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type: "Bill"
title: "SCH CD-SPIRIT RULES BOOK"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "SB 2861"
citation: "Illinois SB 2861 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Morgan", "Julie A. Morrison"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-01-19"
last_action: "2024-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ad851c1-fea3-49c6-9cd7-3d499ff120f4"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=2861&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=151709&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "c793e388c20106cb9e9a0ea830ae820e26d34bf95262767b68a98f88a1f75ec1"
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 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](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB2861.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB2861eng.pdf)
3. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB2861sam001.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB2861enr.pdf)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **554** (pass) · lower
- Education — **100** (pass) · lower
- Elem Sec Ed: Adm., Lic. & Charter — **52** (pass) · lower
- Education — **110** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **8229** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3ad851c1-fea3-49c6-9cd7-3d499ff120f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).