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type: "Bill"
title: "MENTAL HEALTH-STUDENT ACCESS"
description: "Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Provides that the Department of Human Resources shall partner with the State Board of Education to provide technical assistance for the provision of mental health care during school days with the goal of increasing the availability and accessibility of mental health resources for students. Provides that the Department shall report to the General Assembly on the implementation of the technical assistance provision no later than July 1, 2025. Provides for rulemaking by the Department and the State Board of Education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "SB 1709"
citation: "Illinois SB 1709 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Marcus C. Evans, Jr.", "Mike Simmons"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-09"
last_action: "2023-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e50ddf45-f487-45ac-95c0-f833ae419d62"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=1709&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=146500&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "16133b3976629a1266b9353897dee5834093294dabdce556402eb3b50e9077c9"
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 SB 1709 (103rd) — MENTAL HEALTH-STUDENT ACCESS
Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Provides that the Department of Human Resources shall partner with the State Board of Education to provide technical assistance for the provision of mental health care during school days with the goal of increasing the availability and accessibility of mental health resources for students. Provides that the Department shall report to the General Assembly on the implementation of the technical assistance provision no later than July 1, 2025. Provides for rulemaking by the Department and the State Board of Education.
## 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/SB/PDF/10300SB1709.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB1709eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB1709enr.pdf)
## Votes
- Behavioral and Mental Health — **80** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **1090** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **570** (pass) · lower
- Mental Health & Addiction — **180** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Marcus C. Evans, Jr. — primary (person)
- Mike Simmons — primary (person)
- Adriane Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Doris Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Harry Benton — cosponsor (person)
- Janet Yang Rohr — cosponsor (person)
- Julie A. Morrison — cosponsor (person)
- Karina Villa — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin John Olickal — cosponsor (person)
- Laura M. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Edly-Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Mattie Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- Meg Loughran Cappel — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie A. Kifowit — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Stadelman — cosponsor (person)
- Suzy Glowiak Hilton — cosponsor (person)
- Willie Preston — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-02-09** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mike Simmons `filing`
- **2023-02-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-09** Referred to Assignments
- **2023-02-28** Assigned to Behavioral and Mental Health `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08** Do Pass Behavioral and Mental Health; 008-000-000
- **2023-03-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 9, 2023 `reading-2`
- **2023-03-08** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Karina Villa
- **2023-03-10** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 21, 2023
- **2023-03-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** March 24, 2023
- **2023-03-23** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Willie Preston
- **2023-03-29** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-30** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2023-03-30** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Lindsey LaPointe
- **2023-03-30** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-30** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2023-04-18** Assigned to Mental Health & Addiction Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-21** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.
- **2023-04-27** Do Pass / Short Debate Mental Health & Addiction Committee; 018-000-000
- **2023-04-27** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-05-01** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Janet Yang Rohr
- **2023-05-02** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-05-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2023-05-09** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 109-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-09** Passed Both Houses
- **2023-05-09** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry Benton
- **2023-05-09** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit
- **2023-05-09** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin John Olickal
- **2023-05-24** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Adriane Johnson
- **2023-05-24** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Doris Turner
- **2023-05-24** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- **2023-05-24** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen
- **2023-05-24** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Steve Stadelman
- **2023-05-25** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel
- **2023-05-25** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Suzy Glowiak Hilton
- **2023-05-25** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison
- **2023-05-31** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
- **2023-06-07** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-30** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-30** Effective Date January 1, 2024
- **2023-06-30** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0222 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e50ddf45-f487-45ac-95c0-f833ae419d62`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).