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Bill	SCH CD-GIFTED/TALENTED CHILD	Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the members of the State Board of Education.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	99th	SB 2970	Illinois SB 2970 (99th)	bill		enacted		3	54	2	2016-02-18	2016-07-29	openstates	ocd-bill/79e147f4-2d48-442a-8738-e76b5ac93b57	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2970&GAID=13&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=96297&SessionID=88&GA=99	315aee848dc3e0182bee1bd1fb8b8b9461e79ed2a2af2bcded2ba8bc1482931f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2970 (99th) — SCH CD-GIFTED/TALENTED CHILD

Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the members of the State Board of Education.

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 — 57–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 112–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Barbara Wheeler — cosponsor (person)
• Carol Sente — cosponsor (person)
• Elgie R. Sims, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Emanuel Chris Welch — cosponsor (person)
• Kimberly A. Lightford — primary (person)
• Mike Smiddy — cosponsor (person)
• Sue Scherer — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-18 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford filing
• 2016-02-18 First Reading reading-1
• 2016-02-18 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2016-03-04 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
• 2016-03-16 Assigned to Education referral-committee
• 2016-03-16 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford amendment-introduction
• 2016-03-16 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2016-03-30 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Education
• 2016-04-01 Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford amendment-introduction
• 2016-04-01 Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2016-04-05 Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Education
• 2016-04-05 Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2016-04-06 Do Pass as Amended Education; 013-000-000 committee-passage
• 2016-04-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 7, 2016
• 2016-04-07 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Sue Rezin
• 2016-04-08 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2016-04-12 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Heather A. Steans
• 2016-04-13 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
• 2016-04-13 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Karen McConnaughay
• 2016-04-14 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Jason A. Barickman
• 2016-04-14 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant
• 2016-04-20 Second Reading reading-2
• 2016-04-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 21, 2016
• 2016-04-21 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
• 2016-04-21 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Donne E. Trotter
• 2016-04-21 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2016-04-21 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) amendment-failure
• 2016-04-21 Arrived in House introduction
• 2016-04-21 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
• 2016-04-21 First Reading reading-1
• 2016-04-21 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2016-05-02 Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee referral-committee
• 2016-05-04 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch
• 2016-05-04 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth
• 2016-05-04 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Wheeler
• 2016-05-04 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Smiddy
• 2016-05-05 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Joe Sosnowski
• 2016-05-11 Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee; 024-000-000 committee-passage
• 2016-05-11 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2016-05-18 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2016-05-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2016-05-19 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Sente
• 2016-05-19 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Sue Scherer
• 2016-05-19 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
• 2016-05-19 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper
• 2016-05-23 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2016-05-23 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth
• 2016-05-23 Alternate Co-Sponsor Removed Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth
• 2016-05-23 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Litesa E. Wallace
• 2016-05-23 Passed Both Houses
• 2016-06-21 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-07-29 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2016-07-29 Effective Date July 29, 2016
• 2016-07-29 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0706 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/79e147f4-2d48-442a-8738-e76b5ac93b57. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).