republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/94th/hb-3451.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCH CD-SEX REG-DOM VIOLNCE CHK"
description: "Amends the School Code and the Department of State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code. Provides that in addition to fingerprint-based criminal history records checks, the Department of State Police, at the request of a school board or regional superintendent, shall conduct sex offender registration data checks and orders of protection records checks on applicants for employment with a school district, and requires applicants to have these checks performed. Amends the Sex Offender and Child Murderer Community Notification Law to provide for the sex offender registration data check, which shall include the release of the name, address, date of birth, and offense or adjudication of a sex offender required to register under the Sex Offender Registration Act to the president of a school board or a regional superintendent. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "HB 3451"
citation: "Illinois HB 3451 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-23"
last_action: "2005-07-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da130c8c-213b-48c4-8b99-2421bfaa5f0d"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3451&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=19530&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "aee47a1a15160468dbb47ffe00bb77ab9f218d7525c65c6c8ef9e07e2dc9019e"
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 HB 3451 (94th) — SCH CD-SEX REG-DOM VIOLNCE CHK

Amends the School Code and the Department of State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code. Provides that in addition to fingerprint-based criminal history records checks, the Department of State Police, at the request of a school board or regional superintendent, shall conduct sex offender registration data checks and orders of protection records checks on applicants for employment with a school district, and requires applicants to have these checks performed. Amends the Sex Offender and Child Murderer Community Notification Law to provide for the sex offender registration data check, which shall include the release of the name, address, date of birth, and offense or adjudication of a sex offender required to register under the Sex Offender Registration Act to the president of a school board or a regional superintendent. Effective immediately.

## 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=09400HB3451&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=19530&DocNum=3451&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB3451eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=19530&DocNum=3451&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB3451enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=19530&DocNum=3451&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Patricia R. Bellock — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-02-23** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Patricia R. Bellock `filing`
- **2005-02-23** Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Bob Biggins
- **2005-02-23** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-02-23** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-24** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Renee Kosel
- **2005-02-24** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Roger Jenisch
- **2005-02-24** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
- **2005-03-01** Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-10** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 016-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-03-11** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-03-29** State Mandates Fiscal Note Filed
- **2005-04-05** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Patricia R. Bellock `amendment-introduction`
- **2005-04-05** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-06** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; by Voice Vote `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-04-06** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-04-06** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2005-04-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-04-07** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-04-08** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2005-04-08** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 11, 2005 `reading-1`
- **2005-04-08** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Kirk W. Dillard
- **2005-04-12** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-04-12** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-13** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-20** Held in Education
- **2005-05-04** Do Pass Education; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-05-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 5, 2005
- **2005-05-10** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-05-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 11, 2005
- **2005-05-19** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-05-19** Passed Both Houses
- **2005-06-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2005-07-14** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2005-07-14** Effective Date July 14, 2005
- **2005-07-14** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0219 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/da130c8c-213b-48c4-8b99-2421bfaa5f0d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).