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+type: "Bill"
+title: "SCH CD-AGRICULTURAL ED REQ"
+description: "Amends the School Code. Provides that a school district that offers a secondary agricultural education program that is eligible for State and federal funding must ensure that, at a minimum, the following are available to its secondary agricultural education students: (1) an instructional sequence of courses approved by the State Board of Education; (2) a State and nationally affiliated FFA chapter that is integral to instruction and is not treated as an extracurricular activity; and (3) a mechanism for ensuring the involvement of all secondary agricultural education students in formal, supervised, agricultural-experience activities and programs."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
+legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
+session: "94th"
+identifier: "HB 4986"
+citation: "Illinois HB 4986 (94th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 57
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2006-01-20"
+last_action: "2006-06-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e73c3a0-e6fa-46ca-b9a0-e1d7f2f95b86"
+source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4986&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=24214&SessionID=50&GA=94"
+source_hash: "65829cc266221c278989e9d8f46cd46fbf4ba621e85a2a533c6e0f8dc4e28986"
+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 4986 (94th) — SCH CD-AGRICULTURAL ED REQ
+
+Amends the School Code. Provides that a school district that offers a secondary agricultural education program that is eligible for State and federal funding must ensure that, at a minimum, the following are available to its secondary agricultural education students: (1) an instructional sequence of courses approved by the State Board of Education; (2) a State and nationally affiliated FFA chapter that is integral to instruction and is not treated as an extracurricular activity; and (3) a mechanism for ensuring the involvement of all secondary agricultural education students in formal, supervised, agricultural-experience activities and programs.
+
+## 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=09400HB4986&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=24214&DocNum=4986&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB4986eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=24214&DocNum=4986&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB4986enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=24214&DocNum=4986&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
+- Third Reading — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Dale A. Righter — cosponsor (person)
+- Donald L. Moffitt — primary (person)
+- Edward D. Maloney — cosponsor (person)
+- Todd Sieben — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2006-01-20** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Donald L. Moffitt `filing`
+- **2006-01-23** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2006-01-23** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2006-01-31** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2006-02-07** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
+- **2006-02-07** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Rich Brauer
+- **2006-02-07** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry L. Mitchell
+- **2006-02-07** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
+- **2006-02-09** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Careen M Gordon
+- **2006-02-15** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Elementary & Secondary Education Committee `amendment-introduction`
+- **2006-02-15** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
+- **2006-02-15** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. David Reis
+- **2006-02-15** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Calvin L. Giles
+- **2006-02-15** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
+- **2006-02-15** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
+- **2006-02-15** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 020-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2006-02-15** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2006-02-15** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael K. Smith
+- **2006-02-21** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel V. Beiser
+- **2006-02-21** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert F. Flider
+- **2006-02-22** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Donald L. Moffitt `amendment-introduction`
+- **2006-02-22** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2006-02-23** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2006-02-23** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2006-02-23** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
+- **2006-02-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2006-02-23** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J Verschoore
+- **2006-02-23** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack McGuire
+- **2006-02-24** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Art Tenhouse
+- **2006-02-24** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Sacia
+- **2006-02-24** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Watson
+- **2006-02-24** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Richard P. Myers
+- **2006-02-24** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2006-02-24** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
+- **2006-02-24** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading February 27, 2006 `reading-1`
+- **2006-02-24** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John M. Sullivan
+- **2006-02-27** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2006-02-27** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2006-02-28** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Todd Sieben
+- **2006-03-01** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Deanna Demuzio
+- **2006-03-01** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Arthur J. Wilhelmi
+- **2006-03-01** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Gary Forby
+- **2006-03-01** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dale E. Risinger
+- **2006-03-01** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
+- **2006-03-15** Do Pass Education; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2006-03-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 16, 2006
+- **2006-03-16** Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2006-03-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 22, 2006
+- **2006-03-27** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Edward D. Maloney
+- **2006-03-27** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Dale A. Righter
+- **2006-03-27** Third Reading - Passed; 050-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2006-03-27** Passed Both Houses
+- **2006-03-28** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kurt M. Granberg
+- **2006-04-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2006-06-15** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
+- **2006-06-15** Effective Date January 1, 2007
+- **2006-06-15** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0855 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0e73c3a0-e6fa-46ca-b9a0-e1d7f2f95b86`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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