republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/97th/hb-1240.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCH CD-CRIM HIST REC CK INFO"
description: "Amends the School Code. Provides that upon request of a school, school district, community college district, or private school, any information obtained by a school district pursuant to provisions concerning criminal history records checks and checks of the Statewide Sex Offender Database and Statewide Child Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Database within the last 5 years must be made available to that school, school district, community college district, or private school."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "HB 1240"
citation: "Illinois HB 1240 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-02-08"
last_action: "2011-08-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/86e95671-a27f-438b-9a55-8cfe67c07c91"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1240&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=57211&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "1e19da186817db427d081b916a58191a23ba69829a0e718196d487511c8e0b21"
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 HB 1240 (97th) — SCH CD-CRIM HIST REC CK INFO

Amends the School Code. Provides that upon request of a school, school district, community college district, or private school, any information obtained by a school district pursuant to provisions concerning criminal history records checks and checks of the Statewide Sex Offender Database and Statewide Child Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Database within the last 5 years must be made available to that school, school district, community college district, or private school.

## 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=09700HB1240&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=57211&DocNum=1240&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB1240eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=57211&DocNum=1240&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB1240enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=57211&DocNum=1240&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jack D. Franks — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-08** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jack D. Franks `filing`
- **2011-02-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-02-08** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-14** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-15** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jack D. Franks `amendment-introduction`
- **2011-02-15** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-16** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee
- **2011-02-23** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2011-02-23** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 024-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-02-23** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-02-24** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
- **2011-02-24** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2011-02-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-03-01** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
- **2011-03-01** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
- **2011-03-01** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
- **2011-03-01** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maria Antonia Berrios
- **2011-03-01** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Edward J. Acevedo
- **2011-03-01** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
- **2011-03-01** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel J. Burke
- **2011-03-01** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough
- **2011-03-01** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-03-02** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2011-03-02** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 3, 2011 `reading-1`
- **2011-03-03** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Susan Garrett
- **2011-03-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-09** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-04** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-10** Do Pass Education; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-05-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 11, 2011
- **2011-05-12** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-05-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2011
- **2011-05-17** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-05-17** Passed Both Houses
- **2011-06-15** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2011-08-04** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2011-08-04** Effective Date January 1, 2012
- **2011-08-04** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0248 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/86e95671-a27f-438b-9a55-8cfe67c07c91`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).