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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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enacted | 3 | 24 | 2 | 2019-02-15 | 2019-08-09 | openstates | ocd-bill/6b67f86f-89be-416e-9d21-28566ce38c60 | http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1601&GAID=15&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=118631&SessionID=108&GA=101 | 1fc25597e2c1000a5592b616fdb3b3c2bd89152445f57c1ff9ed11fad954b17a | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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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.
Votes
- Third Reading — 74–42 (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — 53–3 (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).