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Bill	PUBLIC LABOR-SCHOOL POLICE	Amends the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act. Redefines "public employee" to include peace officers employed by school districts. Redefines "public employer" to include school districts in their employment of peace officers. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	SB 2497	Illinois SB 2497 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	34	2	2009-10-29	2010-07-23	openstates	ocd-bill/081a5558-a39d-4d8c-8cd9-cf879fa11fed	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2497&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=48834&SessionID=76&GA=96	94333a467a773209c42c22e13498140e98d1da546ad38f883dfa5d9ac35f4a25	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2497 (96th) — PUBLIC LABOR-SCHOOL POLICE

Amends the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act. Redefines "public employee" to include peace officers employed by school districts. Redefines "public employer" to include school districts in their employment of peace officers. 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 — 53–3 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 102–14 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• David Koehler — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-10-29 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Gary Forby filing
• 2009-10-29 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-10-29 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2010-02-10 Assigned to Labor referral-committee
• 2010-03-03 Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. David Koehler
• 2010-03-04 Do Pass Labor; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2010-03-04 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 9, 2010
• 2010-03-11 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. David Koehler amendment-introduction
• 2010-03-11 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2010-03-15 Second Reading reading-2
• 2010-03-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 16, 2010
• 2010-03-16 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Labor
• 2010-03-17 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Labor; 006-000-000
• 2010-03-18 Recalled to Second Reading reading-2
• 2010-03-18 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Koehler amendment-passage
• 2010-03-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
• 2010-03-18 Third Reading - Passed; 053-003-001 reading-3, passage
• 2010-03-18 Arrived in House introduction
• 2010-03-18 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Michael K. Smith
• 2010-03-18 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2010-03-18 First Reading reading-1
• 2010-03-18 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2010-04-19 Assigned to Labor Committee referral-committee
• 2010-04-23 Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) April 30, 2010
• 2010-04-27 Do Pass / Short Debate Labor Committee; 013-000-002 committee-passage
• 2010-04-28 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2010-04-28 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2010-04-28 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2010-04-29 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 102-014-000 reading-3, passage
• 2010-04-29 Passed Both Houses
• 2010-05-28 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2010-07-23 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2010-07-23 Effective Date July 23, 2010
• 2010-07-23 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1257 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/081a5558-a39d-4d8c-8cd9-cf879fa11fed. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).