republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/104th/hb-2337.md

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Bill	SCH CD-SPECIAL ED-SETTLEMENT	Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. With respect to impartial due process hearings, provides that no mediation agreement, resolution agreement, or settlement agreement may include, as a condition of settlement, that a parent, a student (if at least 18 years of age or emancipated), or the designated representative of a student who is at least 18 years of age prospectively waive a free, appropriate public education or prospectively waive the right to assert claims for the nonimplementation of a free, appropriate public education. Provides that any mediation agreement, resolution agreement, or settlement agreement containing such prospective waivers is unenforceable in an administrative proceeding or in a State or federal court. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	104th	HB 2337	Illinois HB 2337 (104th)	bill		enacted	David Koehler Laura Faver Dias	5	51	5	2025-01-30	2025-08-15	openstates	ocd-bill/a995dcad-4bfa-4635-b471-069cd67be571	https://ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=2337&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=159993&SessionID=114	7f194bb0006541935dc698bc782d015b4f7bfa82dfa346b74f8c4e52530566b6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 2337 (104th) — SCH CD-SPECIAL ED-SETTLEMENT

Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. With respect to impartial due process hearings, provides that no mediation agreement, resolution agreement, or settlement agreement may include, as a condition of settlement, that a parent, a student (if at least 18 years of age or emancipated), or the designated representative of a student who is at least 18 years of age prospectively waive a free, appropriate public education or prospectively waive the right to assert claims for the nonimplementation of a free, appropriate public education. Provides that any mediation agreement, resolution agreement, or settlement agreement containing such prospective waivers is unenforceable in an administrative proceeding or in a State or federal court. Effective immediately.

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. House Amendment 002 (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 58–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 113–0 (pass) · lower
• Education Policy, Amendment 2 — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• Education Policy — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• Education — 14–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• David Koehler — primary (person)
• Laura Faver Dias — primary (person)
• Amy Briel — cosponsor (person)
• Amy Elik — cosponsor (person)
• Camille Y. Lilly — cosponsor (person)
• Diane Blair-Sherlock — cosponsor (person)
• Edgar González, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Harry Benton — cosponsor (person)
• Jehan Gordon-Booth — cosponsor (person)
• Kimberly Du Buclet — cosponsor (person)
• Martha Deuter — cosponsor (person)
• Mary Beth Canty — cosponsor (person)
• Michael Crawford — cosponsor (person)
• Michelle Mussman — cosponsor (person)
• Rita Mayfield — cosponsor (person)
• Sonya M. Harper — cosponsor (person)
• Yolonda Morris — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-30 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Laura Faver Dias filing
• 2025-02-04 First Reading reading-1
• 2025-02-04 Referred to Rules Committee
• 2025-02-19 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Crawford
• 2025-02-21 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman
• 2025-02-25 Assigned to Education Policy Committee referral-committee
• 2025-02-28 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
• 2025-03-04 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Laura Faver Dias amendment-introduction
• 2025-03-04 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
• 2025-03-05 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Education Policy Committee
• 2025-03-12 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Education Policy Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2025-03-12 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Education Policy Committee; 013-000-000
• 2025-03-12 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2025-03-26 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Diane Blair-Sherlock
• 2025-03-26 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2025-03-26 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2025-04-01 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Edgar González, Jr.
• 2025-04-03 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Laura Faver Dias amendment-introduction
• 2025-04-03 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
• 2025-04-07 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Education Policy Committee
• 2025-04-09 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Education Policy Committee; 013-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-10 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2025-04-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2025-04-10 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 passage, reading-3
• 2025-04-10 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Amy Briel
• 2025-04-10 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Amy Elik
• 2025-04-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Beth Canty
• 2025-04-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Martha Deuter
• 2025-04-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
• 2025-04-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Yolonda Morris
• 2025-04-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper
• 2025-04-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kimberly Du Buclet
• 2025-04-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth
• 2025-04-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry Benton
• 2025-04-14 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2025-04-14 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2025-04-14 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. David Koehler
• 2025-04-14 First Reading reading-1
• 2025-04-14 Referred to Assignments
• 2025-04-29 Assigned to Education referral-committee
• 2025-05-07 Do Pass Education; 014-000-000
• 2025-05-07 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 8, 2025 reading-2
• 2025-05-08 Second Reading reading-2
• 2025-05-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2025
• 2025-05-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading **
• 2025-05-22 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 passage, reading-3
• 2025-05-22 Passed Both Houses
• 2025-06-20 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-08-15 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2025-08-15 Effective Date August 15, 2025
• 2025-08-15 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0211 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a995dcad-4bfa-4635-b471-069cd67be571. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).