---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCH CD-EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE"
description: "Amends the School Code. Creates the Emotional Intelligence Education Task Force to develop curriculum guidelines on emotional intelligence; sets forth provisions concerning its membership, duties, administration, and dissolution. Provides that, beginning with the 2019-2020 school year, every public elementary school and high school shall include in its curriculum a unit of instruction studying emotional intelligence. Requires this unit of instruction to include teaching how to recognize, direct, and positively express emotions. Permits a school board to use the Task Force's guidelines in developing this unit of instruction. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "100th"
identifier: "HB 4657"
citation: "Illinois HB 4657 (100th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 48
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-02-07"
last_action: "2018-11-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e545936-70f1-4370-a024-ec6b671fe2c1"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4657&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=109666&SessionID=91&GA=100"
source_hash: "7b5f0f495ac3fd055a37a9b949bff5992293f3b4a4ad31cc7aa0f9e7d5715a45"
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 4657 (100th) — SCH CD-EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE

Amends the School Code. Creates the Emotional Intelligence Education Task Force to develop curriculum guidelines on emotional intelligence; sets forth provisions concerning its membership, duties, administration, and dissolution. Provides that, beginning with the 2019-2020 school year, every public elementary school and high school shall include in its curriculum a unit of instruction studying emotional intelligence. Requires this unit of instruction to include teaching how to recognize, direct, and positively express emotions. Permits a school board to use the Task Force's guidelines in developing this unit of instruction. Effective immediately.

## 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=10000HB4657&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=109666&DocNum=4657&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB4657eng&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=109666&DocNum=4657&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB4657enr&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=109666&DocNum=4657&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Motion — **50–1** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **96–15** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion — **92–18** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Natalie A. Manley — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-02-07** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Natalie A. Manley `filing`
- **2018-02-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-02-07** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-09** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Natalie A. Manley `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-04-09** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-10** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee
- **2018-04-10** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-10** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee; 018-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-10** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2018-04-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
- **2018-04-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Deb Conroy
- **2018-04-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
- **2018-04-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen Willis
- **2018-04-17** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Natalie A. Manley `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-04-17** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-18** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee
- **2018-04-20** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee; 016-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-23** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2018-04-23** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2018-04-24** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 096-015-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-24** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jonathan Carroll
- **2018-04-24** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-04-24** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 25, 2018 `reading-1`
- **2018-05-01** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
- **2018-05-01** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-05-01** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-02** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-09** Do Pass Education; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2018-05-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 10, 2018
- **2018-05-10** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-05-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 15, 2018
- **2018-05-24** Third Reading - Passed; 049-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-05-24** Passed Both Houses
- **2018-06-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-08-19** Governor Vetoed `executive-veto`
- **2018-11-13** Placed on Calendar Total Veto
- **2018-11-14** Motion Filed Override Governor Veto Rep. Natalie A. Manley
- **2018-11-14** 3/5 Vote Required
- **2018-11-14** Override Governor Veto - House Passed 092-018-000
- **2018-11-14** Placed Calendar Total Veto November 15, 2018
- **2018-11-15** Motion Filed Override Governor Veto Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
- **2018-11-28** 3/5 Vote Required
- **2018-11-28** Override Governor Veto - Senate Passed 050-001-000
- **2018-11-28** Both Houses Override Total Veto `veto-override-passage`
- **2018-11-30** Effective Date November 28, 2018
- **2018-11-30** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-1139 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3e545936-70f1-4370-a024-ec6b671fe2c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).