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HB0059

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SCH CD-REMOTE ED PROGRAMS

What this bill does

Amends the School Boards Article of the School Code. Requires the adopted school board policy for a remote educational program to allow a student to apply to participate in the remote educational program if the student (i) provides an employee pay stub, (ii) has a medical need, including pregnancy, or (iii) needs to care for a family member, including the student's own child.

Sponsor: Kevin Schmidt Chamber: House Introduced: 2024-12-11
Stuck
P(Advance)
14.8%
Chance it ever reaches a milestone (committee, floor, etc.). Not “next step.”
P(Law)
0.0%
Chance it becomes law given where it is now (stage, momentum).
Confidence: 85%

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Pipeline Progress

Current stage: In Committee · Last action 639 days ago · STAGNANT

How does a bill become law in Illinois?
  1. Introduction of Bill

    A member of the Senate or the House introduces a bill, which is assigned a unique identifying number (e.g., "H.B. ___" for House bills and "S.B. ___" for Senate bills). If not enacted, it must be reintroduced in the next General Assembly with a new number.

  2. Committee Work — Hearings

    The bill goes to the appropriate committee, which holds hearings to gather expert opinions and determine the need for the legislation.

  3. Committee Work — Markup, Amendments, Report

    The committee may make amendments to the bill. If approved, a committee report endorsing the bill is issued.

  4. Floor Debate

    The bill is debated and can be further amended. The debate transcripts are accessible online for public viewing.

  5. Passage and Consideration in Second Chamber

    If the bill passes in the first chamber, it moves to the second chamber for a similar review process. If both chambers approve, it goes to the governor.

  6. Gubernatorial Action

    The governor can sign the bill into law, veto it, or take no action (resulting in an automatic law after 60 days). The type of veto can be total or amendatory. Once signed, the bill becomes a Public Act and is assigned a Public Act number.

Sponsor Context

Campaign finance

This is SBE campaign receipts to the people on this bill, not Moneyball and not earmarked to the bill.

Money is campaign receipts to matched candidate committees, not earmarked to this bill. Window 2025-01-01 – 2026-09-13.

$181,200.07 Across sponsors / voters
1 Members with trails
0 Overlapping donors

Sponsor and voter funding

Member Role Receipts Total received Top donors
Kevin Schmidt Chief sponsor 141 $181,200.07 IPACE ($50,000.00); Illinois Republican Party ($24,159.86); Chicago Land Operators Joint Labor -Management ($8,500.00)

Top donors across these members

Donor Occupation Employer Receipts Total
IPACE — — 3 $50,000.00
Illinois Republican Party — — 3 $24,159.86
illinois chiropractic society — — 5 $8,500.00
Chicago Land Operators Joint Labor -Management — — 6 $8,500.00
Ameren — — 6 $8,000.00
Realtor Political Action Committee — — 4 $7,000.00
House Republican Organization — — 10 $5,155.21
Illinois Manufactured Housing Association — — 3 $5,000.00
Fraternal Order of Police-Chicago Lodge No 7 — — 1 $5,000.00
Illinois Health & Hospital Assoc. — — 6 $4,500.00
trk-pac mid-west truckers association, inc. — — 6 $4,250.00
AFSCME Illinois Council No. 31 — — 2 $4,000.00
illinois state medical society — — 3 $3,000.00
Chicago J. Dineen Lodge 7 PAC — — 1 $3,000.00
Brad Stephens for State Representative — — 3 $2,500.00
Associated Beer Distributors of Illinois — — 2 $2,500.00
Sports Betting Alliance — — 1 $2,500.00
Associated Fire Fighters of Il — — 3 $2,000.00
manufacturers political action committee — — 2 $2,000.00
chempac — — 3 $1,750.00
Dent-IL PAC — — 2 $1,500.00
Illinois American Water Co. PAC — — 2 $1,500.00
citizens for charlie meier — — 3 $1,250.00
Illinois Automobile Dealers Assoc. — — 2 $1,250.00
CAR of Illinois — — 1 $1,000.00

Hearings

This bill has not been scheduled for a committee hearing.

Action History

3 actions recorded. Last action: 2025-01-09 — Referred toRules Committee. Each action's meaning and outcome signal are classified automatically.

2024-12-11 Introduction & Filing
Prefiled with Clerk byRep. Kevin Schmidt Senate Rule 5-1(d); House Rule 37(d)
Bill submitted before the legislative session officially begins. No impact on outcome yet.
2025-01-09 Introduction & Filing
First Reading Senate Rule 5-1(d)/5-2; House Rule 37(d)/38
Formal introduction — title read into the official record. Required procedural step; bill now exists in the system.
2025-01-09 Committee Assignment
Referred toRules Committee Senate Rule 3-8(a); House Rule 18(a)
Sent to a committee (usually Rules in the House, Assignments in the Senate). The gatekeeping step — Rules/Assignments decides which substantive committee hears the bill.

All actions (table)

Date Chamber Action Category Signal
2024-12-11 House Prefiled with Clerk byRep. Kevin Schmidt Senate Rule 5-1(d); House Rule 37(d) Introduction & Filing —
2025-01-09 House First Reading Senate Rule 5-1(d)/5-2; House Rule 37(d)/38 Introduction & Filing —
2025-01-09 House Referred toRules Committee Senate Rule 3-8(a); House Rule 18(a) Committee Assignment —