republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/103rd/sb-2861.md

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Bill	SCH CD-SPIRIT RULES BOOK	Amends the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education shall adopt the Spirit Rules Book published by the National Federation of State High School Associations, or a similar document, as the statewide uniform safety standards for student cheerleaders, spirit groups, and their coaches who participate in any school activity or extracurricular student activity. Effective January 1, 2024.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	103rd	SB 2861	Illinois SB 2861 (103rd)	bill		enacted	Bob Morgan Julie A. Morrison	4	33	5	2024-01-19	2024-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/3ad851c1-fea3-49c6-9cd7-3d499ff120f4	https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=2861&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=151709&SessionID=112	c793e388c20106cb9e9a0ea830ae820e26d34bf95262767b68a98f88a1f75ec1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2861 (103rd) — SCH CD-SPIRIT RULES BOOK

Amends the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education shall adopt the Spirit Rules Book published by the National Federation of State High School Associations, or a similar document, as the statewide uniform safety standards for student cheerleaders, spirit groups, and their coaches who participate in any school activity or extracurricular student activity. Effective January 1, 2024.

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 — 55–4 (pass) · lower
• Education — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Elem Sec Ed: Adm., Lic. & Charter — 5–2 (pass) · lower
• Education — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 82–29 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bob Morgan — primary (person)
• Julie A. Morrison — primary (person)
• Mary Edly-Allen — cosponsor (person)
• Sue Scherer — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-19 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Julie A. Morrison filing
• 2024-01-19 First Reading reading-1
• 2024-01-19 Referred to Assignments
• 2024-02-06 Assigned to Education referral-committee
• 2024-02-21 Postponed - Education
• 2024-03-05 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Julie A. Morrison amendment-introduction
• 2024-03-05 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
• 2024-03-06 Postponed - Education
• 2024-03-12 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Education
• 2024-03-12 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2024-03-13 Do Pass as Amended Education; 011-000-000
• 2024-03-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 13, 2024 reading-2
• 2024-03-14 Second Reading reading-2
• 2024-03-14 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 20, 2024
• 2024-03-14 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen
• 2024-04-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading **
• 2024-04-12 Third Reading - Passed; 055-004-000 passage, reading-3
• 2024-04-12 Arrived in House introduction
• 2024-04-12 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Bob Morgan
• 2024-04-15 First Reading reading-1
• 2024-04-15 Referred to Rules Committee
• 2024-04-24 Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools referral-committee
• 2024-05-01 Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools; 005-002-000
• 2024-05-02 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2024-05-02 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sue Scherer
• 2024-05-13 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2024-05-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2024-05-15 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 082-029-000 passage, reading-3
• 2024-05-15 Passed Both Houses
• 2024-06-13 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-07-01 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2024-07-01 Effective Date January 1, 2025
• 2024-07-01 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0632 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3ad851c1-fea3-49c6-9cd7-3d499ff120f4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).