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type: "Bill"
title: "SCH CD-CHRONIC TRUANTS"
description: "Amends the School Code and the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Revises language to make certain actions permissible rather than mandatory with respect to truancy. Eliminates the requirement that the Chicago Board of Education establish an Office of Chronic Truant Adjudication. Instead, requires the chief executive officer or the chief executive officer's designee to implement a socio-emotional focused attendance approach that targets the underlying causes of chronic truancy. Makes changes concerning the Chicago school district's truancy intervention services for a pupil and the pupil's parent or guardian. Makes other changes, including changes concerning penalties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "102nd"
identifier: "SB 2338"
citation: "Illinois SB 2338 (102nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kambium Buckner", "Napoleon Harris, III"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 59
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-26"
last_action: "2021-10-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d72bac4-ce0f-4100-b2c4-0d33dbbf91ed"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2338&GAID=16&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=134992&SessionID=110&GA=102"
source_hash: "e46905c073ecae2012277a20f8a52f8d82f52aaf858ee435270cef9392e3daec"
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 2338 (102nd) — SCH CD-CHRONIC TRUANTS
Amends the School Code and the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Revises language to make certain actions permissible rather than mandatory with respect to truancy. Eliminates the requirement that the Chicago Board of Education establish an Office of Chronic Truant Adjudication. Instead, requires the chief executive officer or the chief executive officer's designee to implement a socio-emotional focused attendance approach that targets the underlying causes of chronic truancy. Makes changes concerning the Chicago school district's truancy intervention services for a pupil and the pupil's parent or guardian. Makes other changes, including changes concerning penalties.
## 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/SB/PDF/10200SB2338.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB2338eng.pdf)
3. **House Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB2338ham001.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB2338enr.pdf)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **9518** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **4015** (pass) · upper
- Concurrence — **562** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Kambium Buckner — primary (person)
- Napoleon Harris, III — primary (person)
- Camille Y. Lilly — cosponsor (person)
- Chapin Rose — cosponsor (person)
- Debbie Meyers-Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Elgie R. Sims, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Emanuel Chris Welch — cosponsor (person)
- Jawaharial Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Jehan Gordon-Booth — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Carroll — cosponsor (person)
- Justin Slaughter — cosponsor (person)
- Laura M. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Mattie Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- Patricia Van Pelt — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Peters — cosponsor (person)
- Sonya M. Harper — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie A. Kifowit — cosponsor (person)
- Sue Scherer — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-26** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford `filing`
- **2021-02-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-26** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-25** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2021-04-16** Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 23, 2021
- **2021-04-20** Do Pass Education; 011-004-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 21, 2021
- **2021-04-21** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-04-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 22, 2021
- **2021-04-22** Third Reading - Passed; 040-015-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-23** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2021-04-27** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Kambium Buckner
- **2021-04-27** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-27** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-05** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper
- **2021-05-12** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Kambium Buckner `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-12** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-13** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch
- **2021-05-13** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Executive Committee
- **2021-05-13** Committee/Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 28, 2021
- **2021-05-14** Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Napoleon Harris, III
- **2021-05-18** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth
- **2021-05-18** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jonathan Carroll
- **2021-05-19** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Executive Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-19** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Executive Committee; 012-002-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-19** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2021-05-19** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Sue Scherer
- **2021-05-19** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit
- **2021-05-26** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2021-05-26** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2021-05-27** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
- **2021-05-28** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2021
- **2021-05-29** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 095-018-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-29** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Justin Slaughter
- **2021-05-29** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin
- **2021-05-29** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jawaharial Williams
- **2021-05-29** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
- **2021-05-29** Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1
- **2021-05-29** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1 - May 30, 2021
- **2021-05-30** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Chapin Rose
- **2021-05-30** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- **2021-05-31** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Napoleon Harris, III `filing`
- **2021-05-31** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-31** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-31** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Executive; 014-001-000
- **2021-05-31** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Patricia Van Pelt
- **2021-06-01** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert Peters
- **2021-06-01** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
- **2021-06-01** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 056-002-000
- **2021-06-01** Senate Concurs
- **2021-06-01** 3/5 Vote Required
- **2021-06-01** Passed Both Houses
- **2021-06-11** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-29** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-29** Effective Date July 1, 2021
- **2021-06-29** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0042 `became-law`
- **2021-10-19** Sponsor Removed Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2d72bac4-ce0f-4100-b2c4-0d33dbbf91ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).