The legislation was introduced in bill HB2265 on Feb. 7, when Rep. Camille Y. Lilly (D-78) 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 on March 28 and it arrived in the Senate on April 3, 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 HB2265.
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2/7/2019 | House | Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Camille Y. Lilly |
| 2/13/2019 | House | First Reading |
| 2/13/2019 | House | Referred to Rules Committee |
| 2/19/2019 | House | Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee |
| 3/6/2019 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee |
| 3/6/2019 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Camille Y. Lilly |
| 3/12/2019 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee |
| 3/20/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Deb Conroy |
| 3/20/2019 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee; by Voice Vote |
| 3/20/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason |
| 3/20/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth |
| 3/20/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Curtis J. Tarver, II |
| 3/20/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kambium Buckner |
| 3/20/2019 | House | Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee; 012-007-000 |
| 3/21/2019 | House | Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate |
| 3/25/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Karina Villa |
| 3/25/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ann M. Williams |
| 3/25/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart |
| 3/25/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman |
| 3/25/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper |
| 3/25/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert Martwick |
| 3/26/2019 | House | Second Reading - Short Debate |
| 3/26/2019 | House | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate |
| 3/28/2019 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 073-031-000 |
| 3/28/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin |
| 3/28/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. William Davis |
| 3/29/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz |
| 3/29/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz |
| 3/29/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Theresa Mah |
| 3/29/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Aaron M. Ortiz |
| 3/29/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch |
| 3/29/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr. |
| 3/29/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield |
| 3/29/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Burke |
| 3/29/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez |
| 3/29/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons |
| 3/29/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicholas K. Smith |
| 3/29/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lamont J. Robinson, Jr. |
| 3/29/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford |
| 3/29/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maurice A. West, II |
| 3/29/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. LaToya Greenwood |
| 3/29/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr. |
| 3/29/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Melissa Conyears-Ervin |
| 3/29/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Arthur Turner |
| 3/29/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Luis Arroyo |
| 3/29/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers |
| 3/29/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robyn Gabel |
| 4/3/2019 | Senate | Arrive in Senate |
| 4/3/2019 | Senate | First Reading |
| 4/3/2019 | Senate | Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins |
| 4/3/2019 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading |
| 4/3/2019 | Senate | Referred to Assignments |
| 4/24/2019 | Senate | Assigned to Education |
| 4/29/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura Fine |
| 5/3/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy |
| 5/7/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Thomas Cullerton |
| 5/8/2019 | Senate | Do Pass Education; 010-003-000 |
| 5/8/2019 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 9, 2019 |
| 5/9/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Ram Villivalam |
| 5/16/2019 | Senate | Second Reading |
| 5/16/2019 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 17, 2019 |
| 5/16/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert Peters |
| 5/17/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez |
| 5/21/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura Ellman |
| 5/23/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Celina Villanueva |
| 5/23/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Hernandez |
| 5/23/2019 | House | Passed Both Houses |
| 5/23/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Delia C. Ramirez |
| 5/23/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jawaharial Williams |
| 5/23/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert Rita |
| 5/23/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Gregory Harris |
| 5/23/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi |
| 5/23/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Justin Slaughter |
| 5/23/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John C. D'Amico |
| 5/23/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. André Thapedi |
| 5/23/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anne Stava-Murray |
| 5/23/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy |
| 5/23/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Terra Costa Howard |
| 5/23/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Christopher Belt |
| 5/23/2019 | Senate | Third Reading - Passed; 040-014-000 |
| 6/21/2019 | House | Sent to the Governor |
| 8/9/2019 | House | Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0254 |
| 8/9/2019 | House | Effective Date July 1, 2020 |
| 8/9/2019 | House | Governor Approved |
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