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| Bill | SCH CD-DAILY PUPIL ATTENDANCE | Amends the School Code. Provides that for a pupil of legal school age and in kindergarten or any of grades 1 through 12, a day of attendance shall be counted only for sessions of not less than 5 clock hours of school work per day under direct supervision of (i) teachers or (ii) non-teaching personnel or volunteer personnel when engaging in non-teaching duties and supervising in instances specified under the Code; provides for exceptions. Makes conforming changes, including in the Vocational Academies Act. | us/states/il | Illinois General Assembly | 101st | HB 247 | Illinois HB 247 (101st) |
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enacted | 3 | 58 | 3 | 2019-01-08 | 2019-08-23 | openstates | ocd-bill/d9572724-d99c-4cac-bac6-decab51cccb7 | http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=247&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=114185&SessionID=108&GA=101 | 6204f511008e1273a341681beb07a7ce6e0dd9922d5d0549eb957335c909a8eb | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Illinois HB 247 (101st) — SCH CD-DAILY PUPIL ATTENDANCE
Amends the School Code. Provides that for a pupil of legal school age and in kindergarten or any of grades 1 through 12, a day of attendance shall be counted only for sessions of not less than 5 clock hours of school work per day under direct supervision of (i) teachers or (ii) non-teaching personnel or volunteer personnel when engaging in non-teaching duties and supervising in instances specified under the Code; provides for exceptions. Makes conforming changes, including in the Vocational Academies Act.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Concurrence, Amendment 1 — 82–35 (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — 41–14 (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — 70–34 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Don Harmon — primary (person)
- Jonathan Carroll — primary (person)
- Laura M. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Natalie A. Manley — cosponsor (person)
- Sam Yingling — cosponsor (person)
- Yehiel M. Kalish — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2019-01-08 Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Fred Crespo
filing - 2019-01-09 First Reading
reading-1 - 2019-01-09 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2019-01-29 Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee
referral-committee - 2019-02-06 Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee; 015-005-000
committee-passage - 2019-02-07 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- 2019-02-13 Fiscal Note Requested by Rep. Tom Demmer
- 2019-02-13 State Mandates Fiscal Note Requested by Rep. Tom Demmer
- 2019-02-19 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Yehiel M. Kalish
- 2019-02-26 Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2019-02-26 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2019-02-26 State Mandates Fiscal Note Filed
- 2019-02-27 Fiscal Note Filed
- 2019-03-13 Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Jonathan Carroll
- 2019-03-20 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jonathan Carroll
amendment-introduction - 2019-03-20 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2019-03-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- 2019-03-21 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee
- 2019-03-29 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee; 012-004-000
committee-passage-favorable - 2019-04-02 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sam Yingling
- 2019-04-02 Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2019-04-02 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted
amendment-passage - 2019-04-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- 2019-04-02 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 070-034-001
reading-3, passage - 2019-04-03 Arrive in Senate
introduction - 2019-04-03 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
reading-1 - 2019-04-03 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Michael E. Hastings
- 2019-04-03 First Reading
reading-1 - 2019-04-03 Referred to Assignments
referral-committee - 2019-04-04 Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Don Harmon
- 2019-04-24 Assigned to Education
referral-committee - 2019-05-08 Do Pass Education; 011-002-000
committee-passage - 2019-05-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 9, 2019
- 2019-05-09 Second Reading
reading-2 - 2019-05-09 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 14, 2019
- 2019-05-14 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Don Harmon
amendment-introduction - 2019-05-14 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
referral-committee - 2019-05-15 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Education
- 2019-05-22 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Education; 012-002-000
- 2019-05-23 Recalled to Second Reading
reading-2 - 2019-05-23 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Harmon
amendment-passage - 2019-05-23 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- 2019-05-23 Third Reading - Passed; 041-014-000
reading-3, passage - 2019-05-23 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
- 2019-05-23 Arrived in House
introduction - 2019-05-23 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
- 2019-05-24 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Jonathan Carroll
- 2019-05-24 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2019-05-24 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee
referral-committee - 2019-05-27 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee; 012-004-000
- 2019-05-28 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Natalie A. Manley
- 2019-05-29 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 082-035-000
- 2019-05-29 House Concurs
- 2019-05-29 Passed Both Houses
- 2019-06-27 Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt - 2019-08-23 Governor Approved
executive-signature - 2019-08-23 Effective Date August 23, 2019
- 2019-08-23 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0450
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d9572724-d99c-4cac-bac6-decab51cccb7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).