republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/93rd/sb-805.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCH CD-VISION SCREENING-NOTIFY"
description: "Amends the School Code. Provides that parents are encouraged to have their children undergo vision examinations at the same points in time required for health examinations. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall require that individuals conducting vision screening tests give a child's parent or guardian written notification, before the vision screening is conducted, that states that vision screening is not a substitute for a complete eye and vision evaluation by an eye doctor and that the child is not required to undergo the vision screening if an optometrist or ophthalmologist has completed and signed a report form indicating that an examination has been administered within the previous 12 months."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "SB 805"
citation: "Illinois SB 805 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-02-19"
last_action: "2003-08-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/86ed4715-b7e2-4eab-8512-b0382f72df00"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=805&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=3675&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "286e2496c88a1eae527a9f3538af4e3af7aa78d5638f146814b79a305a4d13b2"
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 805 (93rd) — SCH CD-VISION SCREENING-NOTIFY

Amends the School Code. Provides that parents are encouraged to have their children undergo vision examinations at the same points in time required for health examinations. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall require that individuals conducting vision screening tests give a child's parent or guardian written notification, before the vision screening is conducted, that states that vision screening is not a substitute for a complete eye and vision evaluation by an eye doctor and that the child is not required to undergo the vision screening if an optometrist or ophthalmologist has completed and signed a report form indicating that an examination has been administered within the previous 12 months.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB0805&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=3675&DocNum=805&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB0805eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=3675&DocNum=805&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB0805enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=3675&DocNum=805&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **54–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Christine Radogno — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-02-19** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Christine Radogno `filing`
- **2003-02-19** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-02-19** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-26** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-12** Do Pass Education; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-03-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 13, 2003
- **2003-03-18** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-03-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 19, 2003
- **2003-03-24** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. John M. Sullivan
- **2003-03-24** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
- **2003-03-24** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Terry Link
- **2003-03-24** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
- **2003-03-24** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Susan Garrett
- **2003-03-24** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2003-03-24** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- **2003-03-24** Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-03-25** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2003-03-25** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-03-25** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Eileen Lyons
- **2003-03-25** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-03-25** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-31** Assigned to Elementary and Secondary Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-10** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen A. Ryg
- **2003-04-16** Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary and Secondary Education Committee; 014-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-04-16** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-05-09** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2003-05-09** 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** Passed Both Houses
- **2003-05-14** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
- **2003-06-12** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2003-08-11** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2003-08-11** Effective Date January 1, 2004
- **2003-08-11** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0504 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/86ed4715-b7e2-4eab-8512-b0382f72df00`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).