republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/102nd/hb-5488.md

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Bill	SCH CD-ABSENCE FOR CIVIC EVENT	Amends the School Code. Provides that any child from a public school, subject to guidelines established by the State Board of Education, shall be permitted by a school board at least one school day-long excused absence per school year for any middle school or high school student for a child that is absent from school to engage in a civic event. A school board may require that the student provide advance notice of the intended absence and require that the student provide documentation of participation in a civic event.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	102nd	HB 5488	Illinois HB 5488 (102nd)	bill		enacted	Mattie Hunter Sonya M. Harper	4	56	3	2022-01-28	2022-05-27	openstates	ocd-bill/5c3a65b8-aeb7-4044-80c7-b926eda3b6f4	https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5488&GAID=16&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=140013&SessionID=110&GA=102	c581a4b2732a9f50bd69ee96f019a1a9e5260632f7c951463e05085440a49a32	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 5488 (102nd) — SCH CD-ABSENCE FOR CIVIC EVENT

Amends the School Code. Provides that any child from a public school, subject to guidelines established by the State Board of Education, shall be permitted by a school board at least one school day-long excused absence per school year for any middle school or high school student for a child that is absent from school to engage in a civic event. A school board may require that the student provide advance notice of the intended absence and require that the student provide documentation of participation in a civic event.

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

Votes

• Third Reading — 42–12 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 62–38 (pass) · lower
• Concurrence, Amendment 1 — 68–43 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Mattie Hunter — primary (person)
• Sonya M. Harper — primary (person)
• Adriane Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Ann Gillespie — cosponsor (person)
• Carol Ammons — cosponsor (person)
• Christopher Belt — cosponsor (person)
• Cristina H. Pacione-Zayas — cosponsor (person)
• Cyril Nichols — cosponsor (person)
• Dagmara Avelar — cosponsor (person)
• Edgar Gonzalez, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Jehan Gordon-Booth — cosponsor (person)
• Julie A. Morrison — cosponsor (person)
• Justin Slaughter — cosponsor (person)
• Kambium Buckner — cosponsor (person)
• LaToya Greenwood — cosponsor (person)
• Lakesia Collins — cosponsor (person)
• Mike Simmons — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-28 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Sonya M. Harper filing
• 2022-01-31 First Reading reading-1
• 2022-01-31 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2022-02-09 Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools referral-committee
• 2022-02-16 Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools; 006-002-000 committee-passage
• 2022-02-17 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2022-02-23 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Justin Slaughter
• 2022-02-23 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lakesia Collins
• 2022-02-23 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Cyril Nichols
• 2022-02-24 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2022-02-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2022-03-01 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Edgar Gonzalez, Jr.
• 2022-03-01 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
• 2022-03-02 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth
• 2022-03-03 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kambium Buckner
• 2022-03-03 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. LaToya Greenwood
• 2022-03-03 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 062-038-000 passage, reading-3
• 2022-03-03 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dagmara Avelar
• 2022-03-04 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2022-03-04 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 8, 2022 reading-1
• 2022-03-09 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
• 2022-03-09 First Reading reading-1
• 2022-03-09 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2022-04-01 Assigned to Education referral-committee
• 2022-04-01 Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As April 8, 2022
• 2022-04-04 Waive Posting Notice
• 2022-04-04 Do Pass Education; 013-000-000 committee-passage
• 2022-04-04 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 5, 2022
• 2022-04-05 Second Reading reading-2
• 2022-04-05 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 6, 2022
• 2022-04-06 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mattie Hunter amendment-introduction
• 2022-04-06 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2022-04-07 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Education
• 2022-04-07 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Education; 013-000-000
• 2022-04-08 Recalled to Second Reading reading-2
• 2022-04-08 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Hunter amendment-passage
• 2022-04-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
• 2022-04-08 Third Reading - Passed; 042-012-000 passage, reading-3
• 2022-04-08 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Simmons
• 2022-04-08 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Ann Gillespie
• 2022-04-08 Arrived in House introduction
• 2022-04-08 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
• 2022-04-08 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina H. Pacione-Zayas
• 2022-04-08 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Adriane Johnson
• 2022-04-08 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison
• 2022-04-08 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Christopher Belt
• 2022-04-08 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Sonya M. Harper
• 2022-04-08 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2022-04-08 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-002-000
• 2022-04-08 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 068-043-000
• 2022-04-08 House Concurs
• 2022-04-08 Passed Both Houses
• 2022-05-06 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2022-05-27 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2022-05-27 Effective Date January 1, 2023
• 2022-05-27 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0981 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5c3a65b8-aeb7-4044-80c7-b926eda3b6f4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).