republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/98th/hb-5716.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCH EMERGENCY PLAN-ELECTRONIC"
description: "Amends the School Safety Drill Act. Provides that in updating a public school building's emergency and crisis response plans, the school board shall ensure that the plans are accessible in a digital format. Requires every effort to be made to make the emergency and crisis response plans available to first responders, administrators, and teachers for implementation and utilization on handheld electronic devices."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "HB 5716"
citation: "Illinois HB 5716 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 52
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2014-02-14"
last_action: "2014-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7faf956e-0b78-4d4e-a4f1-31efba2dc8aa"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5716&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=80951&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "b342bb8b4c1b37e862df2389c23b6f1f3b677654c18385818dcf5c344c691ac8"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
---

# Illinois HB 5716 (98th) — SCH EMERGENCY PLAN-ELECTRONIC

Amends the School Safety Drill Act. Provides that in updating a public school building's emergency and crisis response plans, the school board shall ensure that the plans are accessible in a digital format. Requires every effort to be made to make the emergency and crisis response plans available to first responders, administrators, and teachers for implementation and utilization on handheld electronic devices.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB5716&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=80951&DocNum=5716&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB5716eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=80951&DocNum=5716&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB5716enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=80951&DocNum=5716&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **54–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bill Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- David Koehler — cosponsor (person)
- Donne E. Trotter — cosponsor (person)
- Jacqueline Y. Collins — cosponsor (person)
- Julie A. Morrison — cosponsor (person)
- Kirk W. Dillard — cosponsor (person)
- Rich Brauer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-14** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Rich Brauer `filing`
- **2014-02-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-02-14** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-02-14** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Raymond Poe
- **2014-02-20** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-02-26** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sue Scherer
- **2014-02-26** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2014-02-26** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel J. Burke
- **2014-03-03** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Charles E. Jefferson
- **2014-03-07** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elaine Nekritz
- **2014-03-24** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Rich Brauer `amendment-introduction`
- **2014-03-24** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-26** Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 014-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-03-26** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40 `amendment-failure`
- **2014-03-26** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-04-02** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Rich Brauer `amendment-introduction`
- **2014-04-02** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-04** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Smiddy
- **2014-04-08** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
- **2014-04-08** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert Rita
- **2014-04-09** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-04-09** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2014-04-09** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2014-04-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-04-10** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 098-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-04-11** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2014-04-11** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-04-16** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Andy Manar
- **2014-04-22** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-04-22** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-29** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Bill Cunningham
- **2014-04-30** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Kirk W. Dillard
- **2014-04-30** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-02** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
- **2014-05-02** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
- **2014-05-13** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2014-05-13** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. David Koehler
- **2014-05-14** Postponed - Education
- **2014-05-14** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison
- **2014-05-15** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael W. Frerichs
- **2014-05-16** Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 23, 2014
- **2014-05-20** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Donne E. Trotter
- **2014-05-20** Do Pass Education; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-05-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 21, 2014
- **2014-05-22** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2014-05-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 23, 2014
- **2014-05-23** Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-05-23** Passed Both Houses
- **2014-06-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-06-23** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2014-06-23** Effective Date January 1, 2015
- **2014-06-23** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0661 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7faf956e-0b78-4d4e-a4f1-31efba2dc8aa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).