SB 28104th
bill
104th General Assembly (2025 to 2026) · State Senate bill
SB 28
SCH CD-EMPLOYEE EVALUATIONS
Sent to Governor Last action June 30, 2025: Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0020
Official bill page and text: ilga.gov
Sponsors 9
- Prime sponsors
- Kimberly A. Lightford, Laura Faver Dias
- Cosponsors (7)
- Jawaharial Williams, Lakesia Collins, Martha Deuter, Meg Loughran Cappel, Michael Crawford, Nicolle Grasse, Paul Faraci
Status
Sent to Governor as of June 30, 2025. The 104th General Assembly serves until the 105th convenes on January 13, 2027.
Referred to: House Elementary and Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing and Charter Schools, Senate Education (from the official referral record)
Roll-call votes 5
May 20, 2025House of RepresentativesThird ReadingPassed92-21
yes (92) Mussman, Guerrero-Cuellar, Ammons, Ness, Guzzardi, Andrade, Haas, Avelar, Olickal, Benton, Ortíz, Aarón, Hammond, Blair-Sherlock, Rashid, Hanson, Briel, Reick, Harper, Buckner, Rita, Rosenthal, Hernandez, Barbara, Ryan, Hernandez, Lisa, Canty, Sanalitro, Hernandez, Norma, Cassidy, Chung, Schmidt, Hoffman, Coffey, Schweizer, Huynh, Costa Howard, Severin, Crawford, Sheehan, Jiménez, Crespo, Slaughter, Johnson, Croke, Smith, Katz Muhl, Spain, Keicher, Davis, Lisa, Stava-Murray, Kelly, Davis, Will, Stephens, Kifowit, Stuart, La Ha, Delgado, LaPointe, DeLuca, Lilly, Deuter, Tarver, Mah, Didech, Manley, Du Buclet, Ugaste, Mason, Vella, Mayfield, Evans, Walsh, McCombie, Faver Dias, Ford, West, Meyers-Martin, Fritts, Gabel, Williams, Ann, Moeller, Gill, Williams, Jawaharial, Gong-Gershowitz, Windhorst, Morgan, González, Edgar, Yang Rohr, Morris, Gordon-Booth, Welch, Moylan, Grasse
no (21) Niemerg, Halbrook, Hauter, Bunting, Cabello, Jacobs, Davidsmeyer, Sosnowski, Davis, Jed, Deering, Swanson, Tipsword, Elik, Weaver, McLaughlin, Weber, Friess, Wilhour, Miller, Moore, Grant
excused (4) Scherer, Hirschauer, Jones, Syed
not voting (1) Meier
April 23, 2025House of RepresentativesDo PassPassed7-0
yes (7) Friess, David, Didech, Daniel, Katz Muhl, Tracy, Guerrero-Cuellar, Angelica, Moeller, Anna, La Ha, Nicole, Yang Rohr, Janet
not voting (2) Sosnowski, Joe C, Scherer, Sue
April 3, 2025State SenateThird ReadingPassed54-0
yes (54) 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, Castro, Ventura, Morrison, Harris, N., Cervantes, Villa, Murphy, Harriss, E., Villanueva, Peters, Hastings, Collins, Villivalam, Plummer, Hills, Cunningham, Walker, Porfirio, Holmes, Curran, Wilcox, Preston, DeWitte, Harmon, Rezin, Johnson, Edly-Allen, Rose, Ellman
February 25, 2025State SenateDo Pass, Amendment 1Passed14-0
yes (14) Belt, Christopher, Balkema, Chris, Edly-Allen, Mary, DeWitte, Donald P, Fowler, Dale, Faraci, Paul, Lightford, Kimberly A, Johnson, Adriane, Porfirio, Mike, Loughran Cappel, Meg, Villa, Karina, Preston, Willie, Wilcox, Craig, Villivalam, Ram
February 4, 2025State SenateDo PassPassed10-0
yes (10) Belt, Christopher, Edly-Allen, Mary, DeWitte, Donald P, Fowler, Dale, Faraci, Paul, Loughran Cappel, Meg, Johnson, Adriane, Porfirio, Mike, Turner, Doris, Villivalam, Ram
not voting (4) Balkema, Chris, Preston, Willie, Villa, Karina, Wilcox, Craig
Timeline 37
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | Senate | Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0020 |
| June 30, 2025 | Senate | Effective Date July 1, 2025 |
| June 30, 2025 | Senate | Governor Approved |
| June 16, 2025 | Senate | Sent to the Governor |
| May 20, 2025 | House | Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jawaharial Williams |
| May 20, 2025 | House | Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Crawford |
| May 20, 2025 | House | Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Martha Deuter |
| May 20, 2025 | House | Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicolle Grasse |
| May 20, 2025 | Senate | Passed Both Houses |
| May 20, 2025 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 092-021-000 |
| May 13, 2025 | House | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate |
| May 13, 2025 | House | Second Reading - Short Debate |
| April 24, 2025 | House | Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate |
| April 23, 2025 | House | Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools; 007-000-000 |
| April 17, 2025 | House | Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools |
| April 7, 2025 | House | Referred to Rules Committee |
| April 7, 2025 | House | First Reading |
| April 4, 2025 | House | Chief House Sponsor Rep. Laura Faver Dias |
| April 4, 2025 | House | Arrived in House |
| April 3, 2025 | Senate | Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Lakesia Collins |
| April 3, 2025 | Senate | Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 |
| March 5, 2025 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 6, 2025 |
| March 5, 2025 | Senate | Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Lightford |
| March 5, 2025 | Senate | Second Reading |
| February 26, 2025 | Senate | Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Paul Faraci |
| February 26, 2025 | Senate | Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Education; 014-000-000 |
| February 18, 2025 | Senate | Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Education |
| February 14, 2025 | Senate | Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments |
| February 14, 2025 | Senate | Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford |
| February 5, 2025 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 18, 2025 |
| February 5, 2025 | Senate | Do Pass Education; 010-000-000 |
| January 23, 2025 | Senate | Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel |
| January 23, 2025 | Senate | Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel |
| January 22, 2025 | Senate | Assigned to Education |
| January 13, 2025 | Senate | Referred to Assignments |
| January 13, 2025 | Senate | First Reading |
| January 13, 2025 | Senate | Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford |
Data: Open States (API v3; public data, attribution appreciated). Official record: ilga.gov. Bill pages link to the official text, not copied.