---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCH CD-CHICAGO-YOUTH PROGRAM"
description: "Amends the School Code. Allows the Chicago Board of Education to develop a plan for implementing a program that seeks to establish common bonds between youth of various backgrounds and ethnicities, which may be similar to that of the Challenge Day organization."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "HB 1473"
citation: "Illinois HB 1473 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-02-10"
last_action: "2012-08-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/24f1e016-6017-414c-a779-28eb6dbc5d5c"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1473&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=58235&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "7d2a713692c14c2208661cf9cfa5846002b45795d8d6f4df433e3eb3c6fc2df2"
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 1473 (97th) — SCH CD-CHICAGO-YOUTH PROGRAM

Amends the School Code. Allows the Chicago Board of Education to develop a plan for implementing a program that seeks to establish common bonds between youth of various backgrounds and ethnicities, which may be similar to that of the Challenge Day organization.

## 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=09700HB1473&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=58235&DocNum=1473&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB1473eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=58235&DocNum=1473&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB1473enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=58235&DocNum=1473&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **109–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mary E. Flowers — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-10** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Mary E. Flowers `filing`
- **2011-02-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-02-14** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-15** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-17** Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2012-01-30** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-09** Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 023-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2012-03-09** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2012-03-09** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2012-03-09** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Al Riley
- **2012-03-09** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
- **2012-03-09** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
- **2012-03-21** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2012-03-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2012-03-22** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 109-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2012-03-22** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2012-03-22** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 23, 2012 `reading-1`
- **2012-03-28** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. William Delgado
- **2012-03-29** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-03-29** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-11** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-18** Postponed - Education
- **2012-04-25** Do Pass Education; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2012-04-25** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 26, 2012
- **2012-05-08** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2012-05-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 9, 2012
- **2012-05-15** Third Reading - Passed; 052-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2012-05-15** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
- **2012-05-15** Passed Both Houses
- **2012-06-13** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2012-08-08** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2012-08-08** Effective Date January 1, 2013
- **2012-08-08** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0909 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/24f1e016-6017-414c-a779-28eb6dbc5d5c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).