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| Bill | SCH CD-REQ HIGH SCHOOL COURSE | Amends the School Code. With respect to prerequisites to receiving a high school diploma, provides that, beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, agricultural education, agricultural business, or any other course that relates to agriculture satisfies the vocational education requirement. Effective immediately. | us/states/il | Illinois General Assembly | 104th | SB 1605 | Illinois SB 1605 (104th) |
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Illinois SB 1605 (104th) — SCH CD-REQ HIGH SCHOOL COURSE
Amends the School Code. With respect to prerequisites to receiving a high school diploma, provides that, beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, agricultural education, agricultural business, or any other course that relates to agriculture satisfies the vocational education requirement. Effective immediately.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
- House Amendment 001 (committee substitute) — source
- House Amendment 002 (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Third Reading — 56–0 (pass) · upper
- Education Policy — 12–0 (pass) · lower
- Education — 12–0 (pass) · upper
- Concurrence, Amendment 2 — 56–0 (pass) · upper
- Education, Amendment 2 — 13–0 (pass) · upper
- Education Policy, Amendment 2 — 12–0 (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — 109–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Doris Turner — primary (person)
- Mary Gill — primary (person)
- Adriane Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Amy Elik — cosponsor (person)
- Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar — cosponsor (person)
- Bradley Fritts — cosponsor (person)
- Charles Meier — cosponsor (person)
- Chris Balkema — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Swanson — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Vella — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Plummer — cosponsor (person)
- Jason R. Bunting — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Hoffman — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Keicher — cosponsor (person)
- Katie Stuart — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly A. Lightford — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus C. Evans, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Michael J. Kelly — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Sheehan — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Ryan — cosponsor (person)
- Sally J. Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Reick — cosponsor (person)
- Sue Scherer — cosponsor (person)
- Wayne A. Rosenthal — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-02-04 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Doris Turner
filing - 2025-02-04 First Reading
reading-1 - 2025-02-04 Referred to Assignments
- 2025-02-11 Assigned to Education
referral-committee - 2025-02-19 Do Pass Education; 012-000-000
- 2025-02-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 20, 2025
reading-2 - 2025-03-05 Second Reading
reading-2 - 2025-03-05 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 6, 2025
- 2025-04-03 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Sally J. Turner
- 2025-04-03 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Chris Balkema
- 2025-04-04 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
- 2025-04-04 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading **
- 2025-04-04 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Adriane Johnson
- 2025-04-09 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- 2025-04-09 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000
passage, reading-3 - 2025-04-09 Arrived in House
introduction - 2025-04-10 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Jay Hoffman
- 2025-04-10 First Reading
reading-1 - 2025-04-10 Referred to Rules Committee
- 2025-04-17 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart
- 2025-04-17 Assigned to Education Policy Committee
referral-committee - 2025-04-21 Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Mary Gill
- 2025-04-21 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jay Hoffman
- 2025-05-06 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Sue Scherer
- 2025-05-07 Do Pass / Short Debate Education Policy Committee; 012-000-000
- 2025-05-07 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.
- 2025-05-07 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Faver Dias
- 2025-05-07 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Amy Elik
- 2025-05-07 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Kelly
- 2025-05-07 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2025-05-15 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Mary Gill
amendment-introduction - 2025-05-15 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
- 2025-05-16 Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2025-05-16 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2025-05-16 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Mary Gill
amendment-introduction - 2025-05-16 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
- 2025-05-20 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Education Policy Committee
- 2025-05-20 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Education Policy Committee
- 2025-05-21 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Education Policy Committee; 012-000-000
committee-passage-favorable - 2025-05-21 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Vella
- 2025-05-21 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Jason Plummer
- 2025-05-23 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted
amendment-passage - 2025-05-23 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- 2025-05-23 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 109-000-000
passage, reading-3 - 2025-05-23 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled
amendment-failure - 2025-05-23 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick Sheehan
- 2025-05-23 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jason R. Bunting
- 2025-05-23 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Wayne A. Rosenthal
- 2025-05-23 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Swanson
- 2025-05-23 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Charles Meier
- 2025-05-23 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Steven Reick
- 2025-05-23 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Bradley Fritts
- 2025-05-23 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar
- 2025-05-23 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Rick Ryan
- 2025-05-26 Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 2
- 2025-05-26 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 2 - May 27, 2025
- 2025-05-27 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Doris Turner
filing - 2025-05-27 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments
- 2025-05-27 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Education
- 2025-05-27 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Education; 013-000-000
- 2025-05-31 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Senate Concurs 056-000-000
- 2025-05-31 Senate Concurs
- 2025-05-31 Passed Both Houses
- 2025-06-27 Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt - 2025-08-15 Governor Approved
executive-signature - 2025-08-15 Effective Date August 15, 2025
- 2025-08-15 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0387
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3d33b175-7de4-4468-a4db-cbc8356b5efa. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).