---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCH CD-PRINCIPAL ENDORSEMENT"
description: "Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. Allows for a principal endorsement to be affixed to a Professional Educator License if a person has, among other qualifications, at least 4 total years of experience teaching or 4 total years of experience working in the capacity of school support personnel (instead of at least 4 total years of experience teaching or, until June 30, 2019, working in the capacity of school support personnel). Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "99th"
identifier: "SB 2440"
citation: "Illinois SB 2440 (99th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2016-02-09"
last_action: "2016-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b8761e4-4ae4-41bd-8f10-b7952ce01017"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2440&GAID=13&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=94271&SessionID=88&GA=99"
source_hash: "019b39d241678b04e3ec545584b416166e89d788d816aa73ef76500411cea855"
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 2440 (99th) — SCH CD-PRINCIPAL ENDORSEMENT

Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. Allows for a principal endorsement to be affixed to a Professional Educator License if a person has, among other qualifications, at least 4 total years of experience teaching or 4 total years of experience working in the capacity of school support personnel (instead of at least 4 total years of experience teaching or, until June 30, 2019, working in the capacity of school support personnel). 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=09900SB2440&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=94271&DocNum=2440&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB2440eng&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=94271&DocNum=2440&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB2440enr&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=94271&DocNum=2440&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **53–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-09** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant `filing`
- **2016-02-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-02-09** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2016-02-17** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-09** Postponed - Education
- **2016-03-10** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant `amendment-introduction`
- **2016-03-10** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-10** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Patricia Van Pelt
- **2016-03-16** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Education
- **2016-03-16** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2016-03-16** Do Pass as Amended Education; 014-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2016-03-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 17, 2016
- **2016-04-19** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael Noland
- **2016-04-19** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-04-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 20, 2016
- **2016-04-20** Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2016-04-20** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2016-04-20** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Fred Crespo
- **2016-04-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-04-20** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-26** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: Licensing Oversight `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-03** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
- **2016-05-03** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Fred Crespo
- **2016-05-04** Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: Licensing Oversight; 005-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2016-05-04** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2016-05-17** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2016-05-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2016-05-19** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2016-05-19** Passed Both Houses
- **2016-06-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2016-07-22** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2016-07-22** Effective Date July 22, 2016
- **2016-07-22** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0623 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6b8761e4-4ae4-41bd-8f10-b7952ce01017`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).