republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/102nd/hb-3906.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCH CD-SPECIAL ED-PARENT"
description: "Amends the Article of the School Code relating to children with disabilities. Provides that the State Superintendent of Education may determine that the location of the parent or guardian of a student is unknown after considering information submitted from the school district that last enrolled the student or from the school or special education facility providing special education and related services to meet the needs of the student. Provides that the information submitted to the State Superintendent must include an affidavit from that school district's superintendent or the facility's director attesting that the location of the parent or guardian is unknown and 4 items of documentary evidence that a minimum of 4 separate attempts were made to locate the parent or guardian. Provides that any determination by the State Superintendent that the location of a parent or guardian is unknown is final, but that any determination made by the State Superintendent is subject to review and reconsideration any time a parent's or guardian's location becomes known. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "102nd"
identifier: "HB 3906"
citation: "Illinois HB 3906 (102nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Napoleon Harris, III", "William Davis"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-19"
last_action: "2021-08-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/51f17b4b-7d8e-46e3-8085-3d98ad6c664d"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3906&GAID=16&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=132992&SessionID=110&GA=102"
source_hash: "2d7463763bff8f77abe1dd6710908be20bff26ad79adbd7e609a92d8255d2c19"
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 HB 3906 (102nd) — SCH CD-SPECIAL ED-PARENT

Amends the Article of the School Code relating to children with disabilities. Provides that the State Superintendent of Education may determine that the location of the parent or guardian of a student is unknown after considering information submitted from the school district that last enrolled the student or from the school or special education facility providing special education and related services to meet the needs of the student. Provides that the information submitted to the State Superintendent must include an affidavit from that school district's superintendent or the facility's director attesting that the location of the parent or guardian is unknown and 4 items of documentary evidence that a minimum of 4 separate attempts were made to locate the parent or guardian. Provides that any determination by the State Superintendent that the location of a parent or guardian is unknown is final, but that any determination made by the State Superintendent is subject to review and reconsideration any time a parent's or guardian's location becomes known. Effective immediately.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB3906.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB3906eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB3906enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **59–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Napoleon Harris, III — primary (person)
- William Davis — primary (person)
- Kimberly A. Lightford — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-19** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. William Davis `filing`
- **2021-02-22** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-22** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Do Pass / Consent Calendar Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee; 023-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-08** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Consent Calendar
- **2021-04-16** Second Reading - Consent Calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-04-16** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Consent Calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-04-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Consent Calendar
- **2021-04-22** Third Reading - Consent Calendar - First Day `reading-3`
- **2021-04-23** Third Reading - Consent Calendar - Passed 099-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-27** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-27** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-27** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Napoleon Harris, III
- **2021-04-27** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-27** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-10** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-19** Do Pass Education; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 20, 2021
- **2021-05-19** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
- **2021-05-21** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-05-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 24, 2021
- **2021-05-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** May 28, 2021
- **2021-05-29** Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-29** Passed Both Houses
- **2021-06-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-08-20** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2021-08-20** Effective Date August 20, 2021
- **2021-08-20** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0514 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/51f17b4b-7d8e-46e3-8085-3d98ad6c664d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).