republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/104th/hb-2537.md

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Bill	SCH CD-SPEC ED-TRANSITION SERV	Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. Provides that, by no later than the beginning of a student's third year of high school or by the student's 16th birthday, whichever occurs first, the transition planning process must include a consideration of whether the student is a candidate for graduation. Requires this process to involve discussions with the student's individualized education program team, including the parent and the student. Provides that the discussions must address the implications of graduating with a regular diploma, particularly how it affects the student's right to receive a free appropriate public education (FAPE). Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	104th	HB 2537	Illinois HB 2537 (104th)	bill		enacted	Adriane Johnson Nicole La Ha	4	53	4	2025-02-04	2025-08-15	openstates	ocd-bill/a42afe9a-534b-4d8e-a593-277f9d387554	https://ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=2537&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=160381&SessionID=114	b9553d1548f386b24d8eb411a3e39a65c5a5b080fb1ae298bcc4310820bc2ceb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 2537 (104th) — SCH CD-SPEC ED-TRANSITION SERV

Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. Provides that, by no later than the beginning of a student's third year of high school or by the student's 16th birthday, whichever occurs first, the transition planning process must include a consideration of whether the student is a candidate for graduation. Requires this process to involve discussions with the student's individualized education program team, including the parent and the student. Provides that the discussions must address the implications of graduating with a regular diploma, particularly how it affects the student's right to receive a free appropriate public education (FAPE). 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. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 107–0 (pass) · lower
• Education — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Education Policy — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 58–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Adriane Johnson — primary (person)
• Nicole La Ha — primary (person)
• Amy Elik — cosponsor (person)
• Amy L. Grant — cosponsor (person)
• Diane Blair-Sherlock — cosponsor (person)
• Jackie Haas — cosponsor (person)
• Janet Yang Rohr — cosponsor (person)
• Jason R. Bunting — cosponsor (person)
• Jennifer Sanalitro — cosponsor (person)
• Katie Stuart — cosponsor (person)
• Martha Deuter — cosponsor (person)
• Mary Gill — cosponsor (person)
• Matt Hanson — cosponsor (person)
• Michael Crawford — cosponsor (person)
• Michelle Mussman — cosponsor (person)
• Nicolle Grasse — cosponsor (person)
• Norine K. Hammond — cosponsor (person)
• Patrick Sheehan — cosponsor (person)
• Suzanne M. Ness — cosponsor (person)
• Tony M. McCombie — cosponsor (person)
• Yolonda Morris — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-04 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Michelle Mussman filing
• 2025-02-04 First Reading reading-1
• 2025-02-04 Referred to Rules Committee
• 2025-03-04 Assigned to Education Policy Committee referral-committee
• 2025-03-07 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Michelle Mussman amendment-introduction
• 2025-03-07 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
• 2025-03-11 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
• 2025-03-12 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart
• 2025-03-13 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Janet Yang Rohr
• 2025-03-13 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Diane Blair-Sherlock
• 2025-03-19 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2025-03-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2025-03-26 Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Nicole La Ha
• 2025-04-07 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tony M. McCombie
• 2025-04-07 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Norine K. Hammond
• 2025-04-07 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Amy Elik
• 2025-04-07 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Amy L. Grant
• 2025-04-07 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jennifer Sanalitro
• 2025-04-07 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jackie Haas
• 2025-04-07 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick Sheehan
• 2025-04-07 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman
• 2025-04-07 Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Michelle Mussman
• 2025-04-07 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 107-000-000 passage, reading-3
• 2025-04-07 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Crawford
• 2025-04-07 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Gill
• 2025-04-07 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Suzanne M. Ness
• 2025-04-07 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Matt Hanson
• 2025-04-07 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Yolonda Morris
• 2025-04-07 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicolle Grasse
• 2025-04-07 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Martha Deuter
• 2025-04-07 Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Norine K. Hammond
• 2025-04-07 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Norine K. Hammond
• 2025-04-07 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jason R. Bunting
• 2025-04-08 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2025-04-08 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2025-04-08 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Adriane Johnson
• 2025-04-08 First Reading reading-1
• 2025-04-08 Referred to Assignments
• 2025-04-23 Assigned to Education referral-committee
• 2025-04-30 Do Pass Education; 014-000-000
• 2025-04-30 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 1, 2025 reading-2
• 2025-05-01 Second Reading reading-2
• 2025-05-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 6, 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 . . . . . . . . . 104-0232 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a42afe9a-534b-4d8e-a593-277f9d387554. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).