The legislation was introduced in bill HB2605 on Feb. 14, when Rep. Fred Crespo (D-44) filed it with the House clerk.
According to the General Assembly website, the bill as introduced was designed to "amend the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code".
After debate, the House passed the bill on April 9 and it arrived in the Senate on April 10, and both chambers agreed to the final version of the legislation on May 16. The bill was sent to the governor and signed into law on July 19. The law is scheduled to go into effect on Jan. 1, 2020.
Illinois legislature enacts laws through bills that can be introduced in either the state House of Representatives or the state Senate. Either chamber of the legislature can reject or amend a bill before it becomes law. Legislators sometimes sponsor "shell bills" devoid of substantive provisions, introduced with the intention of being amended later to include actual legislation.
The following table shows the full history of actions on HB2605.
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2/14/2019 | House | Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Fred Crespo |
| 2/14/2019 | House | First Reading |
| 2/14/2019 | House | Referred to Rules Committee |
| 2/26/2019 | House | Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter School |
| 3/12/2019 | House | Moved to Suspend Rule 21 Rep. Gregory Harris |
| 3/12/2019 | House | Suspend Rule 21 - Prevailed |
| 3/27/2019 | House | Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter School; 008-000-000 |
| 3/29/2019 | House | Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate |
| 3/29/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Morrison |
| 4/3/2019 | House | Second Reading - Short Debate |
| 4/3/2019 | House | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate |
| 4/4/2019 | House | Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Thomas Morrison |
| 4/4/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Fred Crespo |
| 4/4/2019 | House | Remove Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Morrison |
| 4/9/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith P. Sommer |
| 4/9/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jonathan Carroll |
| 4/9/2019 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 |
| 4/10/2019 | Senate | Arrive in Senate |
| 4/10/2019 | Senate | First Reading |
| 4/10/2019 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading |
| 4/10/2019 | Senate | Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant |
| 4/10/2019 | Senate | Referred to Assignments |
| 4/24/2019 | Senate | Assigned to Education |
| 4/26/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Sue Rezin |
| 5/2/2019 | Senate | Do Pass Education; 011-000-000 |
| 5/2/2019 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 7, 2019 |
| 5/14/2019 | Senate | Second Reading |
| 5/14/2019 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 15, 2019 |
| 5/16/2019 | House | Passed Both Houses |
| 5/16/2019 | Senate | Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 |
| 5/16/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pat McGuire |
| 5/17/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy |
| 6/14/2019 | House | Sent to the Governor |
| 7/19/2019 | House | Effective Date January 1, 2020 |
| 7/19/2019 | House | Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0094 |
| 7/19/2019 | House | Governor Approved |
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