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Bill	SCH CD-SCIENCE MAGNET SCHOOL	Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the members of the State Board of Education.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	SB 621	Illinois SB 621 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	46	2	2011-02-08	2011-07-13	openstates	ocd-bill/5a420e85-479f-4d04-80ba-c29013783337	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=621&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=55450&SessionID=84&GA=97	c0d8e311e0189ea874a7af3702a4ff2acbfdec0abe6435e17b7622fb0c9bf3e2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 621 (97th) — SCH CD-SCIENCE MAGNET SCHOOL

Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the members of the State Board of Education.

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 — 54–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 113–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Eddie Lee Jackson, Sr. — cosponsor (person)
• Linda Holmes — primary (person)
• Mike Fortner — cosponsor (person)
• Robert W. Pritchard — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-08 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton filing
• 2011-02-08 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-02-08 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2011-02-18 Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Linda Holmes
• 2011-03-02 Assigned to Education referral-committee
• 2011-03-02 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Linda Holmes amendment-introduction
• 2011-03-02 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2011-03-08 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Education
• 2011-03-09 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Education
• 2011-03-09 Postponed - Education
• 2011-03-15 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2011-03-15 Do Pass as Amended Education; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-03-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 16, 2011
• 2011-04-08 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Linda Holmes amendment-introduction
• 2011-04-08 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2011-04-11 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Education
• 2011-04-11 Second Reading reading-2
• 2011-04-11 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 12, 2011
• 2011-04-12 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Education; 010-000-000
• 2011-04-12 Recalled to Second Reading reading-2
• 2011-04-12 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Holmes amendment-passage
• 2011-04-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 12, 2011
• 2011-04-12 Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-001 reading-3, passage
• 2011-04-12 Arrived in House introduction
• 2011-04-12 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2011-04-12 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2011-04-12 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Tom Cross
• 2011-04-12 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Darlene J. Senger
• 2011-04-12 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kay Hatcher
• 2011-04-12 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Timothy L. Schmitz
• 2011-04-12 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-04-12 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-05-02 Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee referral-committee
• 2011-05-11 Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 024-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-05-11 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-05-17 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2011-05-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-05-18 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-002 reading-3, passage
• 2011-05-18 Passed Both Houses
• 2011-05-18 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Fortner
• 2011-05-18 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
• 2011-05-18 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Lee Jackson, Sr.
• 2011-06-16 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2011-07-13 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2011-07-13 Effective Date January 1, 2012
• 2011-07-13 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0097 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5a420e85-479f-4d04-80ba-c29013783337. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).