SB 1231104th
bill
104th General Assembly (2025 to 2026) · State Senate bill
SB 1231
SCH ED-SPECIAL ED FACILITIES
Sent to Governor Last action August 15, 2025: Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0368
Official bill page and text: ilga.gov
Sponsors 2
- Prime sponsors
- Maura Hirschauer, Meg Loughran Cappel
Status
Sent to Governor as of August 15, 2025. The 104th General Assembly serves until the 105th convenes on January 13, 2027.
Referred to: House Education Policy, Senate Education (from the official referral record)
Roll-call votes 5
May 22, 2025House of RepresentativesThird ReadingPassed115-0
yes (115) Mussman, Guerrero-Cuellar, Ammons, Ness, Guzzardi, Andrade, Niemerg, Haas, Avelar, Olickal, Halbrook, Benton, Ortíz, Aarón, Hammond, Blair-Sherlock, Rashid, Hanson, Briel, Reick, Harper, Buckner, Rita, Hauter, Bunting, Rosenthal, Hernandez, Barbara, Cabello, Ryan, Hernandez, Lisa, Canty, Sanalitro, Hernandez, Norma, Cassidy, Hirschauer, Chung, Schmidt, Hoffman, Coffey, Schweizer, Huynh, Costa Howard, Severin, Jacobs, Crawford, Sheehan, Jiménez, Crespo, Slaughter, Johnson, Croke, Smith, Jones, Davidsmeyer, Sosnowski, Katz Muhl, Davis, Jed, Spain, Keicher, Davis, Lisa, Stava-Murray, Kelly, Davis, Will, Stephens, Kifowit, Deering, Stuart, La Ha, Delgado, Swanson, LaPointe, DeLuca, Lilly, Deuter, Tarver, Mah, Didech, Tipsword, Manley, Du Buclet, Ugaste, Mason, Elik, Vella, Evans, Walsh, McCombie, Faver Dias, Weaver, McLaughlin, Ford, Weber, Meier, Friess, West, Meyers-Martin, Fritts, Wilhour, Miller, Gabel, Williams, Ann, Moeller, Gill, Williams, Jawaharial, Moore, Gong-Gershowitz, Windhorst, Morgan, González, Edgar, Yang Rohr, Morris, Gordon-Booth, Welch, Moylan, Grant, Grasse
April 30, 2025House of RepresentativesDo PassPassed12-0
yes (12) Crawford, Michael, Faver Dias, Laura, Elik, Amy, Johnson, Gregg, Hirschauer, Maura, Mussman, Michelle, Mason, Joyce, Stuart, Katie, Niemerg, Adam M, Wilhour, Blaine, Swanson, Dan, Yang Rohr, Janet
not voting (1) Crespo, Fred
April 9, 2025State SenateThird ReadingPassed56-0
yes (56) Simmons, Joyce, Faraci, Anderson, Sims, Koehler, Feigenholtz, Stadelman, Lewis, Fine, Arellano, L., Syverson, Lightford, Fowler, Balkema, Tracy, Loughran Cappel, Glowiak Hilton, Belt, Turner, D., Martwick, Guzmán, Bryant, Turner, S., McClure, Halpin, Castro, Ventura, Morrison, Harris, N., Cervantes, Villa, Murphy, Harriss, E., Chesney, Villanueva, Peters, Hastings, Collins, Villivalam, Plummer, Hills, Cunningham, Walker, Porfirio, Holmes, Curran, Wilcox, Preston, DeWitte, Harmon, Rezin, Johnson, Edly-Allen, Rose, Ellman
March 18, 2025State SenateDo Pass, Amendment 1Passed14-0
yes (14) Balkema, Chris, Anderson, Neil, DeWitte, Donald P, Belt, Christopher, Faraci, Paul, Edly-Allen, Mary, Johnson, Adriane, Fowler, Dale, Porfirio, Mike, Loughran Cappel, Meg, Turner, Doris, Preston, Willie, Villa, Karina, Wilcox, Craig
not voting (1) Villivalam, Ram
February 18, 2025State SenateDo PassPassed13-0
yes (13) Belt, Christopher, Balkema, Chris, Edly-Allen, Mary, DeWitte, Donald P, Johnson, Adriane, Fowler, Dale, Loughran Cappel, Meg, Lightford, Kimberly A, Porfirio, Mike, Villa, Karina, Turner, Doris, Wilcox, Craig, Villivalam, Ram
not voting (1) Preston, Willie
Timeline 31
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| August 15, 2025 | Senate | Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0368 |
| August 15, 2025 | Senate | Effective Date January 1, 2026 |
| August 15, 2025 | Senate | Governor Approved |
| June 20, 2025 | Senate | Sent to the Governor |
| May 22, 2025 | Senate | Passed Both Houses |
| May 22, 2025 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 |
| May 13, 2025 | House | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate |
| May 13, 2025 | House | Second Reading - Short Debate |
| April 30, 2025 | House | Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate |
| April 30, 2025 | House | Do Pass / Short Debate Education Policy Committee; 012-000-000 |
| April 17, 2025 | House | Assigned to Education Policy Committee |
| April 17, 2025 | House | Referred to Rules Committee |
| April 17, 2025 | House | First Reading |
| April 14, 2025 | House | Chief House Sponsor Rep. Maura Hirschauer |
| April 9, 2025 | House | Arrived in House |
| April 9, 2025 | Senate | Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 |
| April 3, 2025 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading |
| April 3, 2025 | Senate | Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Loughran-Cappel |
| April 3, 2025 | Senate | Recalled to Second Reading |
| March 19, 2025 | Senate | Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Education; 014-000-000 |
| March 18, 2025 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 19, 2025 |
| March 18, 2025 | Senate | Second Reading |
| March 12, 2025 | Senate | Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Education |
| March 5, 2025 | Senate | Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments |
| March 5, 2025 | Senate | Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel |
| February 19, 2025 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 20, 2025 |
| February 19, 2025 | Senate | Do Pass Education; 013-000-000 |
| February 4, 2025 | Senate | Assigned to Education |
| January 24, 2025 | Senate | Referred to Assignments |
| January 24, 2025 | Senate | First Reading |
| January 24, 2025 | Senate | Filed with Secretary by Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel |
Data: Open States (API v3; public data, attribution appreciated). Official record: ilga.gov. Bill pages link to the official text, not copied.