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+type: "Bill"
+title: "SCH CD-LAPSED EDUCATOR LICENSE"
+description: "Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. Provides for the reinstatement of a lapsed Professional Educator License upon the payment by the applicant of a $50 penalty (rather than a $500 penalty). Effective immediately."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
+legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
+session: "102nd"
+identifier: "HB 4246"
+citation: "Illinois HB 4246 (102nd)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Meg Loughran Cappel", "Sue Scherer"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 52
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-12-03"
+last_action: "2022-04-27"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/804b028d-d60b-4e67-a7bd-1769d9f67a17"
+source_url: "https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4246&GAID=16&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=137270&SessionID=110&GA=102"
+source_hash: "60f642f76746fe0ee9ad7449c1a21ff5c0081a3b393f1b63880db222a40daac9"
+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 4246 (102nd) — SCH CD-LAPSED EDUCATOR LICENSE
+
+Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. Provides for the reinstatement of a lapsed Professional Educator License upon the payment by the applicant of a $50 penalty (rather than a $500 penalty). 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/10200HB4246.pdf)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB4246eng.pdf)
+3. **House Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB4246ham001.pdf)
+4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB4246enr.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **105–0** (pass) · lower
+- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Meg Loughran Cappel — primary (person)
+- Sue Scherer — primary (person)
+- Ann Gillespie — cosponsor (person)
+- Christopher Belt — cosponsor (person)
+- David Koehler — cosponsor (person)
+- Doris Turner — cosponsor (person)
+- Janet Yang Rohr — cosponsor (person)
+- John Connor — cosponsor (person)
+- Karina Villa — cosponsor (person)
+- Kimberly A. Lightford — cosponsor (person)
+- La Shawn K. Ford — cosponsor (person)
+- Laura Ellman — cosponsor (person)
+- Laura Fine — cosponsor (person)
+- Mattie Hunter — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael E. Hastings — cosponsor (person)
+- Mike Simmons — cosponsor (person)
+- Napoleon Harris, III — cosponsor (person)
+- Patricia Van Pelt — cosponsor (person)
+- Robert F. Martwick — cosponsor (person)
+- Sara Feigenholtz — cosponsor (person)
+- Scott M. Bennett — cosponsor (person)
+- Steve Stadelman — cosponsor (person)
+- Suzy Glowiak Hilton — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-12-03** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Sue Scherer `filing`
+- **2022-01-05** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2022-01-05** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2022-01-11** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools `referral-committee`
+- **2022-01-19** Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2022-01-21** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2022-02-04** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Sue Scherer `amendment-introduction`
+- **2022-02-04** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-09** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools
+- **2022-02-17** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools; 009-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-02-24** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Janet Yang Rohr
+- **2022-03-02** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2022-03-02** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2022-03-03** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
+- **2022-03-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2022-03-03** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 105-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
+- **2022-03-03** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
+- **2022-03-04** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
+- **2022-03-04** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2022-03-04** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel
+- **2022-03-04** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2022-03-04** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-08** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-23** Do Pass Education; 012-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2022-03-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading
+- **2022-03-23** Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2022-03-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 24, 2022
+- **2022-03-29** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
+- **2022-03-29** Passed Both Houses
+- **2022-03-29** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Ann Gillespie
+- **2022-03-29** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Napoleon Harris, III
+- **2022-03-29** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Suzy Glowiak Hilton
+- **2022-03-29** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
+- **2022-03-29** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Simmons
+- **2022-03-30** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Karina Villa
+- **2022-03-30** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. John Connor
+- **2022-03-30** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Steve Stadelman
+- **2022-03-31** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
+- **2022-03-31** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura Fine
+- **2022-04-08** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert F. Martwick
+- **2022-04-08** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Sara Feigenholtz
+- **2022-04-18** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-04-25** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Christopher Belt
+- **2022-04-26** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. David Koehler
+- **2022-04-26** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Patricia Van Pelt
+- **2022-04-26** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Doris Turner
+- **2022-04-26** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael E. Hastings
+- **2022-04-26** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Scott M. Bennett
+- **2022-04-27** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
+- **2022-04-27** Effective Date April 27, 2022
+- **2022-04-27** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0710 `became-law`
+- **2022-04-27** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura Ellman
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/804b028d-d60b-4e67-a7bd-1769d9f67a17`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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