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type: "Bill"
title: "EDUC-BUILDING-EMERGENCY"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "SB 204"
citation: "Illinois SB 204 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-02-03"
last_action: "2009-07-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c8439360-3679-4c3a-852c-e1ba9c2965a3"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=204&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=40691&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "34d5441c68037228c3a46b617e5deb00b5008040f94d9d70572b86f0c0884a7f"
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 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.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB0204&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=40691&DocNum=204&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB0204eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=40691&DocNum=204&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB0204enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=40691&DocNum=204&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **590** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **1131** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c8439360-3679-4c3a-852c-e1ba9c2965a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).