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Bill	EDUCATION-TECH	Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning waivers of School Code mandates.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	HB 2401	Illinois HB 2401 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	48	2	2011-02-18	2011-07-20	openstates	ocd-bill/20622a04-0c15-439a-b8d6-9c7865caddf6	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2401&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=59683&SessionID=84&GA=97	e77b26c8536b7cd7a825e84086a46e158568fb09b2f56095830a94dbc1d6a13b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 2401 (97th) — EDUCATION-TECH

Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning waivers of School Code mandates.

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 — 57–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 108–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jerry L. Mitchell — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-18 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Tom Cross filing
• 2011-02-18 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-02-18 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-03-07 Assigned to Executive Committee referral-committee
• 2011-03-17 Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-03-17 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-03-31 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jerry L. Mitchell amendment-introduction
• 2011-03-31 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-03-31 Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Jerry L. Mitchell
• 2011-04-04 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee
• 2011-04-06 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 022-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-04-06 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2011-04-06 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Roger L. Eddy
• 2011-04-06 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
• 2011-04-06 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Esther Golar
• 2011-04-06 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
• 2011-04-06 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
• 2011-04-06 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
• 2011-04-06 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Sacia
• 2011-04-06 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. David Reis
• 2011-04-06 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Darlene J. Senger
• 2011-04-06 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
• 2011-04-06 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Bill Mitchell
• 2011-04-06 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Fred Crespo
• 2011-04-06 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. David R. Leitch
• 2011-04-06 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rich Brauer
• 2011-04-06 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Raymond Poe
• 2011-04-06 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2011-04-06 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2011-04-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-04-08 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 108-001-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-04-08 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2011-04-08 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 11, 2011 reading-1
• 2011-04-08 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
• 2011-04-11 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-04-11 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2011-04-15 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
• 2011-04-27 Assigned to Education referral-committee
• 2011-05-05 Do Pass Education; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-05-05 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 6, 2011
• 2011-05-06 Second Reading reading-2
• 2011-05-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 10, 2011
• 2011-05-17 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-05-17 Passed Both Houses
• 2011-06-15 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2011-07-20 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2011-07-20 Effective Date January 1, 2012
• 2011-07-20 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0151 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/20622a04-0c15-439a-b8d6-9c7865caddf6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).