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type: "Bill"
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title: "SCH CD-REG SUP-LEGAL COUNSEL"
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
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legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
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session: "94th"
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identifier: "SB 767"
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citation: "Illinois SB 767 (94th)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 35
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2005-02-18"
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last_action: "2005-07-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/23958846-fd6b-4e72-a815-b8100bdde059"
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source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=767&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=17801&SessionID=50&GA=94"
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source_hash: "850e167cf75e4847284189c083a7c6b42b02cd80055c1fcb3d2da331c318496e"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
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---
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# Illinois SB 767 (94th) — SCH CD-REG SUP-LEGAL COUNSEL
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB0767&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=17801&DocNum=767&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB0767eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=17801&DocNum=767&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB0767enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=17801&DocNum=767&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
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## Votes
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- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper
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- Third Reading — **113–2** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Deanna Demuzio — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2005-02-18** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Deanna Demuzio `filing`
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- **2005-02-18** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2005-02-18** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2005-02-23** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
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- **2005-03-02** Do Pass Education; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2005-03-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 3, 2005
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- **2005-03-03** Second Reading `reading-2`
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- **2005-03-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 8, 2005
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- **2005-03-11** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
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- **2005-03-16** Sponsor Removed Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
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- **2005-04-11** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Deanna Demuzio `amendment-introduction`
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- **2005-04-11** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2005-04-12** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Education
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- **2005-04-12** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Be Adopted Education; 008-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2005-04-14** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
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- **2005-04-14** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Demuzio `amendment-passage`
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- **2005-04-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
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- **2005-04-14** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2005-04-15** Arrived in House `introduction`
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- **2005-04-15** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2005-04-15** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
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- **2005-04-15** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2005-04-15** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2005-04-27** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2005-05-04** Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 012-000-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2005-05-05** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2005-05-11** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2005-05-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2005-05-17** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Gary Hannig
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- **2005-05-18** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-002-000 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2005-05-18** Passed Both Houses
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- **2005-06-16** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2005-07-08** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
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- **2005-07-08** Effective Date July 8, 2005
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- **2005-07-08** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0153 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/23958846-fd6b-4e72-a815-b8100bdde059`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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