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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "SCH CD-IL HISTORY INSTRUCTION"
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
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legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
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session: "101st"
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identifier: "SB 1601"
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citation: "Illinois SB 1601 (101st)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 24
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2019-02-15"
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last_action: "2019-08-09"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b67f86f-89be-416e-9d21-28566ce38c60"
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source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1601&GAID=15&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=118631&SessionID=108&GA=101"
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source_hash: "1fc25597e2c1000a5592b616fdb3b3c2bd89152445f57c1ff9ed11fad954b17a"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
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---
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# Illinois SB 1601 (101st) — SCH CD-IL HISTORY INSTRUCTION
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100SB1601&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=118631&DocNum=1601&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100SB1601eng&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=118631&DocNum=1601&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100SB1601enr&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=118631&DocNum=1601&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
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## Votes
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- Third Reading — **74–42** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **53–3** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Elgie R. Sims, Jr. — primary (person)
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- Robert Martwick — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-15** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr. `filing`
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- **2019-02-15** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2019-02-15** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-27** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-20** Do Pass Education; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2019-03-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 21, 2019
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- **2019-04-04** Second Reading `reading-2`
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- **2019-04-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 9, 2019
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- **2019-04-10** Third Reading - Passed; 053-003-000 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2019-04-11** Arrived in House `introduction`
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- **2019-04-11** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Robert Martwick
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- **2019-04-11** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2019-04-11** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2019-04-30** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2019-05-08** Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee; 012-008-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2019-05-08** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2019-05-21** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2019-05-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2019-05-23** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 074-042-000 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2019-05-23** Passed Both Houses
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- **2019-06-21** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-08-09** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
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- **2019-08-09** Effective Date January 1, 2020
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- **2019-08-09** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0341 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6b67f86f-89be-416e-9d21-28566ce38c60`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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