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Bill	SCH CD-TEACHR-SICK LEAVE-ADOPT	Amends the School Code. With respect to sick leave for teachers (other than in the Chicago school district), provides that a school board may require a certificate from a physician, advanced practice nurse, physician assistant, or spiritual adviser or practitioner as a basis for pay during leave after an absence of 30 days for birth. Provides that for paid sick leave for adoption or placement for adoption, the school board may require that the teacher or other employee provide evidence that the formal adoption process is underway, and such leave is limited to 30 days unless a longer leave has been negotiated with the exclusive bargaining representative. Imposes conditions on any rulemaking authority. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	SB 35	Illinois SB 35 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	54	2	2009-01-30	2009-07-23	openstates	ocd-bill/e96f209f-5983-4982-873d-73f384bfb80c	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=35&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=40024&SessionID=76&GA=96	73795f26936238bd2c749c04c3be8518d855b95bc7a95c8de9424d59f50a21d9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 35 (96th) — SCH CD-TEACHR-SICK LEAVE-ADOPT

Amends the School Code. With respect to sick leave for teachers (other than in the Chicago school district), provides that a school board may require a certificate from a physician, advanced practice nurse, physician assistant, or spiritual adviser or practitioner as a basis for pay during leave after an absence of 30 days for birth. Provides that for paid sick leave for adoption or placement for adoption, the school board may require that the teacher or other employee provide evidence that the formal adoption process is underway, and such leave is limited to 30 days unless a longer leave has been negotiated with the exclusive bargaining representative. Imposes conditions on any rulemaking authority. 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 — 114–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 57–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bill Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
• Dan Brady — cosponsor (person)
• David Reis — cosponsor (person)
• Dennis M. Reboletti — cosponsor (person)
• Elizabeth Coulson — cosponsor (person)
• Franco Coladipietro — cosponsor (person)
• Jil Tracy — cosponsor (person)
• Jim Watson — cosponsor (person)
• Kay Hatcher — cosponsor (person)
• Michael P. McAuliffe — cosponsor (person)
• Michael W. Tryon — cosponsor (person)
• Mike Fortner — cosponsor (person)
• Patricia R. Bellock — cosponsor (person)
• Raymond Poe — cosponsor (person)
• Renée Kosel — cosponsor (person)
• Rich Brauer — cosponsor (person)
• Robert W. Pritchard — cosponsor (person)
• Ron Stephens — cosponsor (person)
• Rosemary Mulligan — cosponsor (person)
• Sidney H. Mathias — cosponsor (person)
• Susan Garrett — primary (person)
• William B. Black — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-01-30 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Susan Garrett filing
• 2009-01-30 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-01-30 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2009-02-04 Assigned to Education referral-committee
• 2009-02-10 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Susan Garrett amendment-introduction
• 2009-02-10 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2009-02-10 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Education
• 2009-02-10 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2009-02-11 Do Pass as Amended Education; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-02-11 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 18, 2009
• 2009-02-27 Second Reading reading-2
• 2009-02-27 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 4, 2009
• 2009-03-06 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Kyle McCarter
• 2009-03-25 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-03-25 Arrived in House introduction
• 2009-03-25 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2009-03-25 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
• 2009-03-25 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-03-25 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2009-04-14 Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee referral-committee
• 2009-04-22 Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 020-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-04-22 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-04-23 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2009-04-23 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Darlene J. Senger
• 2009-04-23 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John D. Cavaletto
• 2009-04-23 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Ronald A. Wait
• 2009-04-23 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-04-28 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-04-28 Passed Both Houses
• 2009-04-28 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
• 2009-04-28 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Watson
• 2009-04-28 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Bill Mitchell
• 2009-04-28 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jil Tracy
• 2009-04-28 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Brady
• 2009-04-28 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
• 2009-04-28 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael W. Tryon
• 2009-04-28 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Ron Stephens
• 2009-04-28 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Raymond Poe
• 2009-04-28 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Rich Brauer
• 2009-04-28 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Dennis M. Reboletti
• 2009-04-28 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Franco Coladipietro
• 2009-04-28 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
• 2009-04-28 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
• 2009-04-28 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kay Hatcher
• 2009-04-28 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Renée Kosel
• 2009-04-28 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Fortner
• 2009-04-28 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. David Reis
• 2009-04-28 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. William B. Black
• 2009-04-28 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe
• 2009-04-28 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Rosemary Mulligan
• 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 . . . . . . . . . 96-0051 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e96f209f-5983-4982-873d-73f384bfb80c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).