republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/103rd/sb-1.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "CHILDHOOD EDUCATION-TECH"
description: "Creates the Early Childhood Education Act. Contains only a short title provision."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "SB 1"
citation: "Illinois SB 1 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kimberly A. Lightford", "Mary Beth Canty"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 132
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-20"
last_action: "2024-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97fd841a-97ac-45df-b6d0-2d5a139c31af"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=1&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=142592&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "ec18b78049f80066e940cbce33a258b03267ebb18040525eb36a59c1861b6b82"
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 1 (103rd) — CHILDHOOD EDUCATION-TECH

Creates the Early Childhood Education Act. Contains only a short title provision.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB0001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB0001eng.pdf)
3. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB0001sam001.pdf)
4. **Senate Amendment 002** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB0001sam002.pdf)
5. **Senate Amendment 003** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB0001sam003.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB0001enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **93–18** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · lower
- Child Care Access & Early Childhood — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Executive, Amendment 3 — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Executive — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Executive — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Executive, Amendment 2 — **13–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kimberly A. Lightford — primary (person)
- Mary Beth Canty — primary (person)
- Abdelnasser Rashid — cosponsor (person)
- Adriane Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Ann M. Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Anna Moeller — cosponsor (person)
- Anne Stava-Murray — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Camille Y. Lilly — cosponsor (person)
- Carol Ammons — cosponsor (person)
- Celina Villanueva — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher Belt — cosponsor (person)
- Cristina Castro — cosponsor (person)
- Cyril Nichols — cosponsor (person)
- Dagmara Avelar — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Didech — cosponsor (person)
- David Koehler — cosponsor (person)
- Debbie Meyers-Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Diane Blair-Sherlock — cosponsor (person)
- Doris Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Edgar González, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth "Lisa" Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Emanuel "Chris" Welch — cosponsor (person)
- Emil Jones, III — cosponsor (person)
- Eva-Dina Delgado — cosponsor (person)
- Gregg Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Harry Benton — cosponsor (person)
- Hoan Huynh — cosponsor (person)
- Janet Yang Rohr — cosponsor (person)
- Javier L. Cervantes — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Hoffman — cosponsor (person)
- Jenn Ladisch Douglass — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz — cosponsor (person)
- Joyce Mason — cosponsor (person)
- Julie A. Morrison — cosponsor (person)
- Justin Slaughter — cosponsor (person)
- Kam Buckner — cosponsor (person)
- Katie Stuart — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly M. Burke — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly M. Cassidy — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin John Olickal — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly Du Buclet — cosponsor (person)
- La Shawn K. Ford — cosponsor (person)
- Lakesia Collins — cosponsor (person)
- Laura Faver Dias — cosponsor (person)
- Laura Fine — cosponsor (person)
- Laura M. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Lilian Jiménez — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus C. Evans, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Mark L. Walker — cosponsor (person)
- Mark L. Walker — cosponsor (person)
- Martin J. Moylan — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Edly-Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Gill — cosponsor (person)
- Matt Hanson — 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)
- Michael J. Kelly — cosponsor (person)
- Michael W. Halpin — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Mussman — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Porfirio — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Nabeela Syed — cosponsor (person)
- Napoleon Harris, III — cosponsor (person)
- Natalie A. Manley — cosponsor (person)
- Norma Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Omar Aquino — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Faraci — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel Ventura — cosponsor (person)
- Ram Villivalam — cosponsor (person)
- Rita Mayfield — cosponsor (person)
- Robert "Bob" Rita — cosponsor (person)
- Robert F. Martwick — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Peters — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Feigenholtz — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon Chung — cosponsor (person)
- Sonya M. Harper — cosponsor (person)
- Suzy Glowiak Hilton — cosponsor (person)
- Terra Costa Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Theresa Mah — cosponsor (person)
- Tracy Katz Muhl — cosponsor (person)
- Will Guzzardi — cosponsor (person)
- William "Will" Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Willie Preston — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-20** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Don Harmon `filing`
- **2023-01-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-20** Referred to Assignments
- **2023-03-02** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Do Pass Executive; 011-000-000
- **2023-03-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 10, 2023 `reading-2`
- **2023-03-10** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 21, 2023
- **2023-03-31** Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
- **2024-02-28** Approved for Consideration Assignments
- **2024-02-28** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 5, 2024
- **2024-02-28** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-02-28** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
- **2024-02-28** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Executive
- **2024-03-05** Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
- **2024-03-07** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Omar Aquino
- **2024-03-07** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison
- **2024-03-08** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Adriane Johnson
- **2024-03-11** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael W. Halpin
- **2024-03-11** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel
- **2024-03-11** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-03-11** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments
- **2024-03-12** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Executive
- **2024-03-13** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Javier L. Cervantes
- **2024-03-13** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Ram Villivalam
- **2024-03-13** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachel Ventura
- **2024-03-13** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen
- **2024-03-13** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro
- **2024-03-13** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. David Koehler
- **2024-03-14** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Executive
