The legislation was introduced in bill HB246 on Jan. 8, when Rep. Anna Moeller (D-43) filed it with the House clerk.
According to the General Assembly website, the bill as introduced was designed to "amend the School Code".
After debate, the House passed the bill and it arrived in the Senate on March 13, and both chambers agreed to the final version of the legislation on May 23. The bill was sent to the governor and signed into law on Aug. 9. The law is scheduled to go into effect on July 1, 2020.
Illinois legislature enacts laws through bills that can be introduced in either the state House of Representatives or the state Senate. Either chamber of the legislature can reject or amend a bill before it becomes law. Legislators sometimes sponsor "shell bills" devoid of substantive provisions, introduced with the intention of being amended later to include actual legislation.
The following table shows the full history of actions on HB246.
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 1/8/2019 | House | Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Anna Moeller |
| 1/9/2019 | House | First Reading |
| 1/9/2019 | House | Referred to Rules Committee |
| 1/17/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz |
| 1/22/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Theresa Mah |
| 1/22/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason |
| 1/25/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz |
| 1/25/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel Didech |
| 1/25/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jonathan Carroll |
| 1/25/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lamont J. Robinson, Jr. |
| 1/29/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Karina Villa |
| 1/29/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Delia C. Ramirez |
| 1/29/2019 | House | Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee |
| 1/29/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ann M. Williams |
| 1/31/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Edly-Allen |
| 2/6/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Celina Villanueva |
| 2/6/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Aaron M. Ortiz |
| 2/6/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Deb Conroy |
| 2/6/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart |
| 2/6/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen Willis |
| 2/6/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman |
| 2/6/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Bob Morgan |
| 2/6/2019 | House | Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee; 013-007-000 |
| 2/6/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anne Stava-Murray |
| 2/6/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert Martwick |
| 2/6/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Terra Costa Howard |
| 2/6/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robyn Gabel |
| 2/7/2019 | House | Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate |
| 2/11/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Gregory Harris |
| 2/13/2019 | House | Fiscal Note Requested by Rep. Thomas Morrison |
| 2/13/2019 | House | Correctional Note Requested by Rep. Anna Moeller |
| 2/13/2019 | House | Land Conveyance Appraisal Note Requested by Rep. Anna Moeller |
| 2/13/2019 | House | Balanced Budget Note Filed |
| 2/13/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia |
| 2/13/2019 | House | Judicial Note Requested by Rep. Anna Moeller |
| 2/13/2019 | House | Housing Affordability Impact Note Requested by Rep. Anna Moeller |
| 2/13/2019 | House | Home Rule Note Requested by Rep. Anna Moeller |
| 2/13/2019 | House | Correctional Note Filed |
| 2/13/2019 | House | State Debt Impact Note Requested by Rep. Anna Moeller |
| 2/13/2019 | House | State Mandates Fiscal Note Requested by Rep. Thomas Morrison |
| 2/13/2019 | House | Balanced Budget Note Requested by Rep. Anna Moeller |
| 2/13/2019 | House | Pension Note Requested by Rep. Anna Moeller |
| 2/14/2019 | House | Judicial Note Filed |
| 2/14/2019 | House | State Debt Impact Note Filed |
| 2/14/2019 | House | Land Conveyance Appraisal Note Filed |
| 2/15/2019 | House | Housing Affordability Impact Note Filed |
| 2/15/2019 | House | Pension Note Filed |
| 2/21/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy |
| 2/26/2019 | House | State Mandates Fiscal Note Filed |
| 2/26/2019 | House | Second Reading - Short Debate |
| 2/26/2019 | House | Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate |
| 2/26/2019 | House | Home Rule Note Filed |
| 2/27/2019 | House | Fiscal Note Filed |
| 3/6/2019 | House | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate |
| 3/8/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sam Yingling |
| 3/8/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John Connor |
| 3/8/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Martin J. Moylan |
| 3/13/2019 | House | Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy |
| 3/13/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy |
| 3/13/2019 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 060-042-000 |
| 3/13/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez |
| 3/13/2019 | Senate | Arrive in Senate |
| 3/13/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Ann Gillespie |
| 3/13/2019 | Senate | First Reading |
| 3/13/2019 | Senate | Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Heather A. Steans |
| 3/13/2019 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading |
| 3/13/2019 | Senate | Referred to Assignments |
| 3/14/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro |
| 3/14/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Ram Villivalam |
| 3/14/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III |
| 3/15/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy |
| 3/15/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. David Koehler |
| 3/15/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert Peters |
| 3/15/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez |
| 3/19/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson |
| 3/20/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Christopher Belt |
| 3/26/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford |
| 3/27/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Terry Link |
| 3/29/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Melinda Bush |
| 4/24/2019 | Senate | Assigned to Education |
| 5/2/2019 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 7, 2019 |
| 5/2/2019 | Senate | Do Pass Education; 013-002-000 |
| 5/15/2019 | Senate | Second Reading |
| 5/15/2019 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 16, 2019 |
| 5/17/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Antonio Muñoz |
| 5/23/2019 | House | Passed Both Houses |
| 5/23/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes |
| 5/23/2019 | Senate | Third Reading - Passed; 037-017-000 |
| 6/21/2019 | House | Sent to the Governor |
| 8/9/2019 | House | Effective Date July 1, 2020 |
| 8/9/2019 | House | Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0227 |
| 8/9/2019 | House | Governor Approved |
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