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type: "Bill"
title: "SCH CD-CRIMINAL HISTORY CHECKS"
description: "Amends the School Code. In provisions concerning the registration and recognition of non-public elementary and secondary schools, (i) changes a statutory reference, (ii) makes changes concerning the release of criminal history record information concerning an applicant for employment, (iii) requires a student teacher, prior to the commencement of any student teaching experience (or required internship) in a school, to authorize a fingerprint-based criminal history records check, and (iv) requires a school to perform a check of the Statewide Sex Offender Database and of the Statewide Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Database for each student teacher. In provisions concerning criminal history records checks and checks of the Statewide Sex Offender Database and Statewide Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Database for applicants for employment with a school district, (i) requires the Department of State Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to furnish records of convictions forever and hereinafter (until expunged), (ii) makes changes concerning the release of confidential information concerning criminal convictions, (iii) provides that information obtained by a school district within the last year with respect to employees of persons or firms holding contracts with the school district must be made available to a requesting school or school district (instead of to a requesting school, school district, community college district, or private school), and (iv) makes changes concerning checks for student teachers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "99th"
identifier: "SB 706"
citation: "Illinois SB 706 (99th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-02-03"
last_action: "2015-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b914940b-28a1-4b20-ad4a-ffe9edead973"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=706&GAID=13&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=85762&SessionID=88&GA=99"
source_hash: "35d5a18a084702fa3da118554a14d4330c04443976577b2a3ae2ad95ac44bf8b"
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 SB 706 (99th) — SCH CD-CRIMINAL HISTORY CHECKS
Amends the School Code. In provisions concerning the registration and recognition of non-public elementary and secondary schools, (i) changes a statutory reference, (ii) makes changes concerning the release of criminal history record information concerning an applicant for employment, (iii) requires a student teacher, prior to the commencement of any student teaching experience (or required internship) in a school, to authorize a fingerprint-based criminal history records check, and (iv) requires a school to perform a check of the Statewide Sex Offender Database and of the Statewide Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Database for each student teacher. In provisions concerning criminal history records checks and checks of the Statewide Sex Offender Database and Statewide Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Database for applicants for employment with a school district, (i) requires the Department of State Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to furnish records of convictions forever and hereinafter (until expunged), (ii) makes changes concerning the release of confidential information concerning criminal convictions, (iii) provides that information obtained by a school district within the last year with respect to employees of persons or firms holding contracts with the school district must be made available to a requesting school or school district (instead of to a requesting school, school district, community college district, or private school), and (iv) makes changes concerning checks for student teachers.
## 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=09900SB0706&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=85762&DocNum=706&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB0706eng&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=85762&DocNum=706&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB0706enr&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=85762&DocNum=706&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **52–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Bill Cunningham — primary (person)
- Carol Ammons — cosponsor (person)
- Carol Sente — cosponsor (person)
- Jack D. Franks — cosponsor (person)
- Linda Chapa LaVia — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2015-02-03** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Bill Cunningham `filing`
- **2015-02-03** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-02-03** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2015-02-11** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2015-02-17** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant
- **2015-02-18** Do Pass Education; 014-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2015-02-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 19, 2015
- **2015-03-04** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-03-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 5, 2015
- **2015-03-11** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2015-03-26** Third Reading - Passed; 052-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2015-03-27** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2015-03-27** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Laura Fine
- **2015-04-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-14** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-20** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: Licensing Oversight `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-22** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
- **2015-04-28** Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: Licensing Oversight; 004-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2015-04-29** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2015-05-06** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2015-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2015-05-07** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2015-05-07** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
- **2015-05-07** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
- **2015-05-07** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Sente
- **2015-05-07** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2015-05-07** Passed Both Houses
- **2015-06-05** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-07-10** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2015-07-10** Effective Date January 1, 2016
- **2015-07-10** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0021 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b914940b-28a1-4b20-ad4a-ffe9edead973`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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