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| Bill | SCH CD-REG SUP-LEGAL COUNSEL | Amends the School Code. Provides that the regional superintendent of schools is authorized to hire private legal counsel to represent him or her in legal matters (instead of the State's Attorney of the county where the regional superintendent's office is located acting as the legal representative). Provides that each county located within the educational service region shall pay a per capita share of the legal fees incurred, based on the number of people in the county according to the most recent U.S. census. | us/states/il | Illinois General Assembly | 94th | SB 767 | Illinois SB 767 (94th) |
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enacted | 3 | 35 | 2 | 2005-02-18 | 2005-07-08 | openstates | ocd-bill/23958846-fd6b-4e72-a815-b8100bdde059 | http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=767&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=17801&SessionID=50&GA=94 | 850e167cf75e4847284189c083a7c6b42b02cd80055c1fcb3d2da331c318496e | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Illinois SB 767 (94th) — SCH CD-REG SUP-LEGAL COUNSEL
Amends the School Code. Provides that the regional superintendent of schools is authorized to hire private legal counsel to represent him or her in legal matters (instead of the State's Attorney of the county where the regional superintendent's office is located acting as the legal representative). Provides that each county located within the educational service region shall pay a per capita share of the legal fees incurred, based on the number of people in the county according to the most recent U.S. census.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Third Reading — 56–0 (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — 113–2 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Deanna Demuzio — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2005-02-18 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Deanna Demuzio
filing - 2005-02-18 First Reading
reading-1 - 2005-02-18 Referred to Rules
referral-committee - 2005-02-23 Assigned to Education
referral-committee - 2005-03-02 Do Pass Education; 011-000-000
committee-passage - 2005-03-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 3, 2005
- 2005-03-03 Second Reading
reading-2 - 2005-03-03 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 8, 2005
- 2005-03-11 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
- 2005-03-16 Sponsor Removed Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
- 2005-04-11 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Deanna Demuzio
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 - 2005-04-14 Recalled to Second Reading
reading-2 - 2005-04-14 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Demuzio
amendment-passage - 2005-04-14 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- 2005-04-14 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2005-04-15 Arrived in House
introduction - 2005-04-15 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
reading-1 - 2005-04-15 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
- 2005-04-15 First Reading
reading-1 - 2005-04-15 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2005-04-27 Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee
referral-committee - 2005-05-04 Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 012-000-000
committee-passage - 2005-05-05 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- 2005-05-11 Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2005-05-11 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- 2005-05-17 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Gary Hannig
- 2005-05-18 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-002-000
reading-3, passage - 2005-05-18 Passed Both Houses
- 2005-06-16 Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt - 2005-07-08 Governor Approved
executive-signature - 2005-07-08 Effective Date July 8, 2005
- 2005-07-08 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0153
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/23958846-fd6b-4e72-a815-b8100bdde059. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).