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Bill	SCH CD-WORKPLACE PREP STUDY	Amends the School Code. With regard to the prerequisites to receiving a high school diploma, provides that each pupil entering the 9th grade in the 2020-2021 school year or a subsequent school year must, in addition to other course requirements, successfully complete one year of workplace preparation studies that cover legal protections in the workplace, including protection against sexual harassment and racial and other forms of discrimination and other protections for employees.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	101st	SB 1694	Illinois SB 1694 (101st)	bill		enacted		3	38	2	2019-02-15	2019-08-09	openstates	ocd-bill/2f240e99-a441-42df-94f2-b62419742d88	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1694&GAID=15&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=118903&SessionID=108&GA=101	440ebdd83b5cbe88e82727d2ccf0c9817af5d907d91a7eaffa33fa95b437d1cd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 1694 (101st) — SCH CD-WORKPLACE PREP STUDY

Amends the School Code. With regard to the prerequisites to receiving a high school diploma, provides that each pupil entering the 9th grade in the 2020-2021 school year or a subsequent school year must, in addition to other course requirements, successfully complete one year of workplace preparation studies that cover legal protections in the workplace, including protection against sexual harassment and racial and other forms of discrimination and other protections for employees.

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 — 115–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 53–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Antonio Muñoz — cosponsor (person)
• Christopher Belt — cosponsor (person)
• Cristina Castro — cosponsor (person)
• Elgie R. Sims, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Emanuel Chris Welch — primary (person)
• Kimberly A. Lightford — cosponsor (person)
• Martin A. Sandoval — cosponsor (person)
• Melinda Bush — primary (person)
• Napoleon Harris, III — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-15 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Melinda Bush 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; 016-000-000 committee-passage
• 2019-03-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 21, 2019
• 2019-03-26 Second Reading reading-2
• 2019-03-26 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 27, 2019
• 2019-04-04 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
• 2019-04-04 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Napoleon Harris, III
• 2019-04-04 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Melinda Bush amendment-introduction
• 2019-04-04 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2019-04-05 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
• 2019-04-09 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Education
• 2019-04-09 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro
• 2019-04-09 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Christopher Belt
• 2019-04-09 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Education; 010-000-000
• 2019-04-11 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Antonio Muñoz
• 2019-04-12 Recalled to Second Reading reading-2
• 2019-04-12 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Bush amendment-passage
• 2019-04-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
• 2019-04-12 Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2019-04-15 Arrived in House introduction
• 2019-04-15 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch
• 2019-04-25 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
• 2019-04-30 First Reading reading-1
• 2019-04-30 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; 020-000-000 committee-passage
• 2019-05-08 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2019-05-16 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2019-05-16 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2019-05-23 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 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 . . . . . . . . . 101-0347 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2f240e99-a441-42df-94f2-b62419742d88. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).