- **2024-03-14** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Executive; 013-000-000
- **2024-03-14** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Napoleon Harris, III
- **2024-03-19** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Simmons
- **2024-03-20** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Doris Turner
- **2024-03-20** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Porfirio
- **2024-03-20** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Sara Feigenholtz
- **2024-03-22** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Willie Preston
- **2024-04-09** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-04-09** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Assignments
- **2024-04-10** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Assignments Refers to Executive
- **2024-04-10** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Paul Faraci
- **2024-04-10** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommend Do Adopt Executive; 011-000-000
- **2024-04-10** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Christopher Belt
- **2024-04-11** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- **2024-04-12** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-04-12** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-12** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2024-04-12** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4a `amendment-failure`
- **2024-04-12** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-12** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2024-04-12** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Emanuel "Chris" Welch
- **2024-04-12** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert F. Martwick
- **2024-04-12** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura Fine
- **2024-04-12** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Mary Beth Canty
- **2024-04-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-04-15** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2024-04-19** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Sharon Chung
- **2024-04-19** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart
- **2024-04-19** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Terra Costa Howard
- **2024-04-19** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Ann M. Williams
- **2024-04-19** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Janet Yang Rohr
- **2024-04-19** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kimberly Du Buclet
- **2024-04-19** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Theresa Mah
- **2024-04-19** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark L. Walker
- **2024-04-19** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Eva-Dina Delgado
- **2024-04-19** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Anna Moeller
- **2024-04-19** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Natalie A. Manley
- **2024-04-19** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Dagmara Avelar
- **2024-04-19** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason
- **2024-04-19** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
- **2024-04-19** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth "Lisa" Hernandez
- **2024-04-19** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William "Will" Davis
- **2024-04-19** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert "Bob" Rita
- **2024-04-19** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Diane Blair-Sherlock
- **2024-04-19** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Gregg Johnson
- **2024-04-19** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel Didech
- **2024-04-19** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Cyril Nichols
- **2024-04-19** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman
- **2024-04-19** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz
- **2024-04-19** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Bob Morgan
- **2024-04-19** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Edgar González, Jr.
- **2024-04-19** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Justin Slaughter
- **2024-04-19** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Hoan Huynh
- **2024-04-19** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper
- **2024-04-19** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Anne Stava-Murray
- **2024-04-19** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jenn Ladisch Douglass
- **2024-04-19** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry Benton
- **2024-04-19** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Kelly
- **2024-04-19** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Faver Dias
- **2024-04-19** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi
- **2024-04-19** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Maura Hirschauer
- **2024-04-19** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
- **2024-04-19** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jay Hoffman
- **2024-04-19** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin John Olickal
- **2024-04-19** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Maurice A. West, II
- **2024-04-19** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Nabeela Syed
- **2024-04-19** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid
- **2024-04-19** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Tracy Katz Muhl
- **2024-04-24** Assigned to Child Care Accessibility & Early Childhood Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-02** Do Pass / Short Debate Child Care Accessibility & Early Childhood Education Committee; 012-000-000
- **2024-05-02** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-05-06** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel "Chris" Welch
- **2024-05-06** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2024-05-08** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
- **2024-05-08** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
- **2024-05-08** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Lilian Jiménez
- **2024-05-08** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.
- **2024-05-08** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Norma Hernandez
- **2024-05-08** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Matt Hanson
- **2024-05-08** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Martin J. Moylan
- **2024-05-08** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Gill
- **2024-05-08** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
- **2024-05-08** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kam Buckner
- **2024-05-08** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Burke
- **2024-05-09** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 093-018-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-09** Passed Both Houses
- **2024-05-09** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin
- **2024-05-10** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael E. Hastings
- **2024-05-10** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
- **2024-05-13** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Celina Villanueva
- **2024-05-14** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Suzy Glowiak Hilton
- **2024-05-14** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert Peters
- **2024-05-14** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III
- **2024-05-15** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mark L. Walker
- **2024-05-15** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Lakesia Collins
- **2024-06-07** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-25** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2024-06-25** Effective Date June 25, 2024
- **2024-06-25** Effective Date July 1, 2026; Some Provisions
- **2024-06-25** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0594 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/97fd841a-97ac-45df-b6d0-2d5a139c31af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).