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Bill	SCH CD-CHRONIC/HABITUAL TRUANT	Amends the School Code. Provides that a chronic or habitual truant shall be defined as a child who is subject to compulsory school attendance and who is absent without valid cause from such attendance for 5% (instead of 10%) or more of the previous 180 regular attendance days. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	HB 3179	Illinois HB 3179 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	30	2	2011-02-23	2011-07-28	openstates	ocd-bill/3f05264d-f1da-4e96-8422-d040ee27f440	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3179&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=60543&SessionID=84&GA=97	5e49166f5229d4dc35d423c757c0e4ffc71d443c495f7588c21cd478e26c96ff	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 3179 (97th) — SCH CD-CHRONIC/HABITUAL TRUANT

Amends the School Code. Provides that a chronic or habitual truant shall be defined as a child who is subject to compulsory school attendance and who is absent without valid cause from such attendance for 5% (instead of 10%) or more of the previous 180 regular attendance days. 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 — 108–6 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 57–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• John D. Cavaletto — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-23 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. John D. Cavaletto filing
• 2011-02-24 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-02-24 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-02-28 Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee referral-committee
• 2011-03-09 Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 023-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-03-09 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-03-09 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Roger L. Eddy
• 2011-03-09 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry L. Mitchell
• 2011-03-09 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
• 2011-03-09 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
• 2011-03-17 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2011-03-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-03-23 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dwight Kay
• 2011-03-30 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 108-006-001 reading-3, passage
• 2011-03-31 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2011-03-31 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2011-03-31 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John O. Jones
• 2011-03-31 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-03-31 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 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
• 2011-05-12 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-05-12 Passed Both Houses
• 2011-06-10 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2011-07-28 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2011-07-28 Effective Date July 28, 2011
• 2011-07-28 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0218 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3f05264d-f1da-4e96-8422-d040ee27f440. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).