---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCH CD-NON CERT PERSONNEL"
description: "Amends the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education shall accept, as qualifications for non-certified personnel, relevant life experiences as determined by the State Board by rule."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "HB 2350"
citation: "Illinois HB 2350 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-02-19"
last_action: "2003-07-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d639063-2a3b-4310-bdc7-fd6274f3ff0d"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2350&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=3585&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "4d0593f04c4f4f50c380e212a9bab91ca5d24ad8ef446bf0071e672e3b95e1a8"
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 2350 (93rd) — SCH CD-NON CERT PERSONNEL

Amends the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education shall accept, as qualifications for non-certified personnel, relevant life experiences as determined by the State Board by rule.

## 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=09300HB2350&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=3585&DocNum=2350&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB2350eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=3585&DocNum=2350&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB2350enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=3585&DocNum=2350&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Edward D. Maloney — cosponsor (person)
- John O. Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen L. Wojcik — cosponsor (person)
- Marlow H. Colvin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-02-19** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Marlow H. Colvin `filing`
- **2003-02-19** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-02-19** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-21** Assigned to Elementary and Secondary Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-28** Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary and Secondary Education Committee; 018-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-02-28** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-02-28** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carolyn H. Krause
- **2003-02-28** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kenneth Dunkin
- **2003-03-05** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2003-03-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-03-13** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Watson
- **2003-03-18** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-03-19** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2003-03-19** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 20, 2003 `reading-1`
- **2003-03-25** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. James T. Meeks
- **2003-03-25** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin Joyce
- **2003-03-25** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
- **2003-03-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-03-26** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-16** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-29** Do Pass Education; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-04-29** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 30, 2003
- **2003-04-30** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2003-05-07** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. John O. Jones
- **2003-05-07** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Larry D. Woolard
- **2003-05-07** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Edward D. Maloney
- **2003-05-07** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. M. Maggie Crotty
- **2003-05-08** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Kathleen L. Wojcik
- **2003-05-12** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-05-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2003
- **2003-05-13** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-05-13** Passed Both Houses
- **2003-06-11** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2003-07-24** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-24** Effective Date January 1, 2004
- **2003-07-24** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0332 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5d639063-2a3b-4310-bdc7-fd6274f3ff0d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).