Lake County Gazette

A new law sponsored by Rep. Sam Yingling (D-62) that was introduced with the purpose of amending the School Code went into effect on Aug. 2, 2019, according to the official Illinois General Assembly website.

The legislation was introduced in bill HB2087 on Feb. 2, 2017, when Rep. Jim Durkin (R-82) filed it with the House clerk.

According to the General Assembly website, the bill as introduced was designed to "amend the School Code".

After debate, the House passed the bill on April 3, 2019 and it arrived in the Senate on April 4, 2019, and both chambers agreed to the final version of the legislation on May 21, 2019. The bill was sent to the governor and signed into law on Aug. 2, 2019. The law went into effect immediately.

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 HB2087.

Date	Chamber	Action
2/2/2017	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jim Durkin
2/3/2017	House	First Reading
2/3/2017	House	Referred to Rules Committee
3/22/2017	House	Assigned to Executive Committee
3/29/2017	House	Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 011-000-000
3/29/2017	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate ***
4/26/2017	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
4/26/2017	House	Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate ***
4/28/2017	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
1/8/2019	House	Session Sine Die
2/5/2019	House	First Reading
2/5/2019	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2/5/2019	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jonathan Carroll
2/19/2019	House	Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee
3/6/2019	House	Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee; 016-000-000
3/7/2019	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
3/20/2019	House	House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
3/20/2019	House	House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jonathan Carroll
3/21/2019	House	House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee
3/29/2019	House	House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee; 019-000-000
4/2/2019	House	House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted
4/2/2019	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
4/2/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sam Yingling
4/2/2019	House	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
4/3/2019	House	Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000
4/4/2019	Senate	Arrive in Senate
4/4/2019	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 9, 2019
4/9/2019	Senate	First Reading
4/9/2019	Senate	Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant
4/9/2019	Senate	Referred to Assignments
4/24/2019	Senate	Assigned to Education
5/2/2019	Senate	Postponed - Education
5/8/2019	Senate	Do Pass Education; 013-000-000
5/8/2019	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 9, 2019
5/16/2019	Senate	Second Reading
5/16/2019	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 17, 2019
5/21/2019	House	Passed Both Houses
5/21/2019	Senate	Third Reading - Passed; 052-000-000
6/19/2019	House	Sent to the Governor
8/2/2019	House	Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0183
8/2/2019	House	Effective Date August 2, 2019
8/2/2019	House	Governor Approved
2/16/2021	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jim Durkin
2/17/2021	House	First Reading
2/17/2021	House	Referred to Rules Committee
3/2/2021	House	Assigned to Executive Committee
3/11/2021	House	Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 014-000-000
3/17/2021	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate **
4/23/2021	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee