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Bill	SCH CD-DRIVER ED-DISTRACTIONS	Amends the Driver Education Act of the School Code. Requires a driver education course to include classroom instruction on distracted driving as a major traffic safety issue. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	95th	SB 1557	Illinois SB 1557 (95th)	bill		enacted		3	32	2	2007-02-09	2007-08-21	openstates	ocd-bill/173c776d-60e7-43cd-98dc-d11417577516	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1557&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=29705&SessionID=51&GA=95	bce07c7314c3f724b76eb02ee0000983a72527f177ab103f654c615324c12953	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 1557 (95th) — SCH CD-DRIVER ED-DISTRACTIONS

Amends the Driver Education Act of the School Code. Requires a driver education course to include classroom instruction on distracted driving as a major traffic safety issue. Effective immediately.

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 — 56–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 102–14 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Michael W. Frerichs — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2007-02-09 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Michael W. Frerichs filing
• 2007-02-09 First Reading reading-1
• 2007-02-09 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2007-02-21 Assigned to Education referral-committee
• 2007-03-02 Postponed - Education
• 2007-03-08 Postponed - Education
• 2007-03-15 Do Pass Education; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2007-03-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 20, 2007
• 2007-03-20 Second Reading reading-2
• 2007-03-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 21, 2007
• 2007-03-21 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
• 2007-03-21 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
• 2007-03-30 Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2007 reading-3
• 2007-04-20 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2007-04-20 Arrived in House introduction
• 2007-04-20 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2007-04-20 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
• 2007-04-20 First Reading reading-1
• 2007-04-20 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2007-04-30 Assigned to Drivers Education & Safety Committee referral-committee
• 2007-05-08 Do Pass / Short Debate Drivers Education & Safety Committee; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2007-05-09 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2007-05-24 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2007-05-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2007-05-24 Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
• 2007-05-24 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
• 2007-05-31 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 102-014-000 reading-3, passage
• 2007-05-31 Passed Both Houses
• 2007-06-29 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2007-08-21 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2007-08-21 Effective Date August 21, 2007
• 2007-08-21 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0339 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/173c776d-60e7-43cd-98dc-d11417577516. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).