republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/102nd/sb-1640.md

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Bill	SCH CD-COUNSELOR-GIFT BAN	Amends the School Code. Provides that a guidance counselor may not intentionally solicit or accept any gift from any prohibited source or solicit or accept a gift that would be in violation of any federal or State statute or rule, with exceptions; defines terms. Provides that a guidance counselor is not in violation of the prohibition if he or she promptly takes reasonable action to return the gift to the prohibited source or donates the gift or an amount equal to its value to an appropriate charity that is exempt from income taxation under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. Provides that a guidance counselor or prohibited source who intentionally violates the prohibition is guilty of a business offense and is subject to a fine of at least $1,001 and up to $5,000.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	102nd	SB 1640	Illinois SB 1640 (102nd)	bill		enacted	Chapin Rose Katie Stuart	4	41	2	2021-02-26	2021-08-06	openstates	ocd-bill/662bed80-aee4-47c8-8163-107520e8c8c4	https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1640&GAID=16&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=134273&SessionID=110&GA=102	dbf594d3a17723cde8702e474745ccf76a91fbd6fc65055e77b9abf87f82a5c3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 1640 (102nd) — SCH CD-COUNSELOR-GIFT BAN

Amends the School Code. Provides that a guidance counselor may not intentionally solicit or accept any gift from any prohibited source or solicit or accept a gift that would be in violation of any federal or State statute or rule, with exceptions; defines terms. Provides that a guidance counselor is not in violation of the prohibition if he or she promptly takes reasonable action to return the gift to the prohibited source or donates the gift or an amount equal to its value to an appropriate charity that is exempt from income taxation under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. Provides that a guidance counselor or prohibited source who intentionally violates the prohibition is guilty of a business offense and is subject to a fine of at least $1,001 and up to $5,000.

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. Senate Amendment 001 (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 116–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 59–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Chapin Rose — primary (person)
• Katie Stuart — primary (person)
• Carol Ammons — cosponsor (person)
• Dale Fowler — cosponsor (person)
• Dan McConchie — cosponsor (person)
• Darren Bailey — cosponsor (person)
• Jason Plummer — cosponsor (person)
• Mark Batinick — cosponsor (person)
• Sue Scherer — cosponsor (person)
• Terri Bryant — cosponsor (person)
• Thomas Morrison — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-26 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Chapin Rose filing
• 2021-02-26 First Reading reading-1
• 2021-02-26 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2021-03-09 Assigned to Higher Education referral-committee
• 2021-03-16 Postponed - Higher Education
• 2021-03-16 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Dale Fowler
• 2021-03-24 Do Pass Higher Education; 011-003-000 committee-passage
• 2021-03-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 25, 2021
• 2021-03-24 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan McConchie
• 2021-04-05 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Chapin Rose amendment-introduction
• 2021-04-05 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2021-04-13 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Higher Education
• 2021-04-13 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Terri Bryant
• 2021-04-13 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Jason Plummer
• 2021-04-19 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Darren Bailey
• 2021-04-20 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Higher Education; 012-000-000
• 2021-04-21 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Rose amendment-passage
• 2021-04-21 Second Reading reading-2
• 2021-04-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 22, 2021
• 2021-04-22 Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-22 Arrived in House introduction
• 2021-04-22 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart
• 2021-04-23 First Reading reading-1
• 2021-04-23 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2021-05-04 Assigned to Higher Education Committee referral-committee
• 2021-05-12 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
• 2021-05-12 Do Pass / Consent Calendar Higher Education Committee; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2021-05-13 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Consent Calendar
• 2021-05-13 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Sue Scherer
• 2021-05-24 Second Reading - Consent Calendar reading-2
• 2021-05-24 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Consent Calendar reading-2
• 2021-05-25 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Consent Calendar
• 2021-05-26 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Morrison
• 2021-05-26 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark Batinick
• 2021-05-26 Third Reading - Consent Calendar - First Day reading-3
• 2021-05-27 Third Reading - Consent Calendar - Passed 116-000-000 passage, reading-3
• 2021-05-27 Passed Both Houses
• 2021-06-25 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-08-06 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2021-08-06 Effective Date January 1, 2022
• 2021-08-06 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0327 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/662bed80-aee4-47c8-8163-107520e8c8c4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).