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| Bill | AGRICULTURE EDUCATION SHORTAGE | Amends the School Code. Provides that for an applicant seeking a professional educator license who is enrolled in a program of study in an area of career or technical education defined as an area of identified staff shortages, as defined in the Higher Education Student Assistance Act, or a career and technical educator endorsement on an educator license with stipulations, the State Board of Education, in consultation with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, shall adopt a test of work proficiency. | us/states/il | Illinois General Assembly | 100th | SB 1991 | Illinois SB 1991 (100th) |
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enacted | 3 | 57 | 2 | 2017-02-10 | 2017-08-15 | openstates | ocd-bill/25fb397b-f9ef-44ec-ab89-b1eb1ea319d8 | http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1991&GAID=14&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=105392&SessionID=91&GA=100 | 55b7698e4125153781039e2874d7d6cb067ceb258c9f9d935da31859215cb458 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Illinois SB 1991 (100th) — AGRICULTURE EDUCATION SHORTAGE
Amends the School Code. Provides that for an applicant seeking a professional educator license who is enrolled in a program of study in an area of career or technical education defined as an area of identified staff shortages, as defined in the Higher Education Student Assistance Act, or a career and technical educator endorsement on an educator license with stipulations, the State Board of Education, in consultation with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, shall adopt a test of work proficiency.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Third Reading — 115–0 (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — 47–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- David S. Olsen — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Jeanne M Ives — cosponsor (person)
- Katie Stuart — cosponsor (person)
- Scott M. Bennett — primary (person)
- Sue Scherer — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2017-02-10 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Scott M. Bennett
filing - 2017-02-10 First Reading
reading-1 - 2017-02-10 Referred to Assignments
referral-committee - 2017-02-28 Assigned to Education
referral-committee - 2017-03-08 Postponed - Education
- 2017-03-10 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Scott M. Bennett
amendment-introduction - 2017-03-10 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
referral-committee - 2017-03-14 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Education
- 2017-03-14 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted
amendment-passage - 2017-03-15 Do Pass as Amended Education; 012-000-000
committee-passage - 2017-03-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 16, 2017
- 2017-04-04 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
- 2017-04-06 Second Reading
reading-2 - 2017-04-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 25, 2017
- 2017-04-21 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Scott M. Bennett
amendment-introduction - 2017-04-21 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments
referral-committee - 2017-04-24 Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Scott M. Bennett
amendment-introduction - 2017-04-24 Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Assignments
referral-committee - 2017-04-25 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Education
- 2017-04-26 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Education; 009-000-000
- 2017-04-26 Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Be Approved for Consideration Assignments
- 2017-04-28 Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2017
reading-3 - 2017-05-04 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Bill Cunningham
- 2017-05-05 Recalled to Second Reading
reading-2 - 2017-05-05 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Withdrawn by Sen. Scott M. Bennett
- 2017-05-05 Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted; Bennett
amendment-passage - 2017-05-05 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- 2017-05-05 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Thomas Cullerton
- 2017-05-05 Third Reading - Passed; 047-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2017-05-08 Arrived in House
introduction - 2017-05-08 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Jerry Costello, II
- 2017-05-09 First Reading
reading-1 - 2017-05-09 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2017-05-15 Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: Licensing, Administration & Oversight
referral-committee - 2017-05-17 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
- 2017-05-17 Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Removed Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
- 2017-05-19 Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 26, 2017
- 2017-05-23 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart
- 2017-05-24 Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: Licensing, Administration & Oversight; 009-000-000
committee-passage - 2017-05-24 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- 2017-05-24 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- 2017-05-24 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
- 2017-05-24 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
- 2017-05-24 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John Cavaletto
- 2017-05-24 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Sue Scherer
- 2017-05-24 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
- 2017-05-24 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jeanne M Ives
- 2017-05-24 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. David S. Olsen
- 2017-05-24 Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2017-05-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- 2017-05-26 Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2017
- 2017-05-30 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2017-05-30 Passed Both Houses
- 2017-06-28 Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt - 2017-08-15 Governor Approved
executive-signature - 2017-08-15 Effective Date August 15, 2017
- 2017-08-15 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0118
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/25fb397b-f9ef-44ec-ab89-b1eb1ea319d8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).