---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCH CD-PRAIRIE STATE-DIPLOMA"
description: "Amends the School Code. Provides that no student shall receive a regular diploma without taking the Prairie State Achievement Exam. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "SB 2769"
citation: "Illinois SB 2769 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2004-02-05"
last_action: "2004-08-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d5f247b5-8b99-44fb-a3f7-d9fa0ae65426"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2769&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=9629&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "38f05f264341593f115b70226eeebfda11b08e25d43cc15176c5b36acdd027b7"
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 2769 (93rd) — SCH CD-PRAIRIE STATE-DIPLOMA

Amends the School Code. Provides that no student shall receive a regular diploma without taking the Prairie State Achievement Exam. 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=09300SB2769&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=9629&DocNum=2769&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB2769eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=9629&DocNum=2769&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB2769enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=9629&DocNum=2769&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **112–2** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Miguel del Valle — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-02-05** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Miguel del Valle `filing`
- **2004-02-05** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2004-02-05** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-18** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-24** Do Pass Education; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2004-02-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 25, 2004
- **2004-03-19** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Miguel del Valle `amendment-introduction`
- **2004-03-19** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2004-03-23** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Education
- **2004-03-24** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Be Adopted Education; 008-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2004-03-24** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2004-03-24** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; del Valle `amendment-passage`
- **2004-03-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 25, 2004
- **2004-03-24** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
- **2004-03-25** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2004-03-26** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2004-03-26** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2004-03-29** Chief House Sponsor Rep. William Delgado
- **2004-03-29** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2004-03-29** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2004-03-30** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Cynthia Soto
- **2004-04-02** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William Delgado
- **2004-04-02** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough
- **2004-04-02** Assigned to Elementary and Secondary Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-22** Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary and Secondary Education Committee; 017-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2004-04-22** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2004-04-27** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2004-04-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2004-05-11** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-002-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2004-05-11** Passed Both Houses
- **2004-05-11** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Edward J. Acevedo
- **2004-06-09** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2004-08-03** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2004-08-03** Effective Date August 3, 2004
- **2004-08-03** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0857 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d5f247b5-8b99-44fb-a3f7-d9fa0ae65426`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).