---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCH CD-EMPLOYEE-FITNESS-GROWTH"
description: "Amends the Employment of Teachers Article of the School Code. Makes changes to a Section concerning physical fitness and professional growth. Defines \"employee\". Removes a requirement that new employees provide evidence of freedom from tuberculosis. Provides instead that a new or existing employee may be subject to additional health examinations, including screening for tuberculosis, as required by rules adopted by the Department of Public Health or by order of a local public health official. Provides that school boards may require employees (instead of teachers in their employ) to furnish evidence of continued professional growth. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "HB 4262"
citation: "Illinois HB 4262 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2014-01-22"
last_action: "2014-07-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/81af118e-b4ea-424d-850c-0f9ab667d500"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4262&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=78380&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "94ca15a571a2f943c6e9546172d86a13671f1d4a669183d2a6265d7fc06262d7"
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 4262 (98th) — SCH CD-EMPLOYEE-FITNESS-GROWTH

Amends the Employment of Teachers Article of the School Code. Makes changes to a Section concerning physical fitness and professional growth. Defines "employee". Removes a requirement that new employees provide evidence of freedom from tuberculosis. Provides instead that a new or existing employee may be subject to additional health examinations, including screening for tuberculosis, as required by rules adopted by the Department of Public Health or by order of a local public health official. Provides that school boards may require employees (instead of teachers in their employ) to furnish evidence of continued professional growth. Effective immediately.

## 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=09800HB4262&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=78380&DocNum=4262&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB4262eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=78380&DocNum=4262&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB4262enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=78380&DocNum=4262&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Donne E. Trotter — cosponsor (person)
- Laura Fine — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-01-22** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Laura Fine `filing`
- **2014-01-22** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-01-22** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-02-11** Assigned to Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-02-19** Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 014-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-02-19** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-02-25** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Laura Fine `amendment-introduction`
- **2014-02-25** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-02-26** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2014-02-26** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-03-04** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-03-04** Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2014-03-04** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2014-03-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-03-05** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-000-002 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-03-05** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2014-03-05** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 6, 2014 `reading-1`
- **2014-03-05** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. William Delgado
- **2014-03-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-03-06** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-23** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-29** Do Pass Education; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-04-29** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 30, 2014
- **2014-05-08** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2014-05-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 12, 2014
- **2014-05-20** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Donne E. Trotter
- **2014-05-20** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-05-20** Passed Both Houses
- **2014-06-18** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-07-16** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2014-07-16** Effective Date July 16, 2014
- **2014-07-16** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0716 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/81af118e-b4ea-424d-850c-0f9ab667d500`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).