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SB 1798 Illinois Senate · 101st Regular Session

SCH CD-BULLY/HARASSMENT POLICY

Summary
Amends the School Code. Requires each school district to create, maintain, and implement an age-appropriate policy on sexual harassment that must be included in the district's student code of conduct handbook. Provides that a school district's or charter school's policy on bullying must be included in the student code of conduct handbook in an age-appropriate manner. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 105 ILCS 5/27-23.7 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the School Code. Requires each school district to create, maintain, and implement an age-appropriate policy on sexual harassment that must be posted on the school district's website and, if applicable, any other area where policies, rules, and standards of conduct are currently posted in each school and must be included in the school district's student code of conduct handbook.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2019
Committee Review
May 2019
Senate Passage
May 2019
House Passage
May 2019
Signed into Law
Aug 2019
Introduced Apr 11, 2019 Signed Aug 16, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Apr 10, 2019 · House May 28, 2019

How they voted

46–0
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 51
Apr 10, 2019
D Democratic33
32 Yea 1
96% Yea
R Republican18
14 Yea 4
77% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
38
Key actions
7
Committee
7
Amendments
4
Aug 16, 2019
Signed into law
Governor Approved
upper
May 28, 2019
Upper · Passed
Passed Both Houses
upper
May 28, 2019
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (93-7-4)
house
May 8, 2019
Lower · Passed
Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee; 012-008-000
lower
Apr 30, 2019
Committee
Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee
lower
Apr 11, 2019
Committee
Referred to Rules Committee
lower
Apr 11, 2019
Introduced
Arrived in House
lower
Apr 10, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (46-0-5)
senate
Apr 9, 2019
Upper · Passed
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Rose
upper
Apr 9, 2019
Introduced
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Education; 010-000-000
upper
Apr 9, 2019
Introduced
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Education
upper
Apr 4, 2019
Committee
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
upper
Apr 4, 2019
Introduced
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Chapin Rose
upper
Mar 12, 2019
Upper · Passed
Do Pass Education; 013-000-000
upper
Feb 27, 2019
Committee
Assigned to Education
upper
Feb 15, 2019
Committee
Referred to Assignments
upper
0 primary · 7 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.