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Bill	SCH CD-CHARTER SCH-FINANCING	Amends the Charter Schools Law of the School Code. Provides that if a charter school dismisses a pupil from the charter school after receiving a quarterly payment from the school district, the charter school shall return to the school district an amount equal to 100% of the school district's per capita student tuition, on a pro rata basis, for the time the student is not enrolled at the charter school. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	HB 4591	Illinois HB 4591 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	57	2	2014-02-04	2014-06-09	openstates	ocd-bill/8f8b5897-ffdb-4b52-a16f-a41fcf5f3fd8	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4591&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=79152&SessionID=85&GA=98	4da9c2047d2625c79fb4b9ca3fb01e814b4ad1709ce598bce1074a2807f328bd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 4591 (98th) — SCH CD-CHARTER SCH-FINANCING

Amends the Charter Schools Law of the School Code. Provides that if a charter school dismisses a pupil from the charter school after receiving a quarterly payment from the school district, the charter school shall return to the school district an amount equal to 100% of the school district's per capita student tuition, on a pro rata basis, for the time the student is not enrolled at the charter school. 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 — 100–2 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 57–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Donne E. Trotter — cosponsor (person)
• Robert F. Martwick — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-02-04 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Robert F. Martwick filing
• 2014-02-04 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-02-04 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2014-03-03 Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee referral-committee
• 2014-03-24 Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 014-000-000 committee-passage
• 2014-03-25 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-03-25 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Robert F. Martwick amendment-introduction
• 2014-03-25 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2014-03-26 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-03-27 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Smiddy
• 2014-04-04 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel J. Burke
• 2014-04-04 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Arthur Turner
• 2014-04-04 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Ed Sullivan, Jr.
• 2014-04-04 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch
• 2014-04-04 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
• 2014-04-04 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
• 2014-04-04 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly Burke
• 2014-04-04 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Frances Ann Hurley
• 2014-04-04 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. David McSweeney
• 2014-04-04 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kay Hatcher
• 2014-04-04 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe
• 2014-04-04 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
• 2014-04-04 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. William Davis
• 2014-04-04 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
• 2014-04-04 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
• 2014-04-04 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
• 2014-04-04 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maria Antonia Berrios
• 2014-04-04 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.
• 2014-04-04 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
• 2014-04-04 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Derrick Smith
• 2014-04-04 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ann Williams
• 2014-04-09 Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. David McSweeney
• 2014-04-09 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2014-04-09 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2014-04-10 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2014-04-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-04-10 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 100-002-000 reading-3, passage
• 2014-04-11 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2014-04-11 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2014-04-11 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
• 2014-04-11 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-04-11 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2014-04-23 Assigned to Education referral-committee
• 2014-04-29 Postponed - Education
• 2014-04-29 To Subcommittee on Charter Schools
• 2014-05-06 Reported Back To Education; 003-000-000
• 2014-05-07 Do Pass Education; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2014-05-07 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 8, 2014
• 2014-05-08 Second Reading reading-2
• 2014-05-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 12, 2014
• 2014-05-20 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Donne E. Trotter
• 2014-05-21 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2014-05-21 Passed Both Houses
• 2014-06-06 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-06-09 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2014-06-09 Effective Date June 9, 2014
• 2014-06-09 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0640 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8f8b5897-ffdb-4b52-a16f-a41fcf5f3fd8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).