republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/99th/sb-2743.md

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Bill	PRIVATE BUSINESS/VOC SCHOOLS	Amends the Private Business and Vocational Schools Act of 2012. Provides that a school or program within a school that exclusively provides yoga instruction, yoga teacher training, or both is not considered to be a private business and vocational school.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	99th	SB 2743	Illinois SB 2743 (99th)	bill		enacted		3	29	2	2016-02-16	2016-07-29	openstates	ocd-bill/2fdc19e5-8466-4b86-8a0f-78b988a6501d	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2743&GAID=13&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=96050&SessionID=88&GA=99	4877dd62aafc79684d5f66a2d8a4216f1bc7893b0fd22d7f5ac3f03bb5c8e025	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2743 (99th) — PRIVATE BUSINESS/VOC SCHOOLS

Amends the Private Business and Vocational Schools Act of 2012. Provides that a school or program within a school that exclusively provides yoga instruction, yoga teacher training, or both is not considered to be a private business and vocational school.

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 — 53–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 117–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Don Harmon — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-16 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Don Harmon filing
• 2016-02-16 First Reading reading-1
• 2016-02-16 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2016-02-24 Assigned to Higher Education referral-committee
• 2016-03-03 Postponed - Higher Education
• 2016-03-09 Do Pass Higher Education; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2016-03-09 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 10, 2016
• 2016-03-10 Second Reading reading-2
• 2016-03-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 16, 2016
• 2016-04-06 Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2016-04-06 Arrived in House introduction
• 2016-04-06 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Daniel J. Burke
• 2016-04-06 First Reading reading-1
• 2016-04-06 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2016-04-11 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
• 2016-04-18 Assigned to Higher Education Committee referral-committee
• 2016-05-04 Do Pass / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 014-000-000 committee-passage
• 2016-05-05 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2016-05-17 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2016-05-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2016-05-25 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 117-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2016-05-25 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
• 2016-05-25 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark Batinick
• 2016-05-25 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
• 2016-05-25 Passed Both Houses
• 2016-06-23 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-07-29 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2016-07-29 Effective Date January 1, 2017
• 2016-07-29 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0705 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2fdc19e5-8466-4b86-8a0f-78b988a6501d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).