republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/104th/sb-406.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "EDUCATION-TECH"
description: "Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "104th"
identifier: "SB 406"
citation: "Illinois SB 406 (104th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joyce Mason", "Omar Aquino"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 43
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-01-24"
last_action: "2025-08-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3574aaa9-fec2-4002-9f38-071defbdc9fe"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=406&GAID=18&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=158024&SessionID=114"
source_hash: "40fdc5bc980383d9f74195381c2128e6d995bfd9aeacb8ae3468aaf2bf893a66"
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 406 (104th) — EDUCATION-TECH

Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB0406.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB0406eng.pdf)
3. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB0406sam001.pdf)
4. **Senate Amendment 002** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB0406sam002.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB0406enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Education, Amendment 2 — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Education, Amendment 1 — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Child Care Access & Early Childhood — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **52–1** (pass) · upper
- Executive — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Joyce Mason — primary (person)
- Omar Aquino — primary (person)
- Adriane Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Meg Loughran Cappel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-24** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Don Harmon `filing`
- **2025-01-24** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-24** Referred to Assignments
- **2025-03-12** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19** Do Pass Executive; 011-000-000
- **2025-03-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 20, 2025 `reading-2`
- **2025-03-20** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 1, 2025
- **2025-04-03** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Omar Aquino `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-03** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
- **2025-04-04** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Omar Aquino `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-04** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments
- **2025-04-08** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Education
- **2025-04-08** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Education
- **2025-04-08** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel
- **2025-04-08** Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Omar Aquino
- **2025-04-08** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Education; 015-000-000
- **2025-04-08** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Education; 015-000-000
- **2025-04-11** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 9, 2025
- **2025-05-08** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-08** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Aquino `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-08** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Aquino `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2025-05-08** Third Reading - Passed; 052-001-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-08** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Adriane Johnson
- **2025-05-08** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2025-05-08** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Emanuel "Chris" Welch
- **2025-05-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-05-09** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2025-05-13** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Joyce Mason
- **2025-05-13** Assigned to Child Care Accessibility & Early Childhood Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-13** Committee/Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2025
- **2025-05-22** Do Pass / Short Debate Child Care Accessibility & Early Childhood Education; 012-000-000
- **2025-05-22** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-05-22** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-05-22** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-05-29** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2025-05-29** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-29** Passed Both Houses
- **2025-06-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-08-15** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2025-08-15** Effective Date January 1, 2026
- **2025-08-15** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0354 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3574aaa9-fec2-4002-9f38-071defbdc9fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).