---
type: "Bill"
title: "CAREER-WORKFORCE TRANSITION"
description: "Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning block grants for school districts other than the Chicago school district."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "101st"
identifier: "SB 450"
citation: "Illinois SB 450 (101st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-31"
last_action: "2019-08-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d646cf2f-5dc2-4450-b3d3-6b674f0c8390"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=450&GAID=15&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=116387&SessionID=108&GA=101"
source_hash: "be8776e2721a1ec9dc2da4f674cb25daa797be6d0ecfdc8ba90989e8807bbb2e"
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 450 (101st) — CAREER-WORKFORCE TRANSITION

Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning block grants for school districts other than the Chicago school district.

## 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=10100SB0450&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=116387&DocNum=450&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100SB0450eng&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=116387&DocNum=450&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100SB0450enr&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=116387&DocNum=450&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **54–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Barbara Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Carol Ammons — primary (person)
- Diane Pappas — cosponsor (person)
- Emil Jones, III — primary (person)
- Justin Slaughter — cosponsor (person)
- Norine K. Hammond — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-31** Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton `filing`
- **2019-01-31** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-31** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06** Do Pass Executive; 016-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 7, 2019
- **2019-03-07** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-07** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 12, 2019
- **2019-03-19** Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Emil Jones, III
- **2019-03-21** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Emil Jones, III `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-21** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Higher Education
- **2019-03-27** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Higher Education; 012-000-000
- **2019-04-12** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-04-12** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Jones `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-12** Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-04-15** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2019-04-15** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
- **2019-04-30** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-30** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-30** Assigned to Higher Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-08** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Justin Slaughter
- **2019-05-08** Do Pass / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 018-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-08** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-05-08** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Norine K. Hammond
- **2019-05-09** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Hernandez
- **2019-05-14** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2019-05-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-05-21** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-05-21** Passed Both Houses
- **2019-05-21** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Diane Pappas
- **2019-06-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-08-02** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2019-08-02** Effective Date August 2, 2019
- **2019-08-02** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0194 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d646cf2f-5dc2-4450-b3d3-6b674f0c8390`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).