republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/96th/sb-2507.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCH CD-BONDS-WILMINGTON"
description: "Amends the School Code. In a Section concerning the debt limitations of school districts, allows Wilmington Community Unit School District Number 209-U to issue bonds with an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $2,285,000 if, among other conditions, (i) the proceeds of the bonds are used to accomplish only those projects approved by the voters at the general primary election held on March 21, 2006; (ii) prior to the issuance of the bonds, the school board determines, by resolution, that (A) the projects approved by the voters were and are required because of the age and condition of the school district's prior and existing school buildings and (B) the issuance of the bonds is authorized by legislation that exempts the debt incurred on the bonds from the district's statutory debt limitation; (iii) the bonds are issued in one or more bond issuances on or before March 1, 2011, but the aggregate principal amount issued in all those bond issuances combined must not exceed $2,285,000; and (iv) the bonds are issued in accordance with the Article. Provides that the debt incurred on any bonds issued shall not be considered indebtedness for purposes of any statutory debt limitation. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "SB 2507"
citation: "Illinois SB 2507 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2010-01-06"
last_action: "2010-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1772458-968d-4c29-a8b2-527ead034b55"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2507&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=49084&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "9753c9b0232800abd2f89a13065f59cf0c56f26e33e86a8648439a1fb45c361c"
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 2507 (96th) — SCH CD-BONDS-WILMINGTON

Amends the School Code. In a Section concerning the debt limitations of school districts, allows Wilmington Community Unit School District Number 209-U to issue bonds with an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $2,285,000 if, among other conditions, (i) the proceeds of the bonds are used to accomplish only those projects approved by the voters at the general primary election held on March 21, 2006; (ii) prior to the issuance of the bonds, the school board determines, by resolution, that (A) the projects approved by the voters were and are required because of the age and condition of the school district's prior and existing school buildings and (B) the issuance of the bonds is authorized by legislation that exempts the debt incurred on the bonds from the district's statutory debt limitation; (iii) the bonds are issued in one or more bond issuances on or before March 1, 2011, but the aggregate principal amount issued in all those bond issuances combined must not exceed $2,285,000; and (iv) the bonds are issued in accordance with the Article. Provides that the debt incurred on any bonds issued shall not be considered indebtedness for purposes of any statutory debt limitation. 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=09600SB2507&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=49084&DocNum=2507&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB2507eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=49084&DocNum=2507&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB2507enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=49084&DocNum=2507&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **54–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **77–32** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- A. J. Wilhelmi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-01-06** Filed with Secretary by Sen. A. J. Wilhelmi `filing`
- **2010-01-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-01-06** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2010-02-04** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2010-02-17** Do Pass Education; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-02-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 18, 2010
- **2010-02-18** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2010-02-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 23, 2010
- **2010-03-09** Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-03-10** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2010-04-13** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Jack McGuire
- **2010-04-13** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-04-13** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-04-13** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-14** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-21** Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 013-002-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-04-21** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-04-22** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2010-04-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-04-23** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 077-032-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-04-23** Passed Both Houses
- **2010-05-21** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2010-06-25** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2010-06-25** Effective Date June 25, 2010
- **2010-06-25** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0947 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f1772458-968d-4c29-a8b2-527ead034b55`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).