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Bill	FREEDOM SCHOOLS/ADVANCED PLACE	Amends the Design-Build for Public Schools Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	102nd	SB 820	Illinois SB 820 (102nd)	bill		enacted	Carol Ammons Kimberly A. Lightford	6	40	2	2021-02-25	2021-07-30	openstates	ocd-bill/3c99d12f-035a-4bd4-8d39-116e4cd0075f	https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=820&GAID=16&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=133447&SessionID=110&GA=102	74103416807fa8421a480b26076d94a7fd8264a2539039ae3991090f6fe05729	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 820 (102nd) — FREEDOM SCHOOLS/ADVANCED PLACE

Amends the Design-Build for Public Schools Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

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. Senate Amendment 001 (committee substitute) — source
5. Senate Amendment 002 (committee substitute) — source
6. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 72–43 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 58–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Carol Ammons — primary (person)
• Kimberly A. Lightford — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-25 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Don Harmon filing
• 2021-02-25 First Reading reading-1
• 2021-02-25 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2021-03-17 Assigned to Executive referral-committee
• 2021-03-24 Do Pass Executive; 016-000-000 committee-passage
• 2021-03-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 25, 2021
• 2021-03-25 Second Reading reading-2
• 2021-03-25 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 13, 2021
• 2021-04-16 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford amendment-introduction
• 2021-04-16 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2021-04-20 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Executive
• 2021-04-20 Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
• 2021-04-20 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford amendment-introduction
• 2021-04-20 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2021-04-21 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Executive
• 2021-04-21 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Executive; 014-000-000
• 2021-04-21 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Executive; 014-000-000
• 2021-04-22 Recalled to Second Reading reading-2
• 2021-04-22 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Lightford amendment-passage
• 2021-04-22 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Lightford amendment-passage
• 2021-04-22 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-23 Arrived in House introduction
• 2021-04-23 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch
• 2021-04-23 First Reading reading-1
• 2021-04-23 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2021-04-27 Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Carol Ammons
• 2021-05-04 Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee referral-committee
• 2021-05-11 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Carol Ammons amendment-introduction
• 2021-05-11 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2021-05-12 Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee; 014-009-000 committee-passage
• 2021-05-12 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2021-05-12 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40 amendment-failure
• 2021-05-19 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2021-05-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2021-05-20 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 072-043-000 passage, reading-3
• 2021-05-20 Passed Both Houses
• 2021-06-17 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-07-30 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2021-07-30 Effective Date January 1, 2022
• 2021-07-30 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0209 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3c99d12f-035a-4bd4-8d39-116e4cd0075f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).