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Bill	SCH CD-SCH FOR DEAF VISUAL IMP	Amends the School Code. In a Section concerning the identification, evaluation, and placement of children with disabilities, provides that if a child is deaf, hard of hearing, blind, or visually impaired and he or she might be eligible to receive services from the Illinois School for the Deaf or the Illinois School for the Visually Impaired, the school district shall notify the parents or guardian, in writing, of the existence of these schools and the services they provide. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	93rd	SB 566	Illinois SB 566 (93rd)	bill		enacted		3	48	3	2003-02-18	2003-07-22	openstates	ocd-bill/785952ca-eefe-4061-9656-97c1d215a3f2	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=566&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=3197&SessionID=3&GA=93	13971f6f49cdf904b9e9167ca1fc686b2a45e4dcb66195fee3dade3711411f52	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 566 (93rd) — SCH CD-SCH FOR DEAF VISUAL IMP

Amends the School Code. In a Section concerning the identification, evaluation, and placement of children with disabilities, provides that if a child is deaf, hard of hearing, blind, or visually impaired and he or she might be eligible to receive services from the Illinois School for the Deaf or the Illinois School for the Visually Impaired, the school district shall notify the parents or guardian, in writing, of the existence of these schools and the services they provide. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. 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. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 117–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 55–0 (pass) · upper
• Concurrence — 58–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Charles G. Morrow, III — cosponsor (person)
• Cynthia Soto — cosponsor (person)
• Jack D. Franks — cosponsor (person)
• Linda Chapa LaVia — cosponsor (person)
• Vince Demuzio — primary (person)
• William Delgado — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2003-02-18 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Vince Demuzio filing
• 2003-02-18 First Reading reading-1
• 2003-02-18 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2003-02-19 Assigned to Education referral-committee
• 2003-02-27 Do Pass Education; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2003-02-27 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 28, 2003
• 2003-03-19 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Susan Garrett amendment-introduction
• 2003-03-19 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2003-03-24 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Education
• 2003-03-25 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Education
• 2003-03-27 Second Reading reading-2
• 2003-03-27 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 2, 2003
• 2003-04-02 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Be Adopted Education; 010-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2003-04-02 Recalled to Second Reading reading-2
• 2003-04-02 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Garrett amendment-passage
• 2003-04-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 3, 2003
• 2003-04-03 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
• 2003-04-03 Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2003-04-04 Arrived in House introduction
• 2003-04-04 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Jim Watson
• 2003-04-04 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
• 2003-04-04 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. William Delgado
• 2003-04-04 First Reading reading-1
• 2003-04-04 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2003-04-08 Assigned to Elementary and Secondary Education Committee referral-committee
• 2003-04-16 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Elementary and Secondary Education Committee amendment-introduction
• 2003-04-16 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Elementary and Secondary Education Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2003-04-16 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Elementary and Secondary Education Committee; 017-000-000 committee-passage
• 2003-04-16 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2003-05-13 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2003-05-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2003-05-14 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 117-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2003-05-14 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Richard P. Myers
• 2003-05-14 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
• 2003-05-14 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2003-05-14 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Charles G. Morrow, III
• 2003-05-14 Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01
• 2003-05-14 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01 - May 15, 2003
• 2003-05-19 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Vince Demuzio filing
• 2003-05-19 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2003-05-22 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Education referral-committee
• 2003-05-23 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Be Adopted Education; 010-001-000
• 2003-05-28 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 058-001-000
• 2003-05-28 Passed Both Houses
• 2003-06-26 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2003-07-22 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2003-07-22 Effective Date July 22, 2003
• 2003-07-22 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0282 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/785952ca-eefe-4061-9656-97c1d215a3f2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).