republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/97th/hb-3281.md

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Bill	SCH CD-SUSPEND/EXPEL-ELEC THRT	Amends the School Code. Provides that the gross disobedience or misconduct for which a school board (except Chicago) may expel pupils includes that perpetuated by electronic means. Provides that a school board (including Chicago) may suspend or by regulation authorize the superintendent of the district or the principal, assistant principal, or dean of students of any school to suspend a student for a certain period of time or may expel a student for a definite period of time if (i) that student has been determined to have made an explicit threat on an Internet website against a school employee, a student, or any school-related personnel, (ii) the Internet website through which the threat was made is a site that was accessible within the school at the time the threat was made or was available to third parties who worked or studied within the school grounds at the time the threat was made, and (iii) the threat could be reasonably interpreted as threatening to the safety and security of the threatened individual because of his or her duties or employment status or status as a student inside the school.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	HB 3281	Illinois HB 3281 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	40	2	2011-02-24	2011-08-12	openstates	ocd-bill/b1de40a8-ffad-4947-a58b-0458d23fa16a	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3281&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=60651&SessionID=84&GA=97	e019be424046dc40ab15eed6a5fe26b4173b54c47811e66e80b2a2e457802de6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 3281 (97th) — SCH CD-SUSPEND/EXPEL-ELEC THRT

Amends the School Code. Provides that the gross disobedience or misconduct for which a school board (except Chicago) may expel pupils includes that perpetuated by electronic means. Provides that a school board (including Chicago) may suspend or by regulation authorize the superintendent of the district or the principal, assistant principal, or dean of students of any school to suspend a student for a certain period of time or may expel a student for a definite period of time if (i) that student has been determined to have made an explicit threat on an Internet website against a school employee, a student, or any school-related personnel, (ii) the Internet website through which the threat was made is a site that was accessible within the school at the time the threat was made or was available to third parties who worked or studied within the school grounds at the time the threat was made, and (iii) the threat could be reasonably interpreted as threatening to the safety and security of the threatened individual because of his or her duties or employment status or status as a student inside the school.

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 — 102–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 56–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Sidney H. Mathias — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-24 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Sidney H. Mathias filing
• 2011-02-24 Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
• 2011-02-24 Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Darlene J. Senger
• 2011-02-24 Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. David Harris
• 2011-02-24 Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John D. Cavaletto
• 2011-02-24 Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
• 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
• 2011-03-14 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Sidney H. Mathias amendment-introduction
• 2011-03-14 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-03-16 Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 022-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-03-16 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-03-16 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40 amendment-failure
• 2011-03-16 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Sidney H. Mathias amendment-introduction
• 2011-03-16 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-03-16 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee
• 2011-03-17 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 024-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-03-29 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael G. Connelly
• 2011-04-01 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2011-04-01 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2011-04-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-04-05 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dwight Kay
• 2011-04-05 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 102-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-04-06 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2011-04-06 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 7, 2011 reading-1
• 2011-04-08 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III
• 2011-04-11 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-04-11 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
• 2011-05-17 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-05-17 Passed Both Houses
• 2011-06-15 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2011-08-12 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2011-08-12 Effective Date January 1, 2012
• 2011-08-12 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0340 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b1de40a8-ffad-4947-a58b-0458d23fa16a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).