republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/93rd/sb-230.md

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Bill	SCH CD-TEACHER-UNION OFF-LEAVE	Amends the School Code. Provides that if a teacher is elected to serve as an officer of a State or national teacher organization that represents teachers in collective bargaining negotiations, then the school board shall grant the teacher a leave of absence of up to 6 years or the period of time the teacher serves as an officer, whichever is longer (now, the leave may only be for up to 6 years). Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	93rd	SB 230	Illinois SB 230 (93rd)	bill		enacted		3	29	2	2003-02-05	2003-07-24	openstates	ocd-bill/ccfd5e33-680d-4f3d-a093-e1ee361a896a	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=230&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=1818&SessionID=3&GA=93	a7dff42bc8134cfca001a32d677b6261b80633eea7c85e2921e6d7aeda810640	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 230 (93rd) — SCH CD-TEACHER-UNION OFF-LEAVE

Amends the School Code. Provides that if a teacher is elected to serve as an officer of a State or national teacher organization that represents teachers in collective bargaining negotiations, then the school board shall grant the teacher a leave of absence of up to 6 years or the period of time the teacher serves as an officer, whichever is longer (now, the leave may only be for up to 6 years). Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement.

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. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 104–12 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 37–15 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Terry Link — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2003-02-05 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Terry Link filing
• 2003-02-05 First Reading reading-1
• 2003-02-05 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2003-02-06 Assigned to Education referral-committee
• 2003-02-19 Do Pass Education; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2003-02-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 26, 2003
• 2003-03-05 Second Reading reading-2
• 2003-03-05 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 6, 2003
• 2003-03-19 Third Reading - Passed; 037-015-001 reading-3, passage
• 2003-03-19 Arrived in House introduction
• 2003-03-19 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2003-03-20 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Eddie Washington
• 2003-03-20 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen A. Ryg
• 2003-03-20 First Reading reading-1
• 2003-03-20 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2003-03-31 Assigned to Elementary and Secondary Education Committee referral-committee
• 2003-04-09 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
• 2003-04-09 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Constance A. Howard
• 2003-04-09 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia Bailey
• 2003-04-10 Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary and Secondary Education Committee; 016-000-000 committee-passage
• 2003-04-10 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2003-04-14 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2003-04-14 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2003-05-07 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 104-012-000 reading-3, passage
• 2003-05-07 Passed Both Houses
• 2003-06-05 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2003-07-24 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2003-07-24 Effective Date January 1, 2004
• 2003-07-24 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0377 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ccfd5e33-680d-4f3d-a093-e1ee361a896a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).