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Bill	SCH CD-EDU LIC RENEW-TRAINING	Amends the School Code. With regard to a Professional Educator License renewal, provides that, beginning with the next 5-year renewal cycle after the effective date of the amendatory Act, no less than 15 of the 120 required hours of professional development must include training on inclusive practices in the classroom that examines instructional and behavioral strategies that improve academic and social-emotional outcomes for all students, with or without disabilities, in a general education setting.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	101st	HB 355	Illinois HB 355 (101st)	bill		enacted		3	34	2	2019-01-15	2019-07-19	openstates	ocd-bill/ce2aaf7a-4b5c-4340-93bd-3d94dd6376b4	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=355&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=114545&SessionID=108&GA=101	dc59774b5243cc66ddc06e49212ff0852e8b1512cefdedbfbe00e8b634fb54ce	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 355 (101st) — SCH CD-EDU LIC RENEW-TRAINING

Amends the School Code. With regard to a Professional Educator License renewal, provides that, beginning with the next 5-year renewal cycle after the effective date of the amendatory Act, no less than 15 of the 120 required hours of professional development must include training on inclusive practices in the classroom that examines instructional and behavioral strategies that improve academic and social-emotional outcomes for all students, with or without disabilities, in a general education setting.

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 — 57–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 114–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Dan McConchie — primary (person)
• Grant Wehrli — cosponsor (person)
• Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant — cosponsor (person)
• Margo McDermed — cosponsor (person)
• Mark Batinick — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-15 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Mark Batinick filing
• 2019-01-18 First Reading reading-1
• 2019-01-18 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2019-02-05 Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter School referral-committee
• 2019-02-21 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Mark Batinick amendment-introduction
• 2019-02-21 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2019-03-04 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Grant Wehrli
• 2019-03-05 Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Grant Wehrli
• 2019-03-05 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Grant Wehrli
• 2019-03-05 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter School
• 2019-03-06 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter School; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2019-03-06 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter School; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2019-03-07 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2019-03-14 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Margo McDermed
• 2019-03-19 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2019-03-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2019-03-20 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2019-03-20 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2019-03-20 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 21, 2019 reading-1
• 2019-03-26 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Dan McConchie
• 2019-03-26 First Reading reading-1
• 2019-03-26 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2019-04-24 Assigned to Education referral-committee
• 2019-05-08 Do Pass Education; 013-000-000 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
• 2019-05-16 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant
• 2019-05-16 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2019-05-16 Passed Both Houses
• 2019-06-14 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-07-19 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2019-07-19 Effective Date January 1, 2020
• 2019-07-19 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0085 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ce2aaf7a-4b5c-4340-93bd-3d94dd6376b4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).