---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCH-STUDENT INITIATED PRAYER"
description: "SCH-STUDENT INITIATED PRAYER"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "92nd"
identifier: "HB 4117"
citation: "Illinois HB 4117 (92nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 73
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2002-01-29T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "2002-08-22T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5834ffff-d7a4-4bc6-9425-45aa8437a77d"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/92gatoc.html"
source_hash: "09999d27bcc83d78d67b9c25e5622699572780b775ce90521031a46a4ea21c35"
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 4117 (92nd) — SCH-STUDENT INITIATED PRAYER

## Version chain

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

1. **HB4117** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/hbgroups/hb/920HB4117LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BURZYNSKI — cosponsor (person)
- JOHNSON — cosponsor (person)
- MOFFITT — cosponsor (person)
- MURPHY — cosponsor (person)
- O'MALLEY — cosponsor (person)
- SOMMER — cosponsor (person)
- WINKEL — cosponsor (person)
- WRIGHT — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-01-29T00:00:00-06:00** FILED WITH CLERK `introduction`
- **2002-01-30T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2002-01-30T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-05T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE ELEM SCND ED `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-21T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR WINKEL
- **2002-02-21T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR JOHNSON
- **2002-02-21T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR MOFFITT
- **2002-02-21T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR MURPHY
- **2002-02-22T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS/STANDARD DEBATE 011-004-000 HELM
- **2002-02-22T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CAL 2ND READING-STANDARD DEBATE
- **2002-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING-STANDARD DEBATE `reading-2`
- **2002-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-STNDRD DEBATE
- **2002-03-22T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SOMMER
- **2002-04-01T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING/STANDARD DEBATE/PASS 095-000-014 `reading-3`
- **2002-04-02T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN SENATE
- **2002-04-02T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING 02-04-03
- **2002-04-02T00:00:00-06:00** CHIEF SPONSOR BURZYNSKI
- **2002-04-03T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR O'MALLEY
- **2002-04-03T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2002-04-03T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-17T00:00:00-05:00** POSTPONED
- **2002-04-17T00:00:00-05:00** COMMITTEE EDUCATION
- **2002-04-17T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR O'DANIEL
- **2002-04-24T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS 009-000-000 SESE
- **2002-04-24T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 02-04-25
- **2002-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY `introduction`
- **2002-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-BURZYNSKI
- **2002-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO SRUL
- **2002-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-BURZYNSKI
- **2002-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** RULES REFERS TO SESE
- **2002-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-BURZYNSKI
- **2002-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** BE APPROVED FOR CONSIDERATION SESE/009-000-000
- **2002-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **2002-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-BURZYNSKI
- **2002-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **2002-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 02-05-09
- **2002-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY `introduction`
- **2002-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-BURZYNSKI
- **2002-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO SRUL
- **2002-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-BURZYNSKI
- **2002-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** BE APPROVED FOR CONSIDERATION SRUL
- **2002-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY `introduction`
- **2002-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 03-BURZYNSKI
- **2002-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO SRUL
- **2002-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 03-BURZYNSKI
- **2002-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** BE APPROVED FOR CONSIDERATION SRUL
- **2002-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** RECALLED TO SECOND READING
- **2002-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO TABLE AMENDMENT - PREVAILED 02/BURZYNSKI
- **2002-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-BURZYNSKI
- **2002-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** TABLED
- **2002-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 03-BURZYNSKI
- **2002-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **2002-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING
- **2002-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 054-000-000 `reading-3`
- **2002-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **2002-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01,03
- **2002-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION FILED CONCUR 01,03/WRIGHT
- **2002-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION REFERRED TO HRUL
- **2002-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01,03
- **2002-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR REFERRED TO 01,03/HELM
- **2002-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01,03
- **2002-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** FINAL PASSAGE DEADLINE EXTENDED-RULE 9(B) TO 5/31/02
- **2002-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01,03
- **2002-05-23T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR/SENATE AMENDMENT NO.(S) 01,03
- **2002-05-23T00:00:00-05:00** RECOMMENDS BE ADOPTED HELM/020-000-000
- **2002-05-23T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01,03
- **2002-05-29T00:00:00-05:00** HSE CONCURS IN SEN AMENDMENTS (NO.) 01,03/116-001-000
- **2002-05-29T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **2002-06-27T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2002-08-22T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **2002-08-22T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 03-01-01
- **2002-08-22T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 92-0832

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5834ffff-d7a4-4bc6-9425-45aa8437a77d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).