republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/103rd/hb-2235.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCH CD-TRANSPORTATION CONTRACT"
description: "Amends the Transportation Article of the School Code. Provides that school boards may enter into contracts for any period of time deemed appropriate by those school boards (rather than for up to 3 years) for transportation of pupils to and from school, except that no contract, inclusive of any proposed renewals, may exceed 10 years (rather than allowing such contracts to be extended for up to 2 additional years by mutual agreement of the parties and thereafter extended on a year-to-year basis by mutual agreement of the parties, unless a school board receives a timely request from another interested contractor that a contract be let by bid). Requires all contracts for a period of time greater than 5 years that do not include the use of electric vehicles for pupil transportation to include a termination option after 5 years. Allows contract opener clauses for any purpose to be included in the contract. Provides that a contract for pupil transportation that utilizes a significant percentage of electric vehicles may be entered into by a school board for up to 15 years if the contract relies on capital or infrastructure purchases or improvements that cannot reasonably be justified in a shorter-term contract."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "HB 2235"
citation: "Illinois HB 2235 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.", "Ram Villivalam"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-08"
last_action: "2023-08-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/071bda70-1747-416e-a95b-30149375e68a"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=2235&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=146559&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "d8d83703ff26c92af35085ca2ceb8d6144d4517a9d88795dd3a83e64301e85a2"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
---

# Illinois HB 2235 (103rd) — SCH CD-TRANSPORTATION CONTRACT

Amends the Transportation Article of the School Code. Provides that school boards may enter into contracts for any period of time deemed appropriate by those school boards (rather than for up to 3 years) for transportation of pupils to and from school, except that no contract, inclusive of any proposed renewals, may exceed 10 years (rather than allowing such contracts to be extended for up to 2 additional years by mutual agreement of the parties and thereafter extended on a year-to-year basis by mutual agreement of the parties, unless a school board receives a timely request from another interested contractor that a contract be let by bid). Requires all contracts for a period of time greater than 5 years that do not include the use of electric vehicles for pupil transportation to include a termination option after 5 years. Allows contract opener clauses for any purpose to be included in the contract. Provides that a contract for pupil transportation that utilizes a significant percentage of electric vehicles may be entered into by a school board for up to 15 years if the contract relies on capital or infrastructure purchases or improvements that cannot reasonably be justified in a shorter-term contract.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB2235.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB2235eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB2235enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **111–1** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · lower
- Education — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Elem Sec Ed: Adm., Lic. & Charter — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jaime M. Andrade, Jr. — primary (person)
- Ram Villivalam — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-08** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr. `filing`
- **2023-02-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-08** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2023-02-28** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08** Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools; 009-000-000
- **2023-03-10** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-03-16** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-03-21** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-001-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-22** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-03-22** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-22** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Ram Villivalam
- **2023-03-22** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-22** Referred to Assignments
- **2023-04-12** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** Postponed - Education
- **2023-04-26** Do Pass Education; 012-000-000
- **2023-04-26** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 27, 2023 `reading-2`
- **2023-05-03** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 4, 2023
- **2023-05-10** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-10** Passed Both Houses
- **2023-06-08** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-08-04** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2023-08-04** Effective Date January 1, 2024
- **2023-08-04** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0430 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/071bda70-1747-416e-a95b-30149375e68a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).