---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCH CD-REQ HIGH SCHOOL COURSE"
description: "Amends the School Code. With respect to prerequisites to receiving a high school diploma, provides that, beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, agricultural education, agricultural business, or any other course that relates to agriculture satisfies the vocational education requirement. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "104th"
identifier: "SB 1605"
citation: "Illinois SB 1605 (104th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Doris Turner", "Mary Gill"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 67
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-02-04"
last_action: "2025-08-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d33b175-7de4-4468-a4db-cbc8356b5efa"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=1605&GAID=18&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=160395&SessionID=114"
source_hash: "f38f53a1e57e180d35923988cc09e7a77c0a0e0574b9d536685a5692d167f25d"
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 SB 1605 (104th) — SCH CD-REQ HIGH SCHOOL COURSE

Amends the School Code. With respect to prerequisites to receiving a high school diploma, provides that, beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, agricultural education, agricultural business, or any other course that relates to agriculture satisfies the vocational education requirement. 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/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1605.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1605eng.pdf)
3. **House Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1605ham001.pdf)
4. **House Amendment 002** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1605ham002.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1605enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper
- Education Policy — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Education — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurrence, Amendment 2 — **56–0** (pass) · upper
- Education, Amendment 2 — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Education Policy, Amendment 2 — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **109–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Doris Turner — primary (person)
- Mary Gill — primary (person)
- Adriane Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Amy Elik — cosponsor (person)
- Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar — cosponsor (person)
- Bradley Fritts — cosponsor (person)
- Charles Meier — cosponsor (person)
- Chris Balkema — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Swanson — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Vella — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Plummer — cosponsor (person)
- Jason R. Bunting — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Hoffman — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Keicher — cosponsor (person)
- Katie Stuart — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly A. Lightford — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus C. Evans, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Michael J. Kelly — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Sheehan — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Ryan — cosponsor (person)
- Sally J. Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Reick — cosponsor (person)
- Sue Scherer — cosponsor (person)
- Wayne A. Rosenthal — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-04** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Doris Turner `filing`
- **2025-02-04** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-04** Referred to Assignments
- **2025-02-11** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19** Do Pass Education; 012-000-000
- **2025-02-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 20, 2025 `reading-2`
- **2025-03-05** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 6, 2025
- **2025-04-03** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Sally J. Turner
- **2025-04-03** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Chris Balkema
- **2025-04-04** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
- **2025-04-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading **
- **2025-04-04** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Adriane Johnson
- **2025-04-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2025-04-09** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-09** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2025-04-10** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Jay Hoffman
- **2025-04-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-04-10** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2025-04-17** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart
- **2025-04-17** Assigned to Education Policy Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-21** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Mary Gill
- **2025-04-21** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jay Hoffman
- **2025-05-06** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Sue Scherer
- **2025-05-07** Do Pass / Short Debate Education Policy Committee; 012-000-000
- **2025-05-07** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.
- **2025-05-07** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Faver Dias
- **2025-05-07** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Amy Elik
- **2025-05-07** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Kelly
- **2025-05-07** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-05-15** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Mary Gill `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-15** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
- **2025-05-16** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-05-16** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-05-16** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Mary Gill `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-16** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
- **2025-05-20** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Education Policy Committee
- **2025-05-20** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Education Policy Committee
- **2025-05-21** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Education Policy Committee; 012-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-21** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Vella
- **2025-05-21** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Jason Plummer
- **2025-05-23** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2025-05-23** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 109-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-23** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled `amendment-failure`
- **2025-05-23** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick Sheehan
- **2025-05-23** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jason R. Bunting
- **2025-05-23** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Wayne A. Rosenthal
- **2025-05-23** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Swanson
- **2025-05-23** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Charles Meier
- **2025-05-23** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Steven Reick
- **2025-05-23** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Bradley Fritts
- **2025-05-23** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar
- **2025-05-23** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Rick Ryan
- **2025-05-26** Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 2
- **2025-05-26** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 2 - May 27, 2025
- **2025-05-27** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Doris Turner `filing`
- **2025-05-27** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments
- **2025-05-27** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Education
- **2025-05-27** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Education; 013-000-000
- **2025-05-31** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Senate Concurs 056-000-000
- **2025-05-31** Senate Concurs
- **2025-05-31** Passed Both Houses
- **2025-06-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-08-15** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2025-08-15** Effective Date August 15, 2025
- **2025-08-15** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0387 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3d33b175-7de4-4468-a4db-cbc8356b5efa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).