4. House Amendment 002 (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 55–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 104–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ann Gillespie — primary (person)
• Will Guzzardi — primary (person)
• Adriane Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Barbara Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
• Bill Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
• Camille Y. Lilly — cosponsor (person)
• Carol Ammons — cosponsor (person)
• Celina Villanueva — cosponsor (person)
• Christopher Belt — cosponsor (person)
• Cristina Castro — cosponsor (person)
• Dagmara Avelar — cosponsor (person)
• Debbie Meyers-Martin — cosponsor (person)
• Delia C. Ramirez — cosponsor (person)
• Doris Turner — cosponsor (person)
• Janet Yang Rohr — cosponsor (person)
• Karina Villa — cosponsor (person)
• Kelly M. Cassidy — cosponsor (person)
• Kimberly A. Lightford — cosponsor (person)
• Laura M. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
• Mary E. Flowers — cosponsor (person)
• Mattie Hunter — cosponsor (person)
• Michael Kelly — cosponsor (person)
• Mike Simmons — cosponsor (person)
• Patricia Van Pelt — cosponsor (person)
• Rita Mayfield — cosponsor (person)
• Robert F. Martwick — cosponsor (person)
• Robert Peters — cosponsor (person)
• Robyn Gabel — cosponsor (person)
• Sue Scherer — cosponsor (person)
• Suzy Glowiak Hilton — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-27 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Will Guzzardi filing
• 2022-01-31 First Reading reading-1
• 2022-01-31 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2022-02-07 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
• 2022-02-09 Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools referral-committee
• 2022-02-09 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Will Guzzardi amendment-introduction
• 2022-02-09 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2022-02-10 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
• 2022-02-15 House Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Will Guzzardi amendment-introduction
• 2022-02-15 House Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2022-02-15 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools
• 2022-02-15 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Delia C. Ramirez
• 2022-02-16 House Committee Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools
• 2022-02-16 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40 amendment-failure
• 2022-02-16 House Committee Amendment No. 2 Adopted in Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2022-02-16 Do Pass as Amended / Consent Calendar Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2022-02-17 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Consent Calendar
• 2022-02-22 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
• 2022-02-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dagmara Avelar
• 2022-02-28 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Hernandez
• 2022-02-28 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
• 2022-03-01 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Kelly
• 2022-03-01 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robyn Gabel
• 2022-03-01 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sue Scherer
• 2022-03-01 Second Reading - Consent Calendar reading-2
• 2022-03-01 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Consent Calendar reading-2
• 2022-03-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Consent Calendar
• 2022-03-03 Third Reading - Consent Calendar - First Day reading-3
• 2022-03-03 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Janet Yang Rohr
• 2022-03-03 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
• 2022-03-04 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin
• 2022-03-04 Third Reading - Consent Calendar - Passed 104-000-000 passage, reading-3
• 2022-03-07 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2022-03-07 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2022-03-07 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Ann Gillespie
• 2022-03-07 First Reading reading-1
• 2022-03-07 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2022-03-10 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Bill Cunningham
• 2022-03-15 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
• 2022-03-16 Assigned to Education referral-committee
• 2022-03-22 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Christopher Belt
• 2022-03-22 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert Peters
• 2022-03-23 Do Pass Education; 012-000-000 committee-passage
• 2022-03-23 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading
• 2022-03-23 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Celina Villanueva
• 2022-03-24 Second Reading reading-2
• 2022-03-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 25, 2022
• 2022-03-29 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Doris Turner
• 2022-03-29 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro
• 2022-03-29 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Adriane Johnson
• 2022-03-29 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Suzy Glowiak Hilton
• 2022-03-29 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
• 2022-03-29 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
• 2022-03-30 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Karina Villa
• 2022-03-30 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Patricia Van Pelt
• 2022-03-31 Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 passage, reading-3
• 2022-03-31 Passed Both Houses
• 2022-03-31 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Simmons
• 2022-04-08 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert F. Martwick
• 2022-04-28 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2022-05-13 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2022-05-13 Effective Date January 1, 2023
• 2022-05-13 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0805 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/84357969-40a5-4ba3-b75c-4332b9db0cda. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).