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type: "Bill"
title: "SCH CD-REQUIRE BULLYING POLICY"
description: "Amends the School Code. Provides that, beginning 180 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act, each school district shall create and maintain a policy on bullying, which policy must be filed with the State Board of Education. Provides that the policy must be updated every 2 years and filed with the State Board after being updated. Provides that the State Board shall monitor the implementation of these policies. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "HB 18"
citation: "Illinois HB 18 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 52
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2006-12-05"
last_action: "2007-08-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dfbaa99b-cb16-4dd0-bed3-9cdc8ab90031"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=18&GAID=9&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=26611&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "58540256cf245dfabe978af4e012816085fbfb1f71c6516b66c500dbb4ac25b0"
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 HB 18 (95th) — SCH CD-REQUIRE BULLYING POLICY
Amends the School Code. Provides that, beginning 180 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act, each school district shall create and maintain a policy on bullying, which policy must be filed with the State Board of Education. Provides that the policy must be updated every 2 years and filed with the State Board after being updated. Provides that the State Board shall monitor the implementation of these policies. 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=09500HB0018&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=26611&DocNum=18&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB0018eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=26611&DocNum=18&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB0018enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=26611&DocNum=18&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **486** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **8430** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Lou Lang — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2006-12-05** Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Lou Lang `filing`
- **2007-01-19** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-01-19** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-01-31** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-07** Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 014-004-001 `committee-passage`
- **2007-02-07** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-02-07** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lisa M. Dugan
- **2007-02-07** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2007-02-07** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
- **2007-02-07** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. LaShawn K. Ford
- **2007-02-08** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Fred Crespo
- **2007-02-08** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2007-02-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-02-21** Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2007-02-21** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2007-02-21** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Lou Lang `amendment-introduction`
- **2007-02-21** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-21** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
- **2007-02-21** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Al Riley
- **2007-02-21** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elga L. Jefferies
- **2007-02-22** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen May
- **2007-02-22** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Susana A Mendoza
- **2007-03-06** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-07** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Deborah L. Graham
- **2007-03-13** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2007-03-13** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2007-03-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-03-14** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 084-030-002 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-03-14** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Richard T. Bradley
- **2007-03-14** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Boland
- **2007-03-14** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack McGuire
- **2007-03-14** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kenneth Dunkin
- **2007-03-15** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2007-03-15** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 20, 2007 `reading-1`
- **2007-03-15** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
- **2007-03-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-20** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-30** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-02** Held in Education
- **2007-05-10** Do Pass Education; 007-002-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-05-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 15, 2007
- **2007-05-16** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-05-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 17, 2007
- **2007-05-18** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- **2007-05-25** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2007 `reading-3`
- **2007-05-29** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2007-05-29** Third Reading - Passed; 048-006-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-05-29** Passed Both Houses
- **2007-06-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2007-08-23** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2007-08-23** Effective Date August 23, 2007
- **2007-08-23** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0349 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dfbaa99b-cb16-4dd0-bed3-9cdc8ab90031`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).