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Bill SCH CD-SPEC ED-EXPERT WITNESS Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. Provides that a private evaluator or expert retained by or on behalf a parent or guardian shall be afforded reasonable and unimpeded access to educational personnel, facilities, classrooms, and buildings and to the child for the purpose of conducting any appropriate interviews, observations, assessments, tests, or evaluations of the child and of the child's current or proposed educational program, placement, and educational environment. Provides that a parent or guardian shall be afforded reasonable and unimpeded access to observe the child in his or her current or proposed educational program, placement, and educational environment. Provides that a parent or guardian who is a prevailing party in an impartial due process hearing or in a civil action may recover from an opposing party reasonable expert witness costs if the expert witness contributed to the relief obtained by the parent or guardian. Effective immediately. us/states/il Illinois General Assembly 96th HB 628 Illinois HB 628 (96th)
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Illinois HB 628 (96th) — SCH CD-SPEC ED-EXPERT WITNESS

Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. Provides that a private evaluator or expert retained by or on behalf a parent or guardian shall be afforded reasonable and unimpeded access to educational personnel, facilities, classrooms, and buildings and to the child for the purpose of conducting any appropriate interviews, observations, assessments, tests, or evaluations of the child and of the child's current or proposed educational program, placement, and educational environment. Provides that a parent or guardian shall be afforded reasonable and unimpeded access to observe the child in his or her current or proposed educational program, placement, and educational environment. Provides that a parent or guardian who is a prevailing party in an impartial due process hearing or in a civil action may recover from an opposing party reasonable expert witness costs if the expert witness contributed to the relief obtained by the parent or guardian. 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 — 79–35 (pass) · lower
  • Concurrence, Amendment 2 — 117–0 (pass) · lower
  • Third Reading — 57–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Harry Osterman — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2009-02-05 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Harry Osterman filing
  • 2009-02-06 First Reading reading-1
  • 2009-02-06 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
  • 2009-02-11 Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee referral-committee
  • 2009-02-18 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lou Lang
  • 2009-02-19 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Esther Golar
  • 2009-02-20 Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Lou Lang
  • 2009-02-20 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lou Lang
  • 2009-03-03 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen May
  • 2009-03-03 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Marlow H. Colvin
  • 2009-03-04 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Elementary & Secondary Education Committee amendment-introduction
  • 2009-03-04 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
  • 2009-03-04 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 011-002-001 committee-passage
  • 2009-03-04 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
  • 2009-03-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
  • 2009-03-26 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen A. Ryg
  • 2009-03-26 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Harry Osterman amendment-introduction
  • 2009-03-26 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
  • 2009-03-30 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
  • 2009-04-01 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
  • 2009-04-01 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
  • 2009-04-02 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
  • 2009-04-02 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted by Voice Vote amendment-passage
  • 2009-04-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
  • 2009-04-02 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Deborah L. Graham
  • 2009-04-02 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 079-035-000 reading-3, passage
  • 2009-04-15 Arrive in Senate introduction
  • 2009-04-15 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
  • 2009-04-15 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John J. Cullerton
  • 2009-04-15 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
  • 2009-04-15 First Reading reading-1
  • 2009-04-15 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
  • 2009-04-22 Assigned to Education referral-committee
  • 2009-04-22 Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Heather Steans
  • 2009-04-29 Held in Education
  • 2009-05-05 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
  • 2009-05-06 Do Pass Education; 010-000-000 committee-passage
  • 2009-05-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 7, 2009
  • 2009-05-07 Second Reading reading-2
  • 2009-05-07 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 12, 2009
  • 2009-05-12 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Susan Garrett
  • 2009-05-14 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Heather Steans amendment-introduction
  • 2009-05-14 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
  • 2009-05-15 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Heather Steans amendment-introduction
  • 2009-05-15 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
  • 2009-05-17 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Education
  • 2009-05-17 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Education
  • 2009-05-18 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled in Education; by Senator Steans amendment-failure
  • 2009-05-18 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Education; 009-000-000
  • 2009-05-19 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
  • 2009-05-19 Recalled to Second Reading reading-2
  • 2009-05-19 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Steans amendment-passage
  • 2009-05-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
  • 2009-05-19 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 reading-3, passage
  • 2009-05-20 Arrived in House introduction
  • 2009-05-20 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 2
  • 2009-05-20 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Harry Osterman
  • 2009-05-20 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
  • 2009-05-26 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000
  • 2009-05-28 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 House Concurs 117-000-000
  • 2009-05-28 Passed Both Houses
  • 2009-06-26 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
  • 2009-08-25 Governor Approved executive-signature
  • 2009-08-25 Effective Date August 25, 2009
  • 2009-08-25 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0657 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8f089f72-f369-417b-8207-b68d6bffeb60. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).

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