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type: "Bill"
title: "SCH CD-CONTRACTS-TRANSPORT"
description: "Amends the School Code. Adds contracts providing for the transportation of pupils with special needs or disabilities to the list of exceptions to the requirement that certain contracts be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder. Provides that these contracts must be advertised in the same manner as competitive bids and awarded by first considering the bidder or bidders most able to provide safety and comfort for the pupils with special needs or disabilities, stability of service, and any other factors set forth in the request for proposal regarding quality of service, and then price."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "HB 2362"
citation: "Illinois HB 2362 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-02-18"
last_action: "2009-08-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a857f7e6-79eb-4b5e-83aa-b8c4335267b0"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2362&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=44346&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "1ef767301a00b01e4d0cc995dba5d60891c724a07b765b6e40a0ea8fe5bbf3a6"
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 2362 (96th) — SCH CD-CONTRACTS-TRANSPORT
Amends the School Code. Adds contracts providing for the transportation of pupils with special needs or disabilities to the list of exceptions to the requirement that certain contracts be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder. Provides that these contracts must be advertised in the same manner as competitive bids and awarded by first considering the bidder or bidders most able to provide safety and comfort for the pupils with special needs or disabilities, stability of service, and any other factors set forth in the request for proposal regarding quality of service, and then price.
## 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=09600HB2362&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=44346&DocNum=2362&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB2362eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=44346&DocNum=2362&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB2362enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=44346&DocNum=2362&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **1140** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **571** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Michael K. Smith — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2009-02-18** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Michael K. Smith `filing`
- **2009-02-19** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Roger L. Eddy
- **2009-02-19** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-02-19** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-23** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-11** Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 020-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-03-11** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-03-23** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-03-23** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-03-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-03-24** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook
- **2009-03-24** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Lee Jackson, Sr.
- **2009-03-24** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore
- **2009-03-24** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-03-25** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2009-03-25** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 26, 2009 `reading-1`
- **2009-03-25** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Dan Cronin
- **2009-03-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-26** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-26** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Edward D. Maloney
- **2009-04-15** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-21** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael W. Frerichs
- **2009-04-22** Do Pass Education; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-04-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 23, 2009
- **2009-05-14** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-05-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** May 18, 2009
- **2009-05-19** Third Reading - Passed; 057-001-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-05-19** Passed Both Houses
- **2009-06-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-13** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-13** Effective Date January 1, 2010
- **2009-08-13** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0392 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a857f7e6-79eb-4b5e-83aa-b8c4335267b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).