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type: "Bill"
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title: "SCH CD-REQ HIGH SCHOOL COURSE"
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
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legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
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session: "104th"
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identifier: "SB 1605"
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citation: "Illinois SB 1605 (104th)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Doris Turner", "Mary Gill"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 67
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2025-02-04"
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last_action: "2025-08-15"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d33b175-7de4-4468-a4db-cbc8356b5efa"
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source_url: "https://ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=1605&GAID=18&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=160395&SessionID=114"
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source_hash: "f38f53a1e57e180d35923988cc09e7a77c0a0e0574b9d536685a5692d167f25d"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
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---
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# Illinois SB 1605 (104th) — SCH CD-REQ HIGH SCHOOL COURSE
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1605.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1605eng.pdf)
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3. **House Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1605ham001.pdf)
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4. **House Amendment 002** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1605ham002.pdf)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1605enr.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper
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- Education Policy — **12–0** (pass) · lower
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- Education — **12–0** (pass) · upper
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- Concurrence, Amendment 2 — **56–0** (pass) · upper
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- Education, Amendment 2 — **13–0** (pass) · upper
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- Education Policy, Amendment 2 — **12–0** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **109–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Doris Turner — primary (person)
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- Mary Gill — primary (person)
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- Adriane Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- Amy Elik — cosponsor (person)
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- Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar — cosponsor (person)
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- Bradley Fritts — cosponsor (person)
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- Charles Meier — cosponsor (person)
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- Chris Balkema — cosponsor (person)
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- Dan Swanson — cosponsor (person)
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- Dave Vella — cosponsor (person)
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- Jason Plummer — cosponsor (person)
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- Jason R. Bunting — cosponsor (person)
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- Jay Hoffman — cosponsor (person)
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- Jeff Keicher — cosponsor (person)
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- Katie Stuart — cosponsor (person)
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- Kimberly A. Lightford — cosponsor (person)
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- Marcus C. Evans, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael J. Kelly — cosponsor (person)
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- Patrick Sheehan — cosponsor (person)
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- Rick Ryan — cosponsor (person)
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- Sally J. Turner — cosponsor (person)
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- Steven Reick — cosponsor (person)
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- Sue Scherer — cosponsor (person)
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- Wayne A. Rosenthal — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-04** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Doris Turner `filing`
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- **2025-02-04** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-04** Referred to Assignments
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- **2025-02-11** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-19** Do Pass Education; 012-000-000
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- **2025-02-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 20, 2025 `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-05** Second Reading `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 6, 2025
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- **2025-04-03** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Sally J. Turner
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- **2025-04-03** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Chris Balkema
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- **2025-04-04** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
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- **2025-04-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading **
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- **2025-04-04** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Adriane Johnson
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- **2025-04-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
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- **2025-04-09** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-04-09** Arrived in House `introduction`
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- **2025-04-10** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Jay Hoffman
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- **2025-04-10** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2025-04-10** Referred to Rules Committee
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- **2025-04-17** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart
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- **2025-04-17** Assigned to Education Policy Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-21** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Mary Gill
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- **2025-04-21** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jay Hoffman
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- **2025-05-06** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Sue Scherer
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- **2025-05-07** Do Pass / Short Debate Education Policy Committee; 012-000-000
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- **2025-05-07** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.
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- **2025-05-07** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Faver Dias
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- **2025-05-07** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Amy Elik
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- **2025-05-07** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Kelly
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- **2025-05-07** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2025-05-15** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Mary Gill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2025-05-15** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
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- **2025-05-16** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2025-05-16** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2025-05-16** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Mary Gill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2025-05-16** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
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- **2025-05-20** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Education Policy Committee
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- **2025-05-20** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Education Policy Committee
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- **2025-05-21** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Education Policy Committee; 012-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-21** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Vella
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- **2025-05-21** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Jason Plummer
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- **2025-05-23** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-05-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2025-05-23** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 109-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-05-23** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled `amendment-failure`
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- **2025-05-23** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick Sheehan
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- **2025-05-23** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jason R. Bunting
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- **2025-05-23** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Wayne A. Rosenthal
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- **2025-05-23** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Swanson
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- **2025-05-23** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Charles Meier
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- **2025-05-23** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Steven Reick
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- **2025-05-23** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Bradley Fritts
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- **2025-05-23** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar
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- **2025-05-23** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Rick Ryan
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- **2025-05-26** Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 2
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- **2025-05-26** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 2 - May 27, 2025
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- **2025-05-27** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Doris Turner `filing`
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- **2025-05-27** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments
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- **2025-05-27** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Education
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- **2025-05-27** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Education; 013-000-000
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- **2025-05-31** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Senate Concurs 056-000-000
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- **2025-05-31** Senate Concurs
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- **2025-05-31** Passed Both Houses
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- **2025-06-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-08-15** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
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- **2025-08-15** Effective Date August 15, 2025
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- **2025-08-15** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0387 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3d33b175-7de4-4468-a4db-cbc8356b5efa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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