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Bill	SCH CD-CHARTER SCH PROPOSAL	Amends the Charter Schools Law of the School Code. Requires a charter school proposal to include disclosure of any known active criminal or civil investigation by a local, state, or federal law enforcement agency into the individual or organization submitting the charter school proposal. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	99th	SB 1591	Illinois SB 1591 (99th)	bill		enacted		3	39	2	2015-02-20	2015-08-10	openstates	ocd-bill/b5a5f5dd-1377-4282-b450-364f07abdfa5	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1591&GAID=13&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=88299&SessionID=88&GA=99	edeb1997e06ab0b041d3f2cc16b56e8f098cdba410d53c5dce493f45d120dd2e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 1591 (99th) — SCH CD-CHARTER SCH PROPOSAL

Amends the Charter Schools Law of the School Code. Requires a charter school proposal to include disclosure of any known active criminal or civil investigation by a local, state, or federal law enforcement agency into the individual or organization submitting the charter school proposal. 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 — 104–11 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 56–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Jacqueline Y. Collins — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-20 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins filing
• 2015-02-20 First Reading reading-1
• 2015-02-20 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2015-03-03 Assigned to Education referral-committee
• 2015-03-11 To Subcommittee on Charter Schools
• 2015-03-18 Reported Back To Education; 003-000-000
• 2015-03-18 Postponed - Education
• 2015-03-19 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins amendment-introduction
• 2015-03-19 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2015-03-24 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Education
• 2015-03-24 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2015-03-24 Do Pass as Amended Education; 012-000-000 committee-passage
• 2015-03-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 25, 2015
• 2015-03-24 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. William Delgado
• 2015-03-25 Second Reading reading-2
• 2015-03-25 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 26, 2015
• 2015-04-15 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III
• 2015-04-15 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Napoleon Harris, III
• 2015-04-15 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson
• 2015-04-15 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2015-04-15 Arrived in House introduction
• 2015-04-15 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Robert Martwick
• 2015-04-15 First Reading reading-1
• 2015-04-15 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2015-04-20 Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: Charter School Policy Committee referral-committee
• 2015-04-29 Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: Charter School Policy Committee; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2015-04-30 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2015-05-18 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2015-05-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2015-05-22 Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2015
• 2015-05-28 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 104-011-000 reading-3, passage
• 2015-05-28 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi
• 2015-05-28 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Scott Drury
• 2015-05-28 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Silvana Tabares
• 2015-05-28 Passed Both Houses
• 2015-06-26 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2015-08-10 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2015-08-10 Effective Date August 10, 2015
• 2015-08-10 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0334 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b5a5f5dd-1377-4282-b450-364f07abdfa5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).