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+type: "Bill"
+title: "SCH CD-WITHHOLDING DIPLOMA"
+description: "Amends the School Code. Prohibits a school district from withholding a student's grades, transcripts, or diploma because of an unpaid balance on the student's school account. Effective immediately."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
+legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
+session: "102nd"
+identifier: "HB 4243"
+citation: "Illinois HB 4243 (102nd)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Adriane Johnson", "Joyce Mason"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 58
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2021-12-01"
+last_action: "2022-05-06"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f99802fe-b6b3-4810-9e97-fa6f2cf74f69"
+source_url: "https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4243&GAID=16&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=137257&SessionID=110&GA=102"
+source_hash: "8b195ce77a9220c945651935f47b967f6e849629fbc8ad4bc05de04dc9aece12"
+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 4243 (102nd) — SCH CD-WITHHOLDING DIPLOMA
+
+Amends the School Code. Prohibits a school district from withholding a student's grades, transcripts, or diploma because of an unpaid balance on the student's school account. Effective immediately.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB4243.pdf)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB4243eng.pdf)
+3. **House Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB4243ham001.pdf)
+4. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB4243sam001.pdf)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB4243enr.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **66–36** (pass) · lower
+- Concurrence — **71–41** (pass) · lower
+- Third Reading — **38–15** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Adriane Johnson — primary (person)
+- Joyce Mason — primary (person)
+- Barbara Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
+- Carol Ammons — cosponsor (person)
+- Cristina Castro — cosponsor (person)
+- Cristina H. Pacione-Zayas — cosponsor (person)
+- Edgar Gonzalez, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Elgie R. Sims, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Jacqueline Y. Collins — cosponsor (person)
+- Jonathan Carroll — cosponsor (person)
+- Justin Slaughter — cosponsor (person)
+- Lakesia Collins — cosponsor (person)
+- Maurice A. West, II — cosponsor (person)
+- Patricia Van Pelt — cosponsor (person)
+- Sonya M. Harper — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-12-01** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Joyce Mason `filing`
+- **2022-01-05** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2022-01-05** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2022-01-25** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools `referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-02** Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools; 005-003-001 `committee-passage`
+- **2022-02-09** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2022-02-23** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2022-02-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2022-03-01** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Joyce Mason `amendment-introduction`
+- **2022-03-01** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-01** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
+- **2022-03-01** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Edgar Gonzalez, Jr.
+- **2022-03-02** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools
+- **2022-03-03** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools; 006-003-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-04** Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2022-03-04** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
+- **2022-03-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2022-03-04** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 066-036-000 `passage, reading-3`
+- **2022-03-04** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Maurice A. West, II
+- **2022-03-04** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jonathan Carroll
+- **2022-03-04** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper
+- **2022-03-04** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Justin Slaughter
+- **2022-03-04** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lakesia Collins
+- **2022-03-07** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
+- **2022-03-07** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2022-03-07** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Adriane Johnson
+- **2022-03-07** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2022-03-07** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-10** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
+- **2022-03-23** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-25** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Adriane Johnson `amendment-introduction`
+- **2022-03-25** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-25** Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 4, 2022
+- **2022-03-28** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina H. Pacione-Zayas
+- **2022-03-28** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Education
+- **2022-03-29** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
+- **2022-03-29** Do Pass as Amended Education; 010-004-001 `committee-passage`
+- **2022-03-29** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 30, 2022
+- **2022-03-30** Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2022-03-30** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 31, 2022
+- **2022-03-31** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
+- **2022-03-31** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Patricia Van Pelt
+- **2022-03-31** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro
+- **2022-03-31** Third Reading - Passed; 038-015-000 `passage, reading-3`
+- **2022-03-31** Arrived in House `introduction`
+- **2022-03-31** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
+- **2022-04-04** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Joyce Mason
+- **2022-04-04** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2022-04-05** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools `referral-committee`
+- **2022-04-06** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Hernandez
+- **2022-04-06** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools; 006-003-000
+- **2022-04-07** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 071-041-000
+- **2022-04-07** House Concurs
+- **2022-04-07** Passed Both Houses
+- **2022-04-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-05-06** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
+- **2022-05-06** Effective Date May 6, 2022
+- **2022-05-06** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0727 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f99802fe-b6b3-4810-9e97-fa6f2cf74f69`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
+