---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCH CD-IDENTIFY MENTAL ILLNESS"
description: "Amends the School Code. Provides that school guidance counselors, teachers, school social workers, and other school personnel who work with pupils in grades 7 through 12 shall be trained to identify the warning signs of mental illness and suicidal behavior (instead of just suicidal behavior)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "HB 3070"
citation: "Illinois HB 3070 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-02-26"
last_action: "2013-08-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/32640665-2f1c-41fa-84af-f55f54750e58"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3070&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=74923&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "72ae2e68b17de64bd3b240f6c58f680257319b4df1643f47baa71b723bb5fe57"
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 3070 (98th) — SCH CD-IDENTIFY MENTAL ILLNESS

Amends the School Code. Provides that school guidance counselors, teachers, school social workers, and other school personnel who work with pupils in grades 7 through 12 shall be trained to identify the warning signs of mental illness and suicidal behavior (instead of just suicidal behavior).

## 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=09800HB3070&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=74923&DocNum=3070&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB3070eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=74923&DocNum=3070&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB3070enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=74923&DocNum=3070&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **93–12** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Keith Farnham — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-26** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Keith Farnham `filing`
- **2013-02-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-02-26** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-07** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-13** Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 012-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2013-03-13** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2013-03-14** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Bill Mitchell
- **2013-03-15** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2013-03-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2013-03-22** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen Willis
- **2013-03-22** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 093-012-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2013-03-22** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
- **2013-03-22** Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
- **2013-03-22** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2013-03-22** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 10, 2013 `reading-1`
- **2013-04-15** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. William Delgado
- **2013-04-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-16** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-24** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-30** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2013-05-01** Do Pass Education; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2013-05-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 2, 2013
- **2013-05-20** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 21, 2013
- **2013-05-22** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
- **2013-05-22** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2013-05-22** Passed Both Houses
- **2013-06-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-08-16** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2013-08-16** Effective Date January 1, 2014
- **2013-08-16** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0471 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/32640665-2f1c-41fa-84af-f55f54750e58`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).