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Bill	SCH CD-MEDIA LITERACY	Amends the School Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2021-2022 school year, every public high school may include in its curriculum a unit of instruction on media literacy; defines "media literacy". Provides requirements for the unit of instruction. Provides that the State Superintendent of Education may prepare and make available to school boards instructional materials that may be used as guidelines for the unit of instruction. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	102nd	HB 234	Illinois HB 234 (102nd)	bill		enacted	Elizabeth Hernandez Karina Villa	4	40	2	2021-01-26	2021-07-09	openstates	ocd-bill/d852b07e-c888-420b-ae75-4be5c4ca1d22	https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=234&GAID=16&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=128188&SessionID=110&GA=102	000c7ace7c0ce81530e74f35b5e447ee7a0c97c18051b94a8c2e8824068c2b99	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 234 (102nd) — SCH CD-MEDIA LITERACY

Amends the School Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2021-2022 school year, every public high school may include in its curriculum a unit of instruction on media literacy; defines "media literacy". Provides requirements for the unit of instruction. Provides that the State Superintendent of Education may prepare and make available to school boards instructional materials that may be used as guidelines for the unit of instruction. Effective immediately.

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. House Amendment 001 (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 42–15 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 68–44 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Elizabeth Hernandez — primary (person)
• Karina Villa — primary (person)
• Adriane Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Jacqueline Y. Collins — cosponsor (person)
• Jaime M. Andrade, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Janet Yang Rohr — cosponsor (person)
• John Connor — cosponsor (person)
• Joyce Mason — cosponsor (person)
• Kimberly A. Lightford — cosponsor (person)
• Laura Ellman — cosponsor (person)
• Laura M. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie A. Kifowit — cosponsor (person)
• Steve Stadelman — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-26 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez filing
• 2021-01-29 First Reading reading-1
• 2021-01-29 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2021-02-16 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit
• 2021-02-23 Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee referral-committee
• 2021-03-17 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Janet Yang Rohr
• 2021-03-22 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez amendment-introduction
• 2021-03-22 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2021-03-23 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee
• 2021-03-24 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2021-03-24 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee; 014-009-000 committee-passage
• 2021-04-08 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2021-04-14 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2021-04-14 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2021-04-14 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason
• 2021-04-20 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 068-044-000 passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.
• 2021-04-21 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2021-04-21 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2021-04-21 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Karina Villa
• 2021-04-21 First Reading reading-1
• 2021-04-21 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2021-05-07 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura Ellman
• 2021-05-07 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
• 2021-05-11 Assigned to Education referral-committee
• 2021-05-12 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
• 2021-05-12 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Steve Stadelman
• 2021-05-19 Do Pass Education; 011-002-000 committee-passage
• 2021-05-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 20, 2021
• 2021-05-19 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
• 2021-05-20 Second Reading reading-2
• 2021-05-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 21, 2021
• 2021-05-25 Third Reading - Passed; 042-015-000 passage, reading-3
• 2021-05-25 Passed Both Houses
• 2021-05-25 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Adriane Johnson
• 2021-05-29 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. John Connor
• 2021-06-23 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-07-09 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2021-07-09 Effective Date July 9, 2021
• 2021-07-09 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0055 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d852b07e-c888-420b-ae75-4be5c4ca1d22. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).