republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/96th/hb-6041.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCHOOLS-FUNDING"
description: "Amends the School Code. Deletes a provision applicable to school districts with a population of less than 500,000 requiring that permanent interfund transfers not otherwise authorized by law must be made to the fund of the school district most in need of the funds being transferred. Allows school districts to increase, abate, maintain, abolish, and re-create working cash funds. Provides that moneys in the working cash fund may be used by the school board for any and all school purposes. Makes other changes. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "HB 6041"
citation: "Illinois HB 6041 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2010-02-10"
last_action: "2010-07-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68bb9c97-2297-403d-9a0c-c38abbb3504e"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=6041&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=51784&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "f9149be11511573f898d249e5178500fe2ae597f34a43f85b6f69f3bd524e1d9"
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 6041 (96th) — SCHOOLS-FUNDING

Amends the School Code. Deletes a provision applicable to school districts with a population of less than 500,000 requiring that permanent interfund transfers not otherwise authorized by law must be made to the fund of the school district most in need of the funds being transferred. Allows school districts to increase, abate, maintain, abolish, and re-create working cash funds. Provides that moneys in the working cash fund may be used by the school board for any and all school purposes. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.

## 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=09600HB6041&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=51784&DocNum=6041&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB6041eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=51784&DocNum=6041&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB6041enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=51784&DocNum=6041&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **113–2** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **35–18** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Roger L. Eddy — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-02-10** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Roger L. Eddy `filing`
- **2010-02-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-02-10** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-02-23** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-03** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Elementary & Secondary Education Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2010-03-03** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2010-03-03** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 017-001-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-03-03** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-03-18** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Roger L. Eddy `amendment-introduction`
- **2010-03-18** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-22** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-03-22** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2010-03-22** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2010-03-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-03-23** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-002-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-03-23** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2010-03-23** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 24, 2010 `reading-1`
- **2010-03-23** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John J. Millner
- **2010-03-24** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-03-24** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-24** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. M. Maggie Crotty
- **2010-03-24** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. John J. Millner
- **2010-04-13** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-21** Do Pass Executive; 009-003-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-04-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 22, 2010
- **2010-04-22** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2010-04-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 23, 2010
- **2010-04-27** Sponsor Removed Sen. John J. Millner
- **2010-04-29** Third Reading - Passed; 035-018-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-04-29** Passed Both Houses
- **2010-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2010-07-26** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-26** Effective Date July 26, 2010
- **2010-07-26** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1277 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/68bb9c97-2297-403d-9a0c-c38abbb3504e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).