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Bill	SCH CD-BILINGUAL REIMBURSEMENT	Amends the School Code. Removes the requirement that school districts file estimated reimbursement claims for costs of transitional bilingual education by certain dates and that the State Superintendent of Education transmit vouchers of the estimated claims to the Comptroller by certain dates. Effective July 1, 2005.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	94th	SB 1851	Illinois SB 1851 (94th)	bill		enacted		3	37	2	2005-02-25	2005-08-04	openstates	ocd-bill/5fbf7683-9606-466b-a586-85273f040539	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1851&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=20225&SessionID=50&GA=94	53d43106c0a8286aace0f69f2b7ed2052c3a3624711fc962a65eafb3bf1d5002	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 1851 (94th) — SCH CD-BILINGUAL REIMBURSEMENT

Amends the School Code. Removes the requirement that school districts file estimated reimbursement claims for costs of transitional bilingual education by certain dates and that the State Superintendent of Education transmit vouchers of the estimated claims to the Comptroller by certain dates. Effective July 1, 2005.

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 — 116–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 40–17 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Kimberly A. Lightford — primary (person)
• Maria Antonia Berrios — cosponsor (person)
• Richard T. Bradley — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2005-02-25 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford filing
• 2005-02-25 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-02-25 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2005-03-02 Assigned to Education referral-committee
• 2005-03-10 Do Pass Education; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2005-03-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 15, 2005
• 2005-03-17 Second Reading reading-2
• 2005-03-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 6, 2005
• 2005-04-11 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford amendment-introduction
• 2005-04-11 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2005-04-12 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Education
• 2005-04-12 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Be Adopted Education; 008-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2005-04-13 Recalled to Second Reading reading-2
• 2005-04-13 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Lightford amendment-passage
• 2005-04-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 14, 2005
• 2005-04-15 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
• 2005-04-15 Third Reading - Passed; 040-017-000 reading-3, passage
• 2005-04-15 Arrived in House introduction
• 2005-04-15 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2005-05-05 Chief House Sponsor Rep. William Delgado
• 2005-05-05 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-05-05 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2005-05-10 Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee referral-committee
• 2005-05-10 Committee/Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 27, 2005
• 2005-05-17 Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 016-000-000 committee-passage
• 2005-05-18 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-05-20 Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2005
• 2005-05-24 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2005-05-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-05-26 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Richard T. Bradley
• 2005-05-26 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Maria Antonia Berrios
• 2005-05-26 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2005-05-26 Passed Both Houses
• 2005-06-24 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2005-08-04 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2005-08-04 Effective Date August 4, 2005
• 2005-08-04 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0441 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5fbf7683-9606-466b-a586-85273f040539. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).