republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/103rd/hb-4417.md

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Bill	SCH-CD WORKPLACE READINESS WK	Amends the Courses of Study Article of the School Code. Provides that all public high schools, including charter schools, shall designate and annually observe a week known as "Workplace Readiness Week". Provides that students shall be provided information on their rights as workers during that week, and sets forth what information must be included. Provides that for students in grades 11 and 12, the information shall be integrated into the regular school program but may also be provided during special events after regular school hours. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	103rd	HB 4417	Illinois HB 4417 (103rd)	bill		enacted	Gregg Johnson Michael W. Halpin	4	42	4	2024-01-09	2024-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/3175d2e2-61ec-4471-88be-967a0a0cc39e	https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=4417&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=151385&SessionID=112	136c7e55f8fe807d32120faa106d73038d03a17273cd26faab52da852ad2e794	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 4417 (103rd) — SCH-CD WORKPLACE READINESS WK

Amends the Courses of Study Article of the School Code. Provides that all public high schools, including charter schools, shall designate and annually observe a week known as "Workplace Readiness Week". Provides that students shall be provided information on their rights as workers during that week, and sets forth what information must be included. Provides that for students in grades 11 and 12, the information shall be integrated into the regular school program but may also be provided during special events after regular school hours. 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

• Elem Sec Ed: School Curric Policies — 11–2 (pass) · lower
• Education — 8–3 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 40–19 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 88–22 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Gregg Johnson — primary (person)
• Michael W. Halpin — primary (person)
• Dave Vella — cosponsor (person)
• Diane Blair-Sherlock — cosponsor (person)
• Harry Benton — cosponsor (person)
• Janet Yang Rohr — cosponsor (person)
• Jenn Ladisch Douglass — cosponsor (person)
• Joyce Mason — cosponsor (person)
• Katie Stuart — cosponsor (person)
• Laura Faver Dias — cosponsor (person)
• Matt Hanson — cosponsor (person)
• Maurice A. West and II — cosponsor (person)
• Robert "Bob" Rita — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie A. Kifowit — cosponsor (person)
• Sue Scherer — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Gregg Johnson filing
• 2024-01-16 First Reading reading-1
• 2024-01-16 Referred to Rules Committee
• 2024-03-05 Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee referral-committee
• 2024-03-06 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Gregg Johnson amendment-introduction
• 2024-03-06 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
• 2024-03-12 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee
• 2024-04-03 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2024-04-03 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee; 011-002-000
• 2024-04-03 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2024-04-04 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Faver Dias
• 2024-04-04 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart
• 2024-04-04 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Matt Hanson
• 2024-04-04 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Diane Blair-Sherlock
• 2024-04-04 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason
• 2024-04-04 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Janet Yang Rohr
• 2024-04-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Vella
• 2024-04-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry Benton
• 2024-04-10 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2024-04-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2024-04-15 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert "Bob" Rita
• 2024-04-15 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit
• 2024-04-15 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jenn Ladisch Douglass
• 2024-04-15 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sue Scherer
• 2024-04-15 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maurice A. West, II
• 2024-04-16 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 088-022-000 passage, reading-3
• 2024-04-17 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2024-04-17 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2024-04-17 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Michael W. Halpin
• 2024-04-17 First Reading reading-1
• 2024-04-17 Referred to Assignments
• 2024-04-24 Assigned to Education referral-committee
• 2024-05-01 Do Pass Education; 008-003-000
• 2024-05-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 2, 2024 reading-2
• 2024-05-02 Second Reading reading-2
• 2024-05-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 7, 2024
• 2024-05-16 Third Reading - Passed; 040-019-000 passage, reading-3
• 2024-05-16 Passed Both Houses
• 2024-06-13 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-07-01 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2024-07-01 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0598 became-law
• 2024-07-01 Effective Date July 1, 2024

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3175d2e2-61ec-4471-88be-967a0a0cc39e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).