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type: "Bill"
title: "SCHCD-PARAPROFESSIONAL-ELEM ED"
description: "Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. Provides that a paraprofessional educator endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations may be issued to an applicant who is at least 18 years of age and will be using the Educator License with Stipulations exclusively for elementary education. Makes a corresponding change."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "102nd"
identifier: "SB 3988"
citation: "Illinois SB 3988 (102nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cristina H. Pacione-Zayas", "Dagmara Avelar"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 54
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-21"
last_action: "2022-04-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2dc50995-4a5a-4b76-b028-7aa25582f91c"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3988&GAID=16&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=139091&SessionID=110&GA=102"
source_hash: "bab3d28686f6e6e716b61e22627f7954bb6e421b1493af1634b0ff1ce6929c1e"
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 3988 (102nd) — SCHCD-PARAPROFESSIONAL-ELEM ED
Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. Provides that a paraprofessional educator endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations may be issued to an applicant who is at least 18 years of age and will be using the Educator License with Stipulations exclusively for elementary education. Makes a corresponding change.
## 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/10200SB3988.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB3988eng.pdf)
3. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB3988sam001.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB3988enr.pdf)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **540** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **1080** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Cristina H. Pacione-Zayas — primary (person)
- Dagmara Avelar — primary (person)
- Barbara Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Celina Villanueva — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher Belt — cosponsor (person)
- Curtis J. Tarver, II — cosponsor (person)
- Dale Fowler — cosponsor (person)
- Deb Conroy — cosponsor (person)
- Doris Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- John Connor — cosponsor (person)
- Karina Villa — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly A. Lightford — cosponsor (person)
- LaToya Greenwood — cosponsor (person)
- Laura M. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Mattie Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- Maura Hirschauer — cosponsor (person)
- Maurice A. West, II — cosponsor (person)
- Meg Loughran Cappel — cosponsor (person)
- Michael E. Hastings — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Patricia Van Pelt — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick J. Joyce — cosponsor (person)
- Rachelle Crowe — cosponsor (person)
- Scott M. Bennett — cosponsor (person)
- Sue Scherer — cosponsor (person)
- Suzy Glowiak Hilton — 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`
- **2022-02-08** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Education
- **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; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 10, 2022
- **2022-02-09** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Karina Villa
- **2022-02-10** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 15, 2022
- **2022-02-15** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Patrick J. Joyce
- **2022-02-16** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- **2022-02-16** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Doris Turner
- **2022-02-16** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Suzy Glowiak Hilton
- **2022-02-16** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Patricia Van Pelt
- **2022-02-16** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel
- **2022-02-16** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. John Connor
- **2022-02-16** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Bill Cunningham
- **2022-02-16** Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-16** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Dale Fowler
- **2022-02-16** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2022-02-16** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
- **2022-02-17** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Dagmara Avelar
- **2022-02-17** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Simmons
- **2022-02-17** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-02-17** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-22** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachelle Crowe
- **2022-02-22** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Celina Villanueva
- **2022-02-25** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
- **2022-03-07** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael E. Hastings
- **2022-03-07** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-10** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Sue Scherer
- **2022-03-10** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Deb Conroy
- **2022-03-16** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Maurice A. West, II
- **2022-03-16** Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-17** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2022-03-22** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. LaToya Greenwood
- **2022-03-23** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2022-03-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2022-04-01** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 108-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-01** Passed Both Houses
- **2022-04-01** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
- **2022-04-01** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Curtis J. Tarver, II
- **2022-04-01** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Maura Hirschauer
- **2022-04-01** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Hernandez
- **2022-04-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-26** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Scott M. Bennett
- **2022-04-27** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-27** Effective Date January 1, 2023
- **2022-04-27** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0713 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2dc50995-4a5a-4b76-b028-7aa25582f91c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).