---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCH CD-SPEECH PATHOLOGIST"
description: "Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. With regard to the speech-language pathologist provision, provides that notwithstanding the requirements of the provision, a Professional Educator License with a school support personnel endorsement for non-teaching speech-language pathologist shall be issued to a speech-language pathologist who (i) holds a regular license as a speech-language pathologist pursuant to the Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Practice Act and (ii) holds a current Certificate of Clinical Competence in speech-language pathology from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "101st"
identifier: "HB 2605"
citation: "Illinois HB 2605 (101st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-14"
last_action: "2019-07-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/32743bc5-1197-46e9-bfec-5debbe435eac"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2605&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=118739&SessionID=108&GA=101"
source_hash: "6f95758d2fffd04f7a0ea8c872aca5c07e9621839daf4cdd1b709fa598832cba"
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 2605 (101st) — SCH CD-SPEECH PATHOLOGIST

Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. With regard to the speech-language pathologist provision, provides that notwithstanding the requirements of the provision, a Professional Educator License with a school support personnel endorsement for non-teaching speech-language pathologist shall be issued to a speech-language pathologist who (i) holds a regular license as a speech-language pathologist pursuant to the Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Practice Act and (ii) holds a current Certificate of Clinical Competence in speech-language pathology from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.

## 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=10100HB2605&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=118739&DocNum=2605&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB2605eng&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=118739&DocNum=2605&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB2605enr&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=118739&DocNum=2605&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fred Crespo — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant — primary (person)
- Jonathan Carroll — cosponsor (person)
- Keith P. Sommer — cosponsor (person)
- Laura M. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Pat McGuire — cosponsor (person)
- Sue Rezin — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Morrison — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-14** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Fred Crespo `filing`
- **2019-02-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-14** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-26** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter School `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12** Moved to Suspend Rule 21 Rep. Gregory Harris
- **2019-03-12** Suspend Rule 21 - Prevailed
- **2019-03-27** Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter School; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-29** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-03-29** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Morrison
- **2019-04-03** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2019-04-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-04-04** Remove Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Morrison
- **2019-04-04** Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Thomas Morrison
- **2019-04-04** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Fred Crespo
- **2019-04-09** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-04-09** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith P. Sommer
- **2019-04-09** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jonathan Carroll
- **2019-04-10** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-10** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-10** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant
- **2019-04-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-10** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-26** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Sue Rezin
- **2019-05-02** Do Pass Education; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 7, 2019
- **2019-05-14** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 15, 2019
- **2019-05-16** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pat McGuire
- **2019-05-16** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-05-16** Passed Both Houses
- **2019-05-17** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
- **2019-06-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-19** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-19** Effective Date January 1, 2020
- **2019-07-19** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0094 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/32743bc5-1197-46e9-bfec-5debbe435eac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).