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Bill	SCH CD-TEACHER CERT-ASIAN LANG	Amends the Teacher Certification Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning a special certification designation for foreign language, specifically includes Asian languages. Effective July 1, 2003.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	93rd	SB 891	Illinois SB 891 (93rd)	bill		enacted		3	46	2	2003-02-19	2003-08-08	openstates	ocd-bill/797d1485-fbf5-4f2f-8496-9d24dbc37d5b	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=891&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=3763&SessionID=3&GA=93	4d70faf2ba3b0064bce478a3a3df4fcb5568d0cf31f19cc8720c53a8987858c7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 891 (93rd) — SCH CD-TEACHER CERT-ASIAN LANG

Amends the Teacher Certification Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning a special certification designation for foreign language, specifically includes Asian languages. 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 — 36–17 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 113–0 (pass) · lower

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; 006-004-000 committee-passage
• 2003-03-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 13, 2003
• 2003-03-13 Fiscal Note Requested by Sen. Dan Cronin
• 2003-03-27 Fiscal Note Filed as Amended with Committee Amendment No. 1
• 2003-03-27 Second Reading reading-2
• 2003-03-27 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 2, 2003
• 2003-03-28 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Barack Obama amendment-introduction
• 2003-03-28 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2003-04-01 Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Barack Obama amendment-introduction
• 2003-04-01 Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2003-04-02 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Education
• 2003-04-02 Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Rules Refers to Education
• 2003-04-02 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Be Adopted Education; 010-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2003-04-02 Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 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. 2 Adopted; Obama amendment-passage
• 2003-04-02 Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted; Obama amendment-passage
• 2003-04-02 Placed on 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; 036-017-003 reading-3, passage
• 2003-04-04 Arrived in House introduction
• 2003-04-04 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Harry Osterman
• 2003-04-04 First Reading reading-1
• 2003-04-04 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2003-04-08 Assigned to Elementary and Secondary Education Committee referral-committee
• 2003-04-16 Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary and Secondary Education Committee; 017-000-000 committee-passage
• 2003-04-16 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2003-05-01 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough
• 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. Deborah L. Graham
• 2003-05-16 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b); May 23, 2003
• 2003-05-20 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-001 reading-3, passage
• 2003-05-20 Passed Both Houses
• 2003-06-18 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2003-08-08 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2003-08-08 Effective Date January 1, 2004
• 2003-08-08 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0471 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/797d1485-fbf5-4f2f-8496-9d24dbc37d5b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).