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| Bill | EDUC-BUILDING-EMERGENCY | Amends the School Code, various Acts relating to the governance of public universities in Illinois, and the Public Community College Act. Provides that a school board shall make school buildings available for use as civil defense shelters for all persons; cooperate with the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, local organizations for civil defense, disaster relief organizations, and federal agencies concerned with civil defense relative thereto; cooperate with these agencies and organizations in the use of other resources, equipment, and facilities; and cooperate with these agencies and organizations in the construction of new buildings to the end that the buildings be so designed that shelter facilities may be provided. Requires (instead of allows) a board of trustees of a community college district to make the buildings of the college available for emergency purposes, upon the request of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency or the State-accredited emergency management agency with jurisdiction, and to cooperate in all matters with the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, local emergency management agencies, State-certified, local public health departments, the American Red Cross, and federal agencies concerned with emergency preparedness and response; provides that the request may also be made by the American Red Cross. Adds a similar requirement for public universities. Effective immediately. | us/states/il | Illinois General Assembly | 96th | SB 204 | Illinois SB 204 (96th) |
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enacted | 3 | 34 | 2 | 2009-02-03 | 2009-07-23 | openstates | ocd-bill/c8439360-3679-4c3a-852c-e1ba9c2965a3 | http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=204&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=40691&SessionID=76&GA=96 | 34d5441c68037228c3a46b617e5deb00b5008040f94d9d70572b86f0c0884a7f | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Illinois SB 204 (96th) — EDUC-BUILDING-EMERGENCY
Amends the School Code, various Acts relating to the governance of public universities in Illinois, and the Public Community College Act. Provides that a school board shall make school buildings available for use as civil defense shelters for all persons; cooperate with the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, local organizations for civil defense, disaster relief organizations, and federal agencies concerned with civil defense relative thereto; cooperate with these agencies and organizations in the use of other resources, equipment, and facilities; and cooperate with these agencies and organizations in the construction of new buildings to the end that the buildings be so designed that shelter facilities may be provided. Requires (instead of allows) a board of trustees of a community college district to make the buildings of the college available for emergency purposes, upon the request of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency or the State-accredited emergency management agency with jurisdiction, and to cooperate in all matters with the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, local emergency management agencies, State-certified, local public health departments, the American Red Cross, and federal agencies concerned with emergency preparedness and response; provides that the request may also be made by the American Red Cross. Adds a similar requirement for public universities. Effective immediately.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Third Reading — 59–0 (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — 113–1 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Deanna Demuzio — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2009-02-03 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Deanna Demuzio
filing - 2009-02-03 First Reading
reading-1 - 2009-02-03 Referred to Assignments
referral-committee - 2009-02-10 Assigned to Higher Education
referral-committee - 2009-02-19 Postponed - Higher Education
- 2009-02-25 Postponed - Higher Education
- 2009-03-03 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Deanna Demuzio
amendment-introduction - 2009-03-03 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
referral-committee - 2009-03-04 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Higher Education
- 2009-03-04 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted
amendment-passage - 2009-03-05 Do Pass as Amended Higher Education; 008-000-000
committee-passage - 2009-03-05 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 6, 2009
- 2009-03-24 Second Reading
reading-2 - 2009-03-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 25, 2009
- 2009-03-25 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Edward D. Maloney
- 2009-03-25 Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2009-03-25 Arrived in House
introduction - 2009-03-25 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
reading-1 - 2009-03-26 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Jay C. Hoffman
- 2009-03-26 First Reading
reading-1 - 2009-03-26 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2009-03-31 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lisa M. Dugan
- 2009-04-14 Assigned to Higher Education Committee
referral-committee - 2009-04-22 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- 2009-04-22 Do Pass / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 006-000-000
committee-passage - 2009-04-22 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- 2009-04-23 Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2009-04-23 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- 2009-04-28 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-001-000
reading-3, passage - 2009-04-28 Passed Both Houses
- 2009-05-27 Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt - 2009-07-23 Governor Approved
executive-signature - 2009-07-23 Effective Date July 23, 2009
- 2009-07-23 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0057
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c8439360-3679-4c3a-852c-e1ba9c2965a3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).