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+type: "Bill"
+title: "SCH CD - BILITERACY SEAL"
+description: "Amends the State Board of Education - Powers and Duties Article of the School Code. Makes the State Seal of Biliteracy available to both public and non-public high school graduates (rather than public high school graduates only) who have attained a high level of proficiency in one or more language in addition to English and have met the criteria to obtain the State Seal of Biliteracy. Makes conforming changes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
+legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
+session: "101st"
+identifier: "HB 37"
+citation: "Illinois HB 37 (101st)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 26
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2018-11-30"
+last_action: "2019-08-09"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/82899cb2-6e58-4c84-bb9a-fc06bf59e2c2"
+source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=37&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=113841&SessionID=108&GA=101"
+source_hash: "fa1204b8f42bbe70dba073c5d33471a3bd555905938d5e4b3f69082b36b6f35d"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
+---
+
+# Illinois HB 37 (101st) — SCH CD - BILITERACY SEAL
+
+Amends the State Board of Education - Powers and Duties Article of the School Code. Makes the State Seal of Biliteracy available to both public and non-public high school graduates (rather than public high school graduates only) who have attained a high level of proficiency in one or more language in addition to English and have met the criteria to obtain the State Seal of Biliteracy. Makes conforming changes.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB0037&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=113841&DocNum=37&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB0037eng&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=113841&DocNum=37&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB0037enr&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=113841&DocNum=37&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper
+- Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Camille Y. Lilly — cosponsor (person)
+- Rita Mayfield — primary (person)
+- Terry Link — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-11-30** Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Rita Mayfield `filing`
+- **2019-01-09** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2019-01-09** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-01-29** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-06** Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee; 020-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2019-02-07** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2019-02-26** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2019-02-26** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2019-03-19** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2019-03-19** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
+- **2019-03-20** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
+- **2019-03-20** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2019-03-20** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Terry Link
+- **2019-03-20** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2019-03-20** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-24** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-02** Do Pass Education; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2019-05-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 7, 2019
+- **2019-05-09** Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 14, 2019
+- **2019-05-23** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2019-05-23** Passed Both Houses
+- **2019-06-21** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-08-09** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
+- **2019-08-09** Effective Date January 1, 2020
+- **2019-08-09** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0222 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/82899cb2-6e58-4c84-bb9a-fc06bf59e2c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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