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Bill	SCH CD-REQUIRE ASIAN HISTORY	Amends the School Code. Requires every public elementary school and high school to include in its curriculum a unit of instruction studying the events of Asian History, including South Asia and the Pacific Islands. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective July 1, 2003.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	93rd	SB 890	Illinois SB 890 (93rd)	bill		enacted		3	49	2	2003-02-19	2003-08-01	openstates	ocd-bill/1b4af59b-fa7b-4e5b-a887-7d08078d0c3f	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=890&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=3761&SessionID=3&GA=93	132244e0b2dacc00b6ec671cf0ea04f6b276069aecb6fe52726a8f4896401c92	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 890 (93rd) — SCH CD-REQUIRE ASIAN HISTORY

Amends the School Code. Requires every public elementary school and high school to include in its curriculum a unit of instruction studying the events of Asian History, including South Asia and the Pacific Islands. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective July 1, 2003.

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. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 109–5 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 56–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Barack Obama — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2003-02-19 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Barack Obama filing
• 2003-02-19 First Reading reading-1
• 2003-02-19 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2003-02-26 Assigned to Education referral-committee
• 2003-03-04 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Barack Obama amendment-introduction
• 2003-03-04 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2003-03-05 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Education
• 2003-03-11 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2003-03-12 Do Pass as Amended Education; 006-000-004 committee-passage
• 2003-03-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 13, 2003
• 2003-03-18 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Barack Obama amendment-introduction
• 2003-03-18 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2003-03-24 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Education
• 2003-03-25 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Be Adopted Education; 006-003-001 committee-passage-favorable
• 2003-03-25 Second Reading reading-2
• 2003-03-25 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Obama amendment-passage
• 2003-03-25 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 26, 2003
• 2003-03-28 Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Barack Obama amendment-introduction
• 2003-03-28 Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2003-04-02 Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Barack Obama amendment-introduction
• 2003-04-02 Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2003-04-02 Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Rules Refers to Education
• 2003-04-02 Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Rules Refers to Education
• 2003-04-02 Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Tabled in Education amendment-failure
• 2003-04-02 Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Be Adopted Education; 010-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2003-04-02 Recalled to Second Reading reading-2
• 2003-04-02 Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Adopted; Obama amendment-passage
• 2003-04-02 Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 3, 2003
• 2003-04-03 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
• 2003-04-03 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-001 reading-3, passage
• 2003-04-04 Arrived in House introduction
• 2003-04-04 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2003-04-08 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Larry McKeon
• 2003-04-08 First Reading reading-1
• 2003-04-08 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2003-04-09 Assigned to Elementary and Secondary Education Committee referral-committee
• 2003-05-01 Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary and Secondary Education Committee; 013-000-000 committee-passage
• 2003-05-01 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2003-05-09 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2003-05-09 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2003-05-09 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Boland
• 2003-05-09 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry Osterman
• 2003-05-14 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 109-005-003 reading-3, passage
• 2003-05-14 Passed Both Houses
• 2003-05-14 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
• 2003-06-12 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2003-08-01 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2003-08-01 Effective Date January 1, 2004
• 2003-08-01 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0406 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1b4af59b-fa7b-4e5b-a887-7d08078d0c3f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).