---
type: "Bill"
title: "HEALTH ED-TEEN DATING VIOLENCE"
description: "Amends the Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive Health Education Act. Provides that the Comprehensive Health Education Program shall include instruction in grades 8 through 12 on teen dating violence."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "HB 973"
citation: "Illinois HB 973 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-02-10"
last_action: "2009-08-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1570a514-307e-4707-8f86-0fea623d3352"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=973&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=42551&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "ebfe4905e25199707ec0666d5f41020f397ce0230ad94b8b3fac2670de3f4ad4"
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 973 (96th) — HEALTH ED-TEEN DATING VIOLENCE

Amends the Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive Health Education Act. Provides that the Comprehensive Health Education Program shall include instruction in grades 8 through 12 on teen dating violence.

## 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=09600HB0973&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=42551&DocNum=973&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB0973eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=42551&DocNum=973&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB0973enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=42551&DocNum=973&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Linda Chapa LaVia — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-10** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia `filing`
- **2009-02-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-02-10** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-18** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-20** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith Farnham
- **2009-02-20** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
- **2009-02-20** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark L. Walker
- **2009-02-25** Motion Do Pass - Lost Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 008-005-000 `committee-failure`
- **2009-02-25** Remains in Elementary & Secondary Education Committee
- **2009-03-11** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Elementary & Secondary Education Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2009-03-11** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2009-03-11** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 020-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-03-11** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-03-12** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Susana A. Mendoza
- **2009-03-23** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-03-23** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-03-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-03-24** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-03-25** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2009-03-25** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 26, 2009 `reading-1`
- **2009-03-25** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Heather Steans
- **2009-03-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-26** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-15** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-22** Do Pass Education; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-04-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 23, 2009
- **2009-04-22** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
- **2009-05-04** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
- **2009-05-12** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-05-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** May 18, 2009
- **2009-05-13** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson
- **2009-05-19** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-05-19** Passed Both Houses
- **2009-06-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-13** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-13** Effective Date January 1, 2010
- **2009-08-13** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0383 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1570a514-307e-4707-8f86-0fea623d3352`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).