---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCH CD-PRINCIPAL ENDORSEMENT"
description: "Amends the School Code. Provides that a principal endorsement shall be affixed to a Professional Educator License of any holder who, in addition to other requirements in the Code, has at least 4 total years of teaching or 4 total years of working in the capacity of school support personnel in a school under the supervision of the Illinois Department of Corrections (or in combination with other permitted schools)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "100th"
identifier: "HB 5754"
citation: "Illinois HB 5754 (100th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-16"
last_action: "2018-08-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/725d7aab-79a4-42c5-b9bb-2dea6f48a9f8"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5754&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=111845&SessionID=91&GA=100"
source_hash: "4a2e0ce487814fcad5fe9297d43191b4ae116c818aa3f31b488d613dfc50223e"
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 5754 (100th) — SCH CD-PRINCIPAL ENDORSEMENT

Amends the School Code. Provides that a principal endorsement shall be affixed to a Professional Educator License of any holder who, in addition to other requirements in the Code, has at least 4 total years of teaching or 4 total years of working in the capacity of school support personnel in a school under the supervision of the Illinois Department of Corrections (or in combination with other permitted schools).

## 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=10000HB5754&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=111845&DocNum=5754&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB5754eng&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=111845&DocNum=5754&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB5754enr&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=111845&DocNum=5754&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **109–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Natalie Phelps Finnie — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-16** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Natalie Phelps Finnie `filing`
- **2018-02-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-02-16** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: Licensing, Administration & Oversight `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-06** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
- **2018-04-10** Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: Licensing, Administration & Oversight; 005-002-000 `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-10** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2018-04-25** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2018-04-25** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2018-04-26** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry Costello, II
- **2018-04-26** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Monica Bristow
- **2018-04-26** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2018-04-26** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Terri Bryant
- **2018-04-26** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart
- **2018-04-26** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 109-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-26** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Severin
- **2018-05-01** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-05-01** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading May 2, 2018 `reading-1`
- **2018-05-08** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
- **2018-05-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-05-08** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-09** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-11** Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 31, 2018
- **2018-05-16** Do Pass Education; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2018-05-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 17, 2018
- **2018-05-17** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-05-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 18, 2018
- **2018-05-22** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-05-22** Passed Both Houses
- **2018-06-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-08-10** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2018-08-10** Effective Date January 1, 2019
- **2018-08-10** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0780 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/725d7aab-79a4-42c5-b9bb-2dea6f48a9f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).