republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/94th/sb-861.md

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Bill	EDUCATION-TECH	Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning employment.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	94th	SB 861	Illinois SB 861 (94th)	bill		enacted		3	53	3	2005-02-18	2006-07-31	openstates	ocd-bill/3744910e-d022-4c35-bca5-ba5add474e35	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=861&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=17895&SessionID=50&GA=94	aa8b49e89a762097b51c1ce53664809673826af8c227b23e38c937165bd1dffa	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 861 (94th) — EDUCATION-TECH

Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning employment.

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

• Concurrence — 58–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 56–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 102–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Don Harmon — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2005-02-18 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford filing
• 2005-02-18 Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, Jr.
• 2005-02-18 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-02-18 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2005-02-24 Assigned to Education referral-committee
• 2005-03-17 Do Pass Education; 007-004-000 committee-passage
• 2005-03-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 6, 2005
• 2005-04-06 Second Reading reading-2
• 2005-04-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 7, 2005
• 2005-04-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** April 13, 2005
• 2005-04-15 Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Extended to December 31, 2005 reading-3
• 2005-07-01 Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2005-11-04 Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Extended to January 9, 2007 reading-3
• 2006-03-28 Approved for Consideration Rules
• 2006-03-28 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 29, 2006
• 2006-03-28 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Don Harmon amendment-introduction
• 2006-03-28 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2006-03-29 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Education
• 2006-03-29 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Education; 006-000-000
• 2006-03-29 Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Don Harmon
• 2006-04-04 Recalled to Second Reading reading-2
• 2006-04-04 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Harmon amendment-passage
• 2006-04-04 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
• 2006-04-04 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2006-04-04 Arrived in House introduction
• 2006-04-04 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2006-04-06 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Terry R. Parke
• 2006-04-06 First Reading reading-1
• 2006-04-06 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2006-04-10 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Arthur L. Turner
• 2006-04-25 Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) April 30, 2006
• 2006-04-25 Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee referral-committee
• 2006-04-25 Motion to Suspend Rule 25 - Prevailed
• 2006-04-25 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Elementary & Secondary Education Committee amendment-introduction
• 2006-04-25 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2006-04-25 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 020-000-000 committee-passage
• 2006-04-25 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2006-04-25 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2006-04-25 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2006-04-26 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2006-04-26 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 102-001-000 reading-3, passage
• 2006-04-27 Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01
• 2006-04-27 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01-May 2, 2006
• 2006-05-02 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Don Harmon filing
• 2006-05-02 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2006-05-02 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Education referral-committee
• 2006-05-03 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Education; 011-000-000
• 2006-05-03 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 058-000-000
• 2006-05-03 Passed Both Houses
• 2006-06-01 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2006-07-31 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2006-07-31 Effective Date July 31, 2006
• 2006-07-31 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-1060 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3744910e-d022-4c35-bca5-ba5add474e35. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).