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Bill	SCH CD-LIMIT PE MANDATE WAIVER	Amends the School Code. In provisions concerning the waiver or modification of mandates within the School Code and administrative rules, provides that an approved waiver from or modification to a physical education mandate may remain in effect for a period not to exceed 2 (instead of 5) school years and may be renewed no more than 2 times upon application by the eligible applicant (now there is no limit on the number of renewals).	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	95th	HB 1839	Illinois HB 1839 (95th)	bill		enacted		3	33	2	2007-02-23	2007-08-16	openstates	ocd-bill/d3011145-9af4-4a42-8c94-cbe03e244c69	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1839&GAID=9&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=30675&SessionID=51&GA=95	00c008ae9410c202cf3ff4d4bd6f2ade4307b2c144cef3761b02602820caaf98	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 1839 (95th) — SCH CD-LIMIT PE MANDATE WAIVER

Amends the School Code. In provisions concerning the waiver or modification of mandates within the School Code and administrative rules, provides that an approved waiver from or modification to a physical education mandate may remain in effect for a period not to exceed 2 (instead of 5) school years and may be renewed no more than 2 times upon application by the eligible applicant (now there is no limit on the number of renewals).

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

• Third Reading — 104–8 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 45–13 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Kevin Joyce — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2007-02-23 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Kevin Joyce filing
• 2007-02-23 First Reading reading-1
• 2007-02-23 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2007-02-27 Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee referral-committee
• 2007-03-06 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Esther Golar
• 2007-03-14 Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 022-000-000 committee-passage
• 2007-03-15 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2007-03-27 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
• 2007-04-18 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin A. McCarthy
• 2007-04-20 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
• 2007-04-20 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2007-04-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2007-04-24 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 104-008-000 reading-3, passage
• 2007-04-25 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2007-04-25 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 26, 2007 reading-1
• 2007-04-26 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. William Delgado
• 2007-04-26 First Reading reading-1
• 2007-04-26 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2007-05-02 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
• 2007-05-02 Assigned to Education referral-committee
• 2007-05-10 Do Pass Education; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2007-05-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 15, 2007
• 2007-05-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
• 2007-05-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
• 2007-05-15 Second Reading reading-2
• 2007-05-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 16, 2007
• 2007-05-22 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
• 2007-05-22 Third Reading - Passed; 045-013-000 reading-3, passage
• 2007-05-22 Passed Both Houses
• 2007-06-20 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2007-08-16 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2007-08-16 Effective Date January 1, 2008
• 2007-08-16 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0223 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d3011145-9af4-4a42-8c94-cbe03e244c69. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).