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Bill	CRIM CD-INTERFERE SCHOOL	Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Expands the statute concerning interference with a public institution of higher education to also include interference with public elementary and secondary schools. Provides that if the interference with the public institution of education is accompanied by a threat, the person commits a Class 3 felony and may be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 2 years and not more than 10 years and may be prosecuted for intimidation.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	HB 557	Illinois HB 557 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	43	4	2009-02-04	2009-11-03	openstates	ocd-bill/84d8afff-49d1-469a-b057-9f0c649f93ed	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=557&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=40956&SessionID=76&GA=96	1d2bc66d77bc66e4c89028970ab70226ea68265fa6b4608bdebcf2903594a891	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 557 (96th) — CRIM CD-INTERFERE SCHOOL

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Expands the statute concerning interference with a public institution of higher education to also include interference with public elementary and secondary schools. Provides that if the interference with the public institution of education is accompanied by a threat, the person commits a Class 3 felony and may be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 2 years and not more than 10 years and may be prosecuted for intimidation.

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

• Motion — 91–22 (fail) · lower
• Motion — 54–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 117–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 58–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Linda Chapa LaVia — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-02-04 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia filing
• 2009-02-04 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-02-04 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2009-02-09 Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee referral-committee
• 2009-02-19 Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 020-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-02-19 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-02-19 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
• 2009-02-20 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia amendment-introduction
• 2009-02-20 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2009-02-24 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2009-03-03 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2009-03-03 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2009-03-03 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-03-11 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 117-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-03-12 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2009-03-12 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 17, 2009 reading-1
• 2009-03-27 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John J. Cullerton
• 2009-03-27 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
• 2009-03-30 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-03-30 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2009-03-30 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Heather Steans
• 2009-04-22 Assigned to Criminal Law referral-committee
• 2009-04-22 Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Linda Holmes
• 2009-04-30 To Criminal Law Subcommittee on Enhancements and Redundancy
• 2009-05-07 Do Pass Criminal Law; 007-000-001 committee-passage
• 2009-05-07 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 12, 2009
• 2009-05-14 Second Reading reading-2
• 2009-05-14 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 15, 2009
• 2009-05-19 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-05-19 Passed Both Houses
• 2009-06-17 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2009-08-14 Governor Amendatory Veto executive-veto
• 2009-10-05 Placed on Calendar Amendatory Veto October 14, 2009
• 2009-10-14 Motion Filed Override Amendatory Veto Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2009-10-14 3/5 Vote Required
• 2009-10-14 Override Amendatory Veto - House Passed 091-022-001
• 2009-10-22 Placed on Calendar Amendatory Veto October 28, 2009
• 2009-10-28 Motion Filed Override Amendatory Veto Sen. Linda Holmes
• 2009-10-30 3/5 Vote Required
• 2009-10-30 Override Amendatory Veto - Senate Passed 054-000-000
• 2009-10-30 Amendatory Veto Overridden Both Houses
• 2009-11-03 Effective Date January 1, 2010
• 2009-11-03 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0807 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/84d8afff-49d1-469a-b057-9f0c649f93ed. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).