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type: "Bill"
title: "SCH CD-DEAF-VISUAL IMP-NOTIFY"
description: "Amends the School Code. In a provision concerning the notification of a child's possible eligibility to receive services from the Illinois School for the Deaf or the Illinois School for the Visually Impaired, requires the school district to further notify parents and guardians of eligible children of the existence of other, local facilities that provide services similar to these schools and the services that the facilities provide. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "SB 87"
citation: "Illinois SB 87 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-01-26"
last_action: "2005-07-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36f2b820-4bee-420b-bf24-2b862252b678"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=87&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=14722&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "d68f97e0d19389670d1e1bcb67f9ddde7102aca14b7565729112cf24950e7836"
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 SB 87 (94th) — SCH CD-DEAF-VISUAL IMP-NOTIFY
Amends the School Code. In a provision concerning the notification of a child's possible eligibility to receive services from the Illinois School for the Deaf or the Illinois School for the Visually Impaired, requires the school district to further notify parents and guardians of eligible children of the existence of other, local facilities that provide services similar to these schools and the services that the facilities provide. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. 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=09400SB0087&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=14722&DocNum=87&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB0087eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=14722&DocNum=87&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB0087enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=14722&DocNum=87&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **1150** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **560** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Susan Garrett — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2005-01-26** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Susan Garrett `filing`
- **2005-01-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-01-26** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-03** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-10** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2005-02-16** Held in Education
- **2005-02-24** Postponed - Education
- **2005-03-01** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Susan Garrett `amendment-introduction`
- **2005-03-01** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-01** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Education
- **2005-03-01** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2005-03-02** Do Pass as Amended Education; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-03-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 3, 2005
- **2005-03-08** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-03-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 9, 2005
- **2005-04-11** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-04-11** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- **2005-04-11** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2005-04-11** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-04-12** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Jim Watson
- **2005-04-12** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Washington
- **2005-04-12** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-04-12** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-13** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Karen May
- **2005-04-13** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Watson
- **2005-04-20** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-27** Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 016-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-04-28** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-05-03** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-05-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-05-04** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-05-04** Passed Both Houses
- **2005-05-04** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elaine Nekritz
- **2005-06-02** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2005-07-29** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2005-07-29** Effective Date July 29, 2005
- **2005-07-29** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0376 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/36f2b820-4bee-420b-bf24-2b862252b678`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).