Illinois · Senate Bill 1657 · 104th General Assembly

SCH CD-TRANSPORT REIMBURSE

  1. Introduced Feb 5, 2025
  2. In committee Feb 5, 2025
  3. Passed the Senate Next
  4. Passed the House  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law  

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Amends the Transportation Article of the School Code. Provides that the allowable direct cost of transporting pupils for regular, vocational, and special education pupil transportation shall be limited to, among other costs, expenditures to electrification-as-a-service contractors that provide electric school buses or a combination of electric vehicle charging infrastructure, equipment, or daily charge management services, plus a depreciation allowance of 8.33% for 12 years for electric school buses and vehicles approved for transporting pupils to and from school.

Every action

22 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

Show the 14 earlier steps
  1. SenateFiled with Secretary by Sen. Ram Villivalam
  2. SenateFirst Reading
  3. CommitteeReferred to Assignments · Senate Assignments
  4. SenateChief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Mike Porfirio
  5. CommitteeAssigned to Appropriations- Education · Senate Appropriations
  6. SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mike Porfirio
  7. CommitteeSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments · Senate Assignments
  8. CommitteeSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Appropriations- Education · Senate Appropriations
  9. SenateRule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 11, 2025
  10. SenateRule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 9, 2025
  11. SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. David Koehler
  12. SenateRule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 23, 2025
  13. SenateRule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As June 1, 2025
  14. CommitteeRule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments · Senate Assignments
  1. CommitteeSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments · Senate Assignments
  2. CommitteeRe-assigned to Appropriations- Education · Senate Appropriations
  3. CommitteeSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Re-assigned to Appropriations- Education · Senate Appropriations
  4. SenateRule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 24, 2026
  5. SenateRule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 15, 2026
  6. SenateRule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 22, 2026
  7. CommitteeRule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments · Senate Assignments
  8. CommitteeSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments · Senate Assignments

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 1 cosponsor: 1 Democrat.

All 1 cosponsor

From Illinois's official records (www.ilga.gov), checked Nov 13, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.