---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCH CD-NONPUBLIC DISCIPLINE"
description: "Amends the School Code. Provides that a nonpublic school may not engage in slapping or paddling a student, the prolonged maintenance of a student in a physically painful position, or the intentional infliction of bodily harm on a student."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "HB 4175"
citation: "Illinois HB 4175 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Adriane Johnson", "Margaret Croke"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 47
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-10-16"
last_action: "2024-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ae8b6ee7-856a-4cea-975a-f9b677188adb"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=4175&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=150683&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "1d1841034d0c2bdff11927d7b8aca37d888f35f8212f05957d27ebc144af45a8"
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 4175 (103rd) — SCH CD-NONPUBLIC DISCIPLINE

Amends the School Code. Provides that a nonpublic school may not engage in slapping or paddling a student, the prolonged maintenance of a student in a physically painful position, or the intentional infliction of bodily harm on a student.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB4175.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB4175eng.pdf)
3. **House Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB4175ham001.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB4175enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **79–26** (pass) · lower
- Education — **10–2** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **51–8** (pass) · lower
- Elem Sec Ed: School Curric Policies — **11–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Adriane Johnson — primary (person)
- Margaret Croke — primary (person)
- Cristina Castro — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Didech — cosponsor (person)
- Diane Blair-Sherlock — cosponsor (person)
- Emil Jones, III — cosponsor (person)
- Janet Yang Rohr — cosponsor (person)
- Jenn Ladisch Douglass — cosponsor (person)
- Joyce Mason — cosponsor (person)
- Katie Stuart — cosponsor (person)
- Lakesia Collins — cosponsor (person)
- Laura Faver Dias — cosponsor (person)
- Laura M. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Edly-Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Maurice A. West and II — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel Ventura — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie A. Kifowit — cosponsor (person)
- Sue Scherer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-10-16** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Margaret Croke `filing`
- **2023-10-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-10-18** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2024-01-31** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-20** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart
- **2024-03-08** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Margaret Croke `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-03-08** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
- **2024-03-11** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel Didech
- **2024-03-12** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee
- **2024-03-13** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason
- **2024-03-13** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Janet Yang Rohr
- **2024-03-13** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Faver Dias
- **2024-03-13** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-13** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee; 011-004-000
- **2024-03-13** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-04-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Diane Blair-Sherlock
- **2024-04-10** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-04-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2024-04-12** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jenn Ladisch Douglass
- **2024-04-15** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit
- **2024-04-15** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 079-026-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-15** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sue Scherer
- **2024-04-15** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maurice A. West, II
- **2024-04-16** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-04-16** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-04-16** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Adriane Johnson
- **2024-04-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-04-16** Referred to Assignments
- **2024-04-24** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-01** Do Pass Education; 010-002-000
- **2024-05-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 2, 2024 `reading-2`
- **2024-05-02** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-05-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 7, 2024
- **2024-05-15** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen
- **2024-05-17** Rule 2-10 Third Reading/Passage Deadline Established As May 24, 2024
- **2024-05-22** Third Reading - Passed; 051-008-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-22** Passed Both Houses
- **2024-05-22** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Lakesia Collins
- **2024-05-24** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachel Ventura
- **2024-05-24** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro
- **2024-05-25** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III
- **2024-06-03** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
- **2024-06-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-08-09** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2024-08-09** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2024-08-09** Effective Date January 1, 2025
- **2024-08-09** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0806 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ae8b6ee7-856a-4cea-975a-f9b677188adb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).