republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/100th/hb-4409.md

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Bill	SCH CD-SCH PSYCHOLOGIST DEFN	Amends the School Code. In the Article governing children with disabilities, provides that, amongst other meanings, a "school psychologist" means a person who holds a valid Nationally Certified School Psychologist credential (rather than certificate). Removes from the definition of "school psychologist" the requirement that a psychologist have additional qualifications as may be required by the State Board of Education. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	100th	HB 4409	Illinois HB 4409 (100th)	bill		enacted		3	29	2	2018-01-30	2018-08-10	openstates	ocd-bill/dd6708ce-87c7-475d-8760-47949420681d	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4409&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=109179&SessionID=91&GA=100	67b90d11b4ab9f8077ee20398ba8e637c782139d9b114e62595d258ef1354145	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 4409 (100th) — SCH CD-SCH PSYCHOLOGIST DEFN

Amends the School Code. In the Article governing children with disabilities, provides that, amongst other meanings, a "school psychologist" means a person who holds a valid Nationally Certified School Psychologist credential (rather than certificate). Removes from the definition of "school psychologist" the requirement that a psychologist have additional qualifications as may be required by the State Board of Education. Effective immediately.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 55–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 107–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Robert W. Pritchard — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-30 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Robert W. Pritchard filing
• 2018-01-30 First Reading reading-1
• 2018-01-30 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2018-02-12 Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: Licensing, Administration & Oversight referral-committee
• 2018-02-14 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Fred Crespo
• 2018-02-28 Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: Licensing, Administration & Oversight; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2018-02-28 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2018-02-28 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart
• 2018-03-01 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2018-03-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2018-03-07 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 107-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2018-03-07 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John Cavaletto
• 2018-03-09 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2018-03-09 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2018-03-09 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
• 2018-03-09 First Reading reading-1
• 2018-03-09 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2018-04-25 Assigned to Education referral-committee
• 2018-05-02 Do Pass Education; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2018-05-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 3, 2018
• 2018-05-08 Second Reading reading-2
• 2018-05-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 9, 2018
• 2018-05-25 Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2018 reading-3
• 2018-05-29 Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2018-05-29 Passed Both Houses
• 2018-06-27 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2018-08-10 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2018-08-10 Effective Date August 10, 2018
• 2018-08-10 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0750 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dd6708ce-87c7-475d-8760-47949420681d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).