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type: "Bill"
title: "SCH CD-WORKPLACE PREP STUDY"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "101st"
identifier: "SB 1694"
citation: "Illinois SB 1694 (101st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-15"
last_action: "2019-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f240e99-a441-42df-94f2-b62419742d88"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1694&GAID=15&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=118903&SessionID=108&GA=101"
source_hash: "440ebdd83b5cbe88e82727d2ccf0c9817af5d907d91a7eaffa33fa95b437d1cd"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100SB1694&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=118903&DocNum=1694&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100SB1694eng&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=118903&DocNum=1694&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100SB1694enr&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=118903&DocNum=1694&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **1150** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **530** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2f240e99-a441-42df-94f2-b62419742d88`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).