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Bill	EDUCATION-TECH	Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning a high school equivalency testing program.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	95th	SB 853	Illinois SB 853 (95th)	bill		enacted		3	52	3	2007-02-08	2007-09-11	openstates	ocd-bill/0701b62e-23a3-428e-8e05-e2b64ae580b8	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=853&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=28837&SessionID=51&GA=95	ea1c11f7a5472632bd460dd21e1282d83bac3300c54f832aa73a47730dbc9d3d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 853 (95th) — EDUCATION-TECH

Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning a high school equivalency testing program.

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

• Concurrence — 52–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 114–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 55–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Arthur L. Turner — cosponsor (person)
• David E. Miller — cosponsor (person)
• Edward D. Maloney — primary (person)
• Esther Golar — cosponsor (person)
• Monique D. Davis — cosponsor (person)
• Roger L. Eddy — cosponsor (person)
• Suzanne Bassi — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2007-02-08 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford filing
• 2007-02-08 Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, Jr.
• 2007-02-08 First Reading reading-1
• 2007-02-08 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2007-03-07 Assigned to Executive referral-committee
• 2007-03-15 Do Pass Executive; 007-005-000 committee-passage
• 2007-03-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 20, 2007
• 2007-03-21 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Edward D. Maloney amendment-introduction
• 2007-03-21 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2007-03-21 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Education
• 2007-03-22 Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Edward D. Maloney
• 2007-03-22 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Education; 010-000-000
• 2007-03-22 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
• 2007-03-22 Second Reading reading-2
• 2007-03-22 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Maloney amendment-passage
• 2007-03-22 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 27, 2007
• 2007-03-30 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. M. Maggie Crotty
• 2007-03-30 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Donne E. Trotter
• 2007-03-30 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan Rutherford
• 2007-03-30 Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2007-03-30 Arrived in House introduction
• 2007-03-30 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2007-04-26 Chief House Sponsor Rep. William B. Black
• 2007-04-26 First Reading reading-1
• 2007-04-26 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2007-04-30 Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee referral-committee
• 2007-05-08 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
• 2007-05-08 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. David E. Miller
• 2007-05-08 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Roger L. Eddy
• 2007-05-08 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Suzanne Bassi
• 2007-05-08 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Esther Golar
• 2007-05-08 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Elementary & Secondary Education Committee amendment-introduction
• 2007-05-08 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2007-05-08 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 017-001-001 committee-passage
• 2007-05-09 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2007-05-25 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2007-05-25 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2007-05-28 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Arthur L. Turner
• 2007-05-31 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2007-05-31 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Aaron Schock
• 2007-05-31 Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01
• 2007-05-31 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01 - June 1, 2007
• 2007-05-31 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Edward D. Maloney filing
• 2007-05-31 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2007-06-05 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Education referral-committee
• 2007-06-07 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Education; 006-000-000
• 2007-06-14 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 052-000-000
• 2007-06-14 Passed Both Houses
• 2007-07-13 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2007-09-11 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2007-09-11 Effective Date June 1, 2008
• 2007-09-11 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0609 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0701b62e-23a3-428e-8e05-e2b64ae580b8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).