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| Bill | SAFE SCHOOL ZONE | Amends the School Code and the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that if a school board designates the area within 1,000 feet of a school to be a safe school zone, then the principal of that school and the local law enforcement agency may prohibit persons, other than residents, from entering the safe school zone without a legitimate purpose (as jointly defined by the school board and the local law enforcement agency). Creates the offense of criminal trespass to school land, a Class A misdemeanor. | us/states/il | Illinois General Assembly | 97th | HB 78 | Illinois HB 78 (97th) |
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enacted | 3 | 70 | 5 | 2011-01-04 | 2011-08-25 | openstates | ocd-bill/6698273d-f273-42a4-8356-edb238dc4de5 | http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=78&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=54510&SessionID=84&GA=97 | bb6d238c0107f7efbbebb7517583ede214c8a1f830a8b8eb679f00b078779f11 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Illinois HB 78 (97th) — SAFE SCHOOL ZONE
Amends the School Code and the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that if a school board designates the area within 1,000 feet of a school to be a safe school zone, then the principal of that school and the local law enforcement agency may prohibit persons, other than residents, from entering the safe school zone without a legitimate purpose (as jointly defined by the school board and the local law enforcement agency). Creates the offense of criminal trespass to school land, a Class A misdemeanor.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Concurrence, Amendment 3 — 117–0 (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — 57–0 (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — 111–0 (pass) · lower
- Concurrence — 117–0 (pass) · lower
- Concurrence, Amendment 2 — 117–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Naomi D. Jakobsson — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2011-01-04 Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
filing - 2011-01-12 First Reading
reading-1 - 2011-01-12 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2011-02-08 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Chapin Rose
- 2011-02-08 Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee
referral-committee - 2011-02-24 Do Pass / Standard Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 004-000-003
committee-passage - 2011-02-24 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Standard Debate
- 2011-03-16 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
amendment-introduction - 2011-03-16 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2011-03-16 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee
- 2011-03-30 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
amendment-introduction - 2011-03-30 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2011-03-30 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000
committee-passage-favorable - 2011-03-31 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 007-000-000
committee-passage-favorable - 2011-04-05 Second Reading - Standard Debate
reading-2 - 2011-04-05 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Withdrawn by Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
- 2011-04-05 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted by Voice Vote
amendment-passage - 2011-04-05 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Standard Debate
- 2011-04-06 Third Reading - Standard Debate - Passed 111-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2011-04-07 Arrive in Senate
introduction - 2011-04-07 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
reading-1 - 2011-04-07 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Michael W. Frerichs
- 2011-04-07 First Reading
reading-1 - 2011-04-07 Referred to Assignments
referral-committee - 2011-04-27 Assigned to Education
referral-committee - 2011-05-05 Postponed - Education
- 2011-05-10 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Michael W. Frerichs
amendment-introduction - 2011-05-10 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
referral-committee - 2011-05-10 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Education
- 2011-05-10 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted
amendment-passage - 2011-05-10 Do Pass as Amended Education; 010-000-000
committee-passage - 2011-05-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 11, 2011
- 2011-05-11 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
- 2011-05-12 Second Reading
reading-2 - 2011-05-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2011
- 2011-05-18 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Michael W. Frerichs
amendment-introduction - 2011-05-18 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments
referral-committee - 2011-05-18 Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Michael W. Frerichs
amendment-introduction - 2011-05-18 Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Assignments
referral-committee - 2011-05-19 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Education
- 2011-05-19 Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Assignments Refers to Education
- 2011-05-24 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Education; 006-000-000
- 2011-05-24 Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommend Do Adopt Education; 006-000-000
- 2011-05-25 Recalled to Second Reading
reading-2 - 2011-05-25 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Frerichs
amendment-passage - 2011-05-25 Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted; Frerichs
amendment-passage - 2011-05-25 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- 2011-05-25 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2011-05-25 Arrived in House
introduction - 2011-05-25 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1, 2, 3
- 2011-05-25 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
- 2011-05-25 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
- 2011-05-25 Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
- 2011-05-25 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2011-05-25 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2011-05-25 Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2011-05-29 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee
referral-committee - 2011-05-29 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee
referral-committee - 2011-05-29 Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee
referral-committee - 2011-05-30 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 007-000-000
- 2011-05-30 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 007-000-000
- 2011-05-30 Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 007-000-000
- 2011-05-31 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 117-000-000
- 2011-05-31 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 House Concurs 117-000-000
- 2011-05-31 Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 House Concurs 117-000-000
- 2011-05-31 Passed Both Houses
- 2011-06-29 Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt - 2011-08-25 Governor Approved
executive-signature - 2011-08-25 Effective Date January 1, 2012
- 2011-08-25 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0547
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6698273d-f273-42a4-8356-edb238dc4de5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).