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| Bill | SCH CD-CHARACTER EDUCATION | Amends the School Code. Requires teachers to teach students character education, which includes the teaching of respect, responsibility, fairness, caring, trustworthiness, and citizenship in order to raise pupils' honesty and kindness, justice, discipline, respect for others, and moral courage for the purpose of lessening crime and raising the standard of good character (now, requires teachers to teach pupils honesty, kindness, justice, discipline, respect for others, and moral courage for the purpose of lessening crime and raising the standard of good citizenship). Effective immediately. | us/states/il | Illinois General Assembly | 94th | HB 1336 | Illinois HB 1336 (94th) |
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enacted | 3 | 30 | 2 | 2005-02-09 | 2005-07-12 | openstates | ocd-bill/122918c2-e99f-44d6-bd1d-0c60e335942e | http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1336&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=16102&SessionID=50&GA=94 | eb6b08f593ce261e7a931daee07366c644c9bbeac1b6d881f9f6ae8a3dec7483 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Illinois HB 1336 (94th) — SCH CD-CHARACTER EDUCATION
Amends the School Code. Requires teachers to teach students character education, which includes the teaching of respect, responsibility, fairness, caring, trustworthiness, and citizenship in order to raise pupils' honesty and kindness, justice, discipline, respect for others, and moral courage for the purpose of lessening crime and raising the standard of good character (now, requires teachers to teach pupils honesty, kindness, justice, discipline, respect for others, and moral courage for the purpose of lessening crime and raising the standard of good citizenship). Effective immediately.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Third Reading — 110–0 (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — 56–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Elizabeth Coulson — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2005-02-09 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
filing - 2005-02-09 Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Suzanne Bassi
- 2005-02-09 First Reading
reading-1 - 2005-02-09 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2005-02-10 Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee
referral-committee - 2005-03-09 Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 019-000-000
committee-passage - 2005-03-10 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- 2005-03-17 Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2005-03-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- 2005-04-05 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Sacia
- 2005-04-05 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2005-04-06 Arrive in Senate
introduction - 2005-04-06 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 7, 2005
reading-1 - 2005-04-07 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Carole Pankau
- 2005-04-11 First Reading
reading-1 - 2005-04-11 Referred to Rules
referral-committee - 2005-04-13 Assigned to Education
referral-committee - 2005-04-15 Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Jeffrey M. Schoenberg
- 2005-04-15 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Carole Pankau
- 2005-04-20 Held in Education
- 2005-05-04 Do Pass Education; 007-000-000
committee-passage - 2005-05-04 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 5, 2005
- 2005-05-16 Second Reading
reading-2 - 2005-05-16 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 17, 2005
- 2005-05-18 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2005-05-18 Passed Both Houses
- 2005-06-16 Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt - 2005-07-12 Governor Approved
executive-signature - 2005-07-12 Effective Date July 12, 2005
- 2005-07-12 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0187
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/122918c2-e99f-44d6-bd1d-0c60e335942e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).