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Bill	SCH CD-BOARD ELECTIONS	Amends the School Code. Permits a congressional township comprising the territory of a school district to pass, by a 2/3 vote of all voters voting on the question, a proposition to elect board members at large and without restriction by area of residence within the district.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	99th	SB 82	Illinois SB 82 (99th)	bill		enacted		3	34	2	2015-01-28	2015-07-21	openstates	ocd-bill/491155e7-acb0-45fa-b618-26acce830b33	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=82&GAID=13&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=83871&SessionID=88&GA=99	fbe86613a1815ff8cb627df4b5d58e694d89670c0b16108779a5214110995dd4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 82 (99th) — SCH CD-BOARD ELECTIONS

Amends the School Code. Permits a congressional township comprising the territory of a school district to pass, by a 2/3 vote of all voters voting on the question, a proposition to elect board members at large and without restriction by area of residence within the district.

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 — 55–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 115–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• John M. Sullivan — primary (person)
• Robert W. Pritchard — cosponsor (person)
• Sam Yingling — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-01-28 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John M. Sullivan filing
• 2015-01-28 First Reading reading-1
• 2015-01-28 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2015-02-11 Assigned to Executive referral-committee
• 2015-02-19 Do Pass Executive; 017-000-000 committee-passage
• 2015-02-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 3, 2015
• 2015-03-05 Second Reading reading-2
• 2015-03-05 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 10, 2015
• 2015-03-11 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John M. Sullivan amendment-introduction
• 2015-03-11 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2015-03-17 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Executive
• 2015-03-19 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Executive; 012-000-000
• 2015-03-26 Recalled to Second Reading reading-2
• 2015-03-26 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Sullivan amendment-passage
• 2015-03-26 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 14, 2015
• 2015-04-15 Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2015-04-15 Arrived in House introduction
• 2015-04-15 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Norine K. Hammond
• 2015-04-15 First Reading reading-1
• 2015-04-15 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2015-04-20 Assigned to Executive Committee referral-committee
• 2015-04-21 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith R. Wheeler
• 2015-05-06 Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2015-05-06 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2015-05-13 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2015-05-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2015-05-13 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Sam Yingling
• 2015-05-13 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
• 2015-05-14 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2015-05-14 Passed Both Houses
• 2015-06-12 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2015-07-21 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2015-07-21 Effective Date January 1, 2016
• 2015-07-21 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0091 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/491155e7-acb0-45fa-b618-26acce830b33. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).