---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCH CD-PUPIL ABSENCE-PREGNANCY"
description: "Amends the School Code. Requires a school board to adopt written policies related to absences and missed homework or classwork assignments as a result of or related to a student's pregnancy. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "102nd"
identifier: "HB 3272"
citation: "Illinois HB 3272 (102nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mattie Hunter", "Sonya M. Harper"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-19"
last_action: "2021-08-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f7adca3d-aca8-438c-b365-8bca17b98a19"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3272&GAID=16&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=132206&SessionID=110&GA=102"
source_hash: "967ceeb991519082242ed140eb1c423f9758e2aa85be68b2b398a1ca216ee4ee"
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 3272 (102nd) — SCH CD-PUPIL ABSENCE-PREGNANCY

Amends the School Code. Requires a school board to adopt written policies related to absences and missed homework or classwork assignments as a result of or related to a student's pregnancy. Effective immediately.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB3272.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB3272eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB3272enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **71–39** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mattie Hunter — primary (person)
- Sonya M. Harper — primary (person)
- Jacqueline Y. Collins — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly A. Lightford — cosponsor (person)
- Patricia Van Pelt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-19** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Sonya M. Harper `filing`
- **2021-02-19** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-19** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools; 005-003-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-08** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2021-04-21** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2021-04-21** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2021-04-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2021-04-22** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 071-039-002 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-23** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-23** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 27, 2021 `reading-1`
- **2021-04-28** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- **2021-04-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-28** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-10** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-19** Do Pass Education; 014-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 20, 2021
- **2021-05-19** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
- **2021-05-20** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-05-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 21, 2021
- **2021-05-27** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Patricia Van Pelt
- **2021-05-28** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2021-05-28** Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-28** Passed Both Houses
- **2021-06-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-08-20** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2021-08-20** Effective Date August 20, 2021
- **2021-08-20** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0471 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f7adca3d-aca8-438c-b365-8bca17b98a19`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).