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Bill	SCH CD-SPEC ED-TRANSITION SERV	Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code with respect to transition services. Provides that the first individualized education plan for when a student turns age 14 1/2 must include measurable post-secondary goals based upon age-appropriate transition assessments and other information available regarding the student that are related to independent living skills (instead of independent living skills where appropriate). Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	SB 1550	Illinois SB 1550 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	35	2	2013-02-13	2013-08-22	openstates	ocd-bill/2fd60db1-5c2c-45a4-b4e4-42a15a0e62f0	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1550&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=72357&SessionID=85&GA=98	c0e2414bbd5f50eb547526975a017866c962e360a458b5906f9c781bb6527c36	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 1550 (98th) — SCH CD-SPEC ED-TRANSITION SERV

Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code with respect to transition services. Provides that the first individualized education plan for when a student turns age 14 1/2 must include measurable post-secondary goals based upon age-appropriate transition assessments and other information available regarding the student that are related to independent living skills (instead of independent living skills where appropriate). 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 — 50–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 78–39 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Christine Radogno — primary (person)
• Fred Crespo — cosponsor (person)
• Michael J. Zalewski — cosponsor (person)
• Rita Mayfield — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-13 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Christine Radogno filing
• 2013-02-13 First Reading reading-1
• 2013-02-13 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2013-02-27 Assigned to Executive referral-committee
• 2013-03-01 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. William Delgado
• 2013-03-05 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
• 2013-03-06 Do Pass Executive; 012-000-000 committee-passage
• 2013-03-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 7, 2013
• 2013-03-07 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
• 2013-03-12 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
• 2013-03-13 Second Reading reading-2
• 2013-03-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 14, 2013
• 2013-03-13 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
• 2013-03-21 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Steve Stadelman
• 2013-04-11 Third Reading - Passed; 050-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2013-04-11 Arrived in House introduction
• 2013-04-11 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Ron Sandack
• 2013-04-11 First Reading reading-1
• 2013-04-11 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2013-04-24 Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee referral-committee
• 2013-05-01 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Al Riley
• 2013-05-02 Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 010-003-000 committee-passage
• 2013-05-02 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2013-05-02 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Zalewski
• 2013-05-02 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Fred Crespo
• 2013-05-02 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
• 2013-05-07 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2013-05-07 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2013-05-24 Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2013
• 2013-05-28 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 078-039-000 reading-3, passage
• 2013-05-28 Passed Both Houses
• 2013-06-26 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-08-22 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2013-08-22 Effective Date August 22, 2013
• 2013-08-22 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0517 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2fd60db1-5c2c-45a4-b4e4-42a15a0e62f0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).