2025-2026 Regular SessionIllinois Legislature

SB1657: SCH CD-TRANSPORT REIMBURSE

Legislative Summary

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.

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Bill History

2/5/2025
Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ram Villivalam
Senate
2/5/2025
First Reading
Senate
2/5/2025
Referred to Assignments
Senate
2/7/2025
Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Mike Porfirio
Senate
2/25/2025
Assigned to Appropriations- Education
Senate
2/25/2025
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mike Porfirio
Senate
2/25/2025
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
Senate
3/4/2025
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Appropriations- Education
Senate
3/21/2025
Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 11, 2025
Senate
4/11/2025
Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 9, 2025
Senate
4/25/2025
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. David Koehler
Senate

Amendments

Senate Amendment 001

Senate Amendment 001

2/25/2025Not Adopted

Status Information

Current Status
Introduced(2/5/2025)
Chamber
Senate
Committee
Appropriations Education(Senate)

Sponsors

Democrat: 2

Primary Sponsor

Mike Porfirio
Mike Porfirio
Democrat

Co-Sponsors (1)

Documents

Introduced
Bill Text2/5/202548.8 KB