republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/102nd/sb-3986.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCH CD-RESTRICT ASSESSMENTS"
description: "Amends the School Code. Prohibits the State Board of Education from developing, purchasing, or requiring a school district to administer, develop, or purchase a standardized assessment for students enrolled or preparing to enroll in prekindergarten through grade 2, other than for diagnostic purposes. Prohibits the State Board of Education from providing funding for any standardized assessment of students enrolled or preparing to enroll in prekindergarten through grade 2. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "102nd"
identifier: "SB 3986"
citation: "Illinois SB 3986 (102nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cristina H. Pacione-Zayas", "Lindsey LaPointe"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 57
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-21"
last_action: "2022-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c56b0953-f244-4b44-b517-bf2ac055cebd"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3986&GAID=16&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=139088&SessionID=110&GA=102"
source_hash: "84f813af07586ad4c26a5dfc9089a04563f64a65de93ca0bf3f7e8f80c236ae1"
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 3986 (102nd) — SCH CD-RESTRICT ASSESSMENTS

Amends the School Code. Prohibits the State Board of Education from developing, purchasing, or requiring a school district to administer, develop, or purchase a standardized assessment for students enrolled or preparing to enroll in prekindergarten through grade 2, other than for diagnostic purposes. Prohibits the State Board of Education from providing funding for any standardized assessment of students enrolled or preparing to enroll in prekindergarten through grade 2. Effective immediately.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB3986.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB3986eng.pdf)
3. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB3986sam001.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB3986enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **69–39** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **53–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cristina H. Pacione-Zayas — primary (person)
- Lindsey LaPointe — primary (person)
- Adriane Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Ann Gillespie — cosponsor (person)
- Ann M. Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Anne Stava-Murray — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Celina Villanueva — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher Belt — cosponsor (person)
- Cristina Castro — cosponsor (person)
- Curtis J. Tarver, II — cosponsor (person)
- Dagmara Avelar — cosponsor (person)
- Doris Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Jacqueline Y. Collins — cosponsor (person)
- Kambium Buckner — cosponsor (person)
- Karina Villa — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly A. Lightford — cosponsor (person)
- Lamont J. Robinson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Mattie Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- Meg Loughran Cappel — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Kelly — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Omar Aquino — cosponsor (person)
- Ram Villivalam — cosponsor (person)
- Robert F. Martwick — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Peters — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Feigenholtz — cosponsor (person)
- Sonya M. Harper — cosponsor (person)
- Sue Scherer — cosponsor (person)
- Theresa Mah — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-21** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Cristina H. Pacione-Zayas `filing`
- **2022-01-21** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-01-21** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-01** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Cristina H. Pacione-Zayas `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-02-07** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Karina Villa
- **2022-02-08** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Education
- **2022-02-08** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert F. Martwick
- **2022-02-08** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Christopher Belt
- **2022-02-08** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-09** Do Pass as Amended Education; 012-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 10, 2022
- **2022-02-10** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 15, 2022
- **2022-02-10** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Sara Feigenholtz
- **2022-02-16** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- **2022-02-22** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert Peters
- **2022-02-24** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel
- **2022-02-24** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro
- **2022-02-24** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Celina Villanueva
- **2022-02-24** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Simmons
- **2022-02-24** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2022-02-24** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Adriane Johnson
- **2022-02-24** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Ram Villivalam
- **2022-02-24** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Doris Turner
- **2022-02-24** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Ann Gillespie
- **2022-02-24** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Omar Aquino
- **2022-02-24** Third Reading - Passed; 053-002-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-24** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
- **2022-02-25** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2022-02-25** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Curtis J. Tarver, II
- **2022-02-25** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-02-25** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-01** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Lindsey LaPointe
- **2022-03-07** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-16** Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools; 005-003-000 `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-17** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2022-03-21** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sue Scherer
- **2022-03-22** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Lamont J. Robinson, Jr.
- **2022-03-23** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2022-03-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2022-03-23** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kambium Buckner
- **2022-03-25** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Kelly
- **2022-03-28** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper
- **2022-03-28** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Theresa Mah
- **2022-03-28** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Hernandez
- **2022-03-31** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Curtis J. Tarver, II
- **2022-04-01** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Anne Stava-Murray
- **2022-04-01** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 069-039-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-01** Passed Both Houses
- **2022-04-01** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Dagmara Avelar
- **2022-04-03** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Ann M. Williams
- **2022-04-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-13** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-13** Effective Date May 13, 2022
- **2022-05-13** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0875 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c56b0953-f244-4b44-b517-bf2ac055cebd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).