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| Bill | SCH CD-CIVIC EDUC ADVANCEMENT | Amends the School Code and the State Finance Act. Authorizes regional superintendents of schools to make grants from the Civic Education Trust Fund, a special fund created in the State treasury, to any public school that enrolls 9th, 10th, 11th, or 12th grade students and that has completed and submitted a Civic Audit for the school, for the purpose of professional development for the school's staff. Provides that grants may be awarded to eligible schools only once every 3 years and that a grant must be no less than $250 and no more than $3,000, unless otherwise authorized. Provides that the State Treasurer shall accept and deposit into the Fund all gifts, grants, transfers, donations, appropriations, and other amounts, from any legal source, public or private, that are designated for deposit into the Fund. Effective immediately. | us/states/il | Illinois General Assembly | 95th | HB 2787 | Illinois HB 2787 (95th) |
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enacted | 3 | 56 | 2 | 2007-02-26 | 2007-08-16 | openstates | ocd-bill/01312215-404b-4e33-b2d0-b3811cdaf95a | http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2787&GAID=9&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=31574&SessionID=51&GA=95 | e1f977a5d656726a08f8d27fc4f42695e45563ff8e9e22ee202723bc87e19a11 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Illinois HB 2787 (95th) — SCH CD-CIVIC EDUC ADVANCEMENT
Amends the School Code and the State Finance Act. Authorizes regional superintendents of schools to make grants from the Civic Education Trust Fund, a special fund created in the State treasury, to any public school that enrolls 9th, 10th, 11th, or 12th grade students and that has completed and submitted a Civic Audit for the school, for the purpose of professional development for the school's staff. Provides that grants may be awarded to eligible schools only once every 3 years and that a grant must be no less than $250 and no more than $3,000, unless otherwise authorized. Provides that the State Treasurer shall accept and deposit into the Fund all gifts, grants, transfers, donations, appropriations, and other amounts, from any legal source, public or private, that are designated for deposit into the Fund. Effective immediately.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Third Reading — 116–0 (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — 59–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- William Davis — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2007-02-26 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. William Davis
filing - 2007-02-26 First Reading
reading-1 - 2007-02-26 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2007-03-01 Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee
referral-committee - 2007-03-06 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Suzanne Bassi
- 2007-03-06 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael K. Smith
- 2007-03-07 Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 022-000-000
committee-passage - 2007-03-07 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- 2007-03-07 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Boland
- 2007-03-07 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lisa M. Dugan
- 2007-03-07 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
- 2007-03-07 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Esther Golar
- 2007-03-07 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Watson
- 2007-03-07 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Roger L. Eddy
- 2007-03-07 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert F. Flider
- 2007-03-07 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ruth Munson
- 2007-03-07 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
- 2007-03-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
- 2007-03-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Charles E. Jefferson
- 2007-03-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elga L. Jefferies
- 2007-03-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook
- 2007-03-29 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. William Davis
amendment-introduction - 2007-03-29 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2007-04-16 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-000-000
committee-passage-favorable - 2007-04-17 Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2007-04-17 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote
amendment-passage - 2007-04-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- 2007-04-18 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
- 2007-04-18 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
- 2007-04-18 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maria Antonia Berrios
- 2007-04-18 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Susana A Mendoza
- 2007-04-18 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough
- 2007-04-18 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Luis Arroyo
- 2007-04-18 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Marlow H. Colvin
- 2007-04-18 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Edward J. Acevedo
- 2007-04-18 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
- 2007-04-18 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2007-04-19 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry R. Ramey, Jr.
- 2007-04-20 Arrive in Senate
introduction - 2007-04-20 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
reading-1 - 2007-04-20 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. William Delgado
- 2007-04-20 First Reading
reading-1 - 2007-04-20 Referred to Rules
referral-committee - 2007-04-25 Assigned to Education
referral-committee - 2007-05-02 Do Pass Education; 010-000-000
committee-passage - 2007-05-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 3, 2007
- 2007-05-03 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- 2007-05-04 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan Cronin
- 2007-05-15 Second Reading
reading-2 - 2007-05-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 16, 2007
- 2007-05-22 Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000
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 August 16, 2007
- 2007-08-16 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0225
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/01312215-404b-4e33-b2d0-b3811cdaf95a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).