---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCH CD-COUNSELOR-TEACHER CERT"
description: "Amends the School Code. In a provision concerning school counselors, removes the requirement that a school counselor must hold or be qualified for an elementary, secondary, or special K-12 teaching certificate. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "HB 514"
citation: "Illinois HB 514 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-01-30"
last_action: "2003-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ae4254bc-4ba6-4e05-9aad-97154cb49eb1"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=514&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=951&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "7f91f48096ddcf3f9158221cd0538e69d9838e16edfd551e788b0b0178cca957"
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 514 (93rd) — SCH CD-COUNSELOR-TEACHER CERT

Amends the School Code. In a provision concerning school counselors, removes the requirement that a school counselor must hold or be qualified for an elementary, secondary, or special K-12 teaching certificate. 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=09300HB0514&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=951&DocNum=514&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB0514eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=951&DocNum=514&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB0514enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=951&DocNum=514&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Edward D. Maloney — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Sacia — primary (person)
- Mattie Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- Miguel del Valle — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-01-30** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jim Sacia `filing`
- **2003-01-30** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-01-30** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-04** Assigned to Elementary and Secondary Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-21** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William Delgado
- **2003-03-06** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Elementary and Secondary Education Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2003-03-06** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Elementary and Secondary Education Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2003-03-06** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Elementary and Secondary Education Committee; 014-002-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-03-06** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-03-11** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. David A. Wirsing
- **2003-03-18** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2003-03-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-03-19** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Reitz
- **2003-03-19** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-03-20** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2003-03-20** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 21, 2003 `reading-1`
- **2003-03-20** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, Jr.
- **2003-03-21** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-03-21** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-02** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Todd Sieben
- **2003-04-04** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. J. Bradley Burzynski
- **2003-04-08** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Christine Radogno
- **2003-04-10** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-11** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jeffrey M. Schoenberg
- **2003-04-29** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Miguel del Valle
- **2003-04-29** Postponed - Education
- **2003-05-01** Do Pass Education; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-05-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 6, 2003
- **2003-05-06** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 7, 2003
- **2003-05-15** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Edward D. Maloney
- **2003-05-15** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- **2003-05-15** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-05-15** Passed Both Houses
- **2003-06-13** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2003-07-10** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-10** Effective Date July 10, 2003
- **2003-07-10** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0125 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ae4254bc-4ba6-4e05-9aad-97154cb49eb1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).