republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/102nd/sb-2338.md

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Bill	SCH CD-CHRONIC TRUANTS	Amends the School Code and the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Revises language to make certain actions permissible rather than mandatory with respect to truancy. Eliminates the requirement that the Chicago Board of Education establish an Office of Chronic Truant Adjudication. Instead, requires the chief executive officer or the chief executive officer's designee to implement a socio-emotional focused attendance approach that targets the underlying causes of chronic truancy. Makes changes concerning the Chicago school district's truancy intervention services for a pupil and the pupil's parent or guardian. Makes other changes, including changes concerning penalties.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	102nd	SB 2338	Illinois SB 2338 (102nd)	bill		enacted	Kambium Buckner Napoleon Harris, III	4	59	3	2021-02-26	2021-10-19	openstates	ocd-bill/2d72bac4-ce0f-4100-b2c4-0d33dbbf91ed	https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2338&GAID=16&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=134992&SessionID=110&GA=102	e46905c073ecae2012277a20f8a52f8d82f52aaf858ee435270cef9392e3daec	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2338 (102nd) — SCH CD-CHRONIC TRUANTS

Amends the School Code and the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Revises language to make certain actions permissible rather than mandatory with respect to truancy. Eliminates the requirement that the Chicago Board of Education establish an Office of Chronic Truant Adjudication. Instead, requires the chief executive officer or the chief executive officer's designee to implement a socio-emotional focused attendance approach that targets the underlying causes of chronic truancy. Makes changes concerning the Chicago school district's truancy intervention services for a pupil and the pupil's parent or guardian. Makes other changes, including changes concerning penalties.

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. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 95–18 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 40–15 (pass) · upper
• Concurrence — 56–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Kambium Buckner — primary (person)
• Napoleon Harris, III — primary (person)
• Camille Y. Lilly — cosponsor (person)
• Chapin Rose — cosponsor (person)
• Debbie Meyers-Martin — cosponsor (person)
• Elgie R. Sims, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Emanuel Chris Welch — cosponsor (person)
• Jawaharial Williams — cosponsor (person)
• Jehan Gordon-Booth — cosponsor (person)
• Jonathan Carroll — cosponsor (person)
• Justin Slaughter — cosponsor (person)
• Laura M. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
• Mattie Hunter — cosponsor (person)
• Patricia Van Pelt — cosponsor (person)
• Robert Peters — cosponsor (person)
• Sonya M. Harper — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie A. Kifowit — cosponsor (person)
• Sue Scherer — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-26 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford filing
• 2021-02-26 First Reading reading-1
• 2021-02-26 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2021-03-23 Assigned to Education referral-committee
• 2021-03-25 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
• 2021-04-16 Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 23, 2021
• 2021-04-20 Do Pass Education; 011-004-000 committee-passage
• 2021-04-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 21, 2021
• 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; 040-015-000 passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-23 Arrived in House introduction
• 2021-04-27 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Kambium Buckner
• 2021-04-27 First Reading reading-1
• 2021-04-27 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2021-05-04 Assigned to Executive Committee referral-committee
• 2021-05-05 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper
• 2021-05-12 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Kambium Buckner amendment-introduction
• 2021-05-12 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2021-05-13 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch
• 2021-05-13 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Executive Committee
• 2021-05-13 Committee/Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 28, 2021
• 2021-05-14 Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Napoleon Harris, III
• 2021-05-18 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth
• 2021-05-18 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jonathan Carroll
• 2021-05-19 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Executive Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2021-05-19 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Executive Committee; 012-002-000 committee-passage
• 2021-05-19 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2021-05-19 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Sue Scherer
• 2021-05-19 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit
• 2021-05-26 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2021-05-26 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2021-05-27 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
• 2021-05-28 Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2021
• 2021-05-29 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 095-018-000 passage, reading-3
• 2021-05-29 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Justin Slaughter
• 2021-05-29 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin
• 2021-05-29 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jawaharial Williams
• 2021-05-29 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
• 2021-05-29 Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1
• 2021-05-29 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1 - May 30, 2021
• 2021-05-30 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Chapin Rose
• 2021-05-30 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
• 2021-05-31 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Napoleon Harris, III filing
• 2021-05-31 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2021-05-31 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Executive referral-committee
• 2021-05-31 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Executive; 014-001-000
• 2021-05-31 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Patricia Van Pelt
• 2021-06-01 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert Peters
• 2021-06-01 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
• 2021-06-01 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 056-002-000
• 2021-06-01 Senate Concurs
• 2021-06-01 3/5 Vote Required
• 2021-06-01 Passed Both Houses
• 2021-06-11 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-06-29 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2021-06-29 Effective Date July 1, 2021
• 2021-06-29 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0042 became-law
• 2021-10-19 Sponsor Removed Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2d72bac4-ce0f-4100-b2c4-0d33dbbf91ed. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).