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type: "Bill"
title: "SCH CD-FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES"
description: "Amends the School Code. Provides that a school district must not be certified by the State Board of Education to be in financial difficulty as a result of the failure of the Comptroller to disburse certain School Code reimbursements for receipt by the school district no later than June 30th of each year. Effective July 1, 2009."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "HB 944"
citation: "Illinois HB 944 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 45
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2009-02-10"
last_action: "2009-08-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f3a1c94-201b-4340-8180-117aa6270ff1"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=944&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=42518&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "7f44adcd3e3cacc60437a9a5d0a9b84f4737b78133b679c99a05793975107fcb"
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 944 (96th) — SCH CD-FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES
Amends the School Code. Provides that a school district must not be certified by the State Board of Education to be in financial difficulty as a result of the failure of the Comptroller to disburse certain School Code reimbursements for receipt by the school district no later than June 30th of each year. Effective July 1, 2009.
## 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=09600HB0944&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=42518&DocNum=944&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB0944eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=42518&DocNum=944&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB0944enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=42518&DocNum=944&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Concurrence, Amendment 1 — **1170** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **580** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **1140** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Roger L. Eddy — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2009-02-10** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Roger L. Eddy `filing`
- **2009-02-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-02-10** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-11** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
- **2009-02-18** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-25** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Elementary & Secondary Education Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2009-02-25** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2009-02-25** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 020-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-02-25** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-02-25** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
- **2009-03-23** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-03-23** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-03-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-03-24** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-03-25** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2009-03-25** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 26, 2009 `reading-1`
- **2009-03-27** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John J. Cullerton
- **2009-03-27** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
- **2009-03-30** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-30** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-15** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-22** Do Pass Education; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-04-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 23, 2009
- **2009-04-22** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Dale A. Righter
- **2009-05-12** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-05-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2009
- **2009-05-15** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Dale A. Righter `amendment-introduction`
- **2009-05-15** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-17** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Education
- **2009-05-18** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Education; 010-000-000
- **2009-05-20** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-05-20** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Righter `amendment-passage`
- **2009-05-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2009-05-20** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-05-20** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2009-05-20** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
- **2009-05-21** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Roger L. Eddy
- **2009-05-21** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-26** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000
- **2009-05-28** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 117-000-000
- **2009-05-28** Passed Both Houses
- **2009-06-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-25** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-25** Effective Date August 25, 2009
- **2009-08-25** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0668 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5f3a1c94-201b-4340-8180-117aa6270ff1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).