---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCH CD-WORK-BASED LEARNING"
description: "Amends the School Code. Requires the State Board of Education to develop a work-based learning database to help facilitate relationships between school districts and businesses and expand work-based learning in this State; defines \"work-based learning\". Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "101st"
identifier: "HB 2868"
citation: "Illinois HB 2868 (101st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-14"
last_action: "2019-08-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bda8acf3-55cf-49e6-a75e-72a752478fbd"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2868&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=119172&SessionID=108&GA=101"
source_hash: "56d2de19d82781b59b0113ca564c30ee1e94c65ca72aa5c3056dc0f525db56db"
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 2868 (101st) — SCH CD-WORK-BASED LEARNING

Amends the School Code. Requires the State Board of Education to develop a work-based learning database to help facilitate relationships between school districts and businesses and expand work-based learning in this State; defines "work-based learning". 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=10100HB2868&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=119172&DocNum=2868&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB2868eng&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=119172&DocNum=2868&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB2868enr&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=119172&DocNum=2868&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **73–39** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **51–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ann Gillespie — primary (person)
- Chuck Weaver — cosponsor (person)
- Sue Scherer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-14** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Sue Scherer `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: School Curriculum & Policies Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06** Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee; 013-003-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-07** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-03-11** Fiscal Note Requested by Rep. Tom Demmer
- **2019-03-11** State Mandates Fiscal Note Requested by Rep. Tom Demmer
- **2019-03-14** State Mandates Fiscal Note Filed
- **2019-03-18** Fiscal Note Filed
- **2019-03-19** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2019-03-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-03-27** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 073-039-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-03-27** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-03-27** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 28, 2019 `reading-1`
- **2019-04-12** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Ann Gillespie
- **2019-04-12** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-12** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-30** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Chuck Weaver
- **2019-05-02** Postponed - Education
- **2019-05-10** Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 17, 2019
- **2019-05-15** Do Pass Education; 015-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 16, 2019
- **2019-05-16** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 17, 2019
- **2019-05-21** Third Reading - Passed; 051-001-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-05-21** Passed Both Houses
- **2019-06-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-08-16** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2019-08-16** Effective Date August 16, 2019
- **2019-08-16** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0389 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bda8acf3-55cf-49e6-a75e-72a752478fbd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).