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type: "Bill"
title: "SCH CD-TECHNICAL EDUCATOR TEST"
description: "Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. Provides that a career and technical educator or a part-time provisional career and technical educator endorsement may be issued to an applicant who, among other requirements, has a minimum of 60 semester hours of coursework from a regionally accredited institution of higher education or an accredited trade and technical institution (rather than just a regionally accredited institution of higher education). Allows individuals seeking these endorsements to pass a test of basic skills or a test of work proficiency. Allows individuals holding a provisional career and technical educator endorsement to renew their endorsement more than one time. Reduces the semester hour requirement for a provisional career and technical educator endorsement from 20 to 15. Effective July 1, 2017."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "100th"
identifier: "HB 2470"
citation: "Illinois HB 2470 (100th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 42
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-07"
last_action: "2017-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6069199a-6b1e-4c9e-b0b9-1eba7b9697a1"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2470&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=103498&SessionID=91&GA=100"
source_hash: "8efc8ff838c117c5ac6f0ccd88a484d12fc655240040a5f9a3f0a81e227b9201"
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 2470 (100th) — SCH CD-TECHNICAL EDUCATOR TEST
Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. Provides that a career and technical educator or a part-time provisional career and technical educator endorsement may be issued to an applicant who, among other requirements, has a minimum of 60 semester hours of coursework from a regionally accredited institution of higher education or an accredited trade and technical institution (rather than just a regionally accredited institution of higher education). Allows individuals seeking these endorsements to pass a test of basic skills or a test of work proficiency. Allows individuals holding a provisional career and technical educator endorsement to renew their endorsement more than one time. Reduces the semester hour requirement for a provisional career and technical educator endorsement from 20 to 15. Effective July 1, 2017.
## 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=10000HB2470&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=103498&DocNum=2470&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB2470eng&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=103498&DocNum=2470&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB2470enr&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=103498&DocNum=2470&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **1140** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **530** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Lawrence Walsh, Jr. — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-02-07** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Lawrence Walsh, Jr. `filing`
- **2017-02-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-22** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: Licensing, Administration & Oversight `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-08** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Lawrence Walsh, Jr. `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-03-08** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-09** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
- **2017-03-09** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry Costello, II
- **2017-03-13** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Elementary & Secondary Education: Licensing, Administration & Oversight
- **2017-03-15** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Elementary & Secondary Education: Licensing, Administration & Oversight; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2017-03-15** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: Licensing, Administration & Oversight; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-15** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2017-03-15** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart
- **2017-03-15** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John Cavaletto
- **2017-03-15** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
- **2017-03-15** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. David S. Olsen
- **2017-03-15** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sue Scherer
- **2017-03-15** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jeanne M Ives
- **2017-03-23** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2017-03-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2017-03-29** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-29** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2017-03-29** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel V. Beiser
- **2017-03-29** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Sente
- **2017-03-29** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
- **2017-03-29** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Severin
- **2017-03-29** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2017-03-29** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 30, 2017 `reading-1`
- **2017-03-29** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant
- **2017-03-30** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-30** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-25** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-03** Do Pass Education; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 4, 2017
- **2017-05-15** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-05-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 16, 2017
- **2017-05-19** Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-05-19** Passed Both Houses
- **2017-06-16** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-30** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-30** Effective Date July 1, 2017
- **2017-06-30** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0008 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6069199a-6b1e-4c9e-b0b9-1eba7b9697a1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).