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Bill SCH CD-IL HISTORY INSTRUCTION Amends the School Code. With regard to the required history of the United States course, provides that, beginning with the 2020-2021 school year, the course must also include instruction on the history of Illinois. us/states/il Illinois General Assembly 101st SB 1601 Illinois SB 1601 (101st)
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Illinois SB 1601 (101st) — SCH CD-IL HISTORY INSTRUCTION

Amends the School Code. With regard to the required history of the United States course, provides that, beginning with the 2020-2021 school year, the course must also include instruction on the history of Illinois.

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 — 7442 (pass) · lower
  • Third Reading — 533 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Elgie R. Sims, Jr. — primary (person)
  • Robert Martwick — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2019-02-15 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr. filing
  • 2019-02-15 First Reading reading-1
  • 2019-02-15 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
  • 2019-02-27 Assigned to Education referral-committee
  • 2019-03-20 Do Pass Education; 011-000-000 committee-passage
  • 2019-03-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 21, 2019
  • 2019-04-04 Second Reading reading-2
  • 2019-04-04 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 9, 2019
  • 2019-04-10 Third Reading - Passed; 053-003-000 reading-3, passage
  • 2019-04-11 Arrived in House introduction
  • 2019-04-11 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Robert Martwick
  • 2019-04-11 First Reading reading-1
  • 2019-04-11 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
  • 2019-04-30 Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee referral-committee
  • 2019-05-08 Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee; 012-008-000 committee-passage
  • 2019-05-08 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
  • 2019-05-21 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
  • 2019-05-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
  • 2019-05-23 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 074-042-000 reading-3, passage
  • 2019-05-23 Passed Both Houses
  • 2019-06-21 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
  • 2019-08-09 Governor Approved executive-signature
  • 2019-08-09 Effective Date January 1, 2020
  • 2019-08-09 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0341 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6b67f86f-89be-416e-9d21-28566ce38c60. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).