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Bill	SCH CD-FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES	Amends the School Code. Provides that a school district must not be certified by the State Board of Education to be in financial difficulty as a result of the failure of the Comptroller to disburse certain School Code reimbursements for receipt by the school district no later than June 30th of each year. Effective July 1, 2009.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	HB 944	Illinois HB 944 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	45	3	2009-02-10	2009-08-25	openstates	ocd-bill/5f3a1c94-201b-4340-8180-117aa6270ff1	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=944&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=42518&SessionID=76&GA=96	7f44adcd3e3cacc60437a9a5d0a9b84f4737b78133b679c99a05793975107fcb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 944 (96th) — SCH CD-FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES

Amends the School Code. Provides that a school district must not be certified by the State Board of Education to be in financial difficulty as a result of the failure of the Comptroller to disburse certain School Code reimbursements for receipt by the school district no later than June 30th of each year. Effective July 1, 2009.

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, Amendment 1 — 117–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 58–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 114–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Roger L. Eddy — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-02-10 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Roger L. Eddy filing
• 2009-02-10 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-02-10 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2009-02-11 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
• 2009-02-18 Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee referral-committee
• 2009-02-25 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Elementary & Secondary Education Committee amendment-introduction
• 2009-02-25 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2009-02-25 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 020-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-02-25 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-02-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
• 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 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
• 2009-03-27 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
• 2009-04-15 Assigned to Education referral-committee
• 2009-04-22 Do Pass Education; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-04-22 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 23, 2009
• 2009-04-22 Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Dale A. Righter
• 2009-05-12 Second Reading reading-2
• 2009-05-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2009
• 2009-05-15 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Dale A. Righter amendment-introduction
• 2009-05-15 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2009-05-17 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Education
• 2009-05-18 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Education; 010-000-000
• 2009-05-20 Recalled to Second Reading reading-2
• 2009-05-20 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Righter amendment-passage
• 2009-05-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
• 2009-05-20 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-05-20 Arrived in House introduction
• 2009-05-20 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
• 2009-05-21 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Roger L. Eddy
• 2009-05-21 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2009-05-26 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000
• 2009-05-28 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 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 . . . . . . . . . 96-0668 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5f3a1c94-201b-4340-8180-117aa6270ff1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).