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| Bill | SCH CD-AGRICULTURAL ED REQ | Amends the School Code. Provides that a school district that offers a secondary agricultural education program that is eligible for State and federal funding must ensure that, at a minimum, the following are available to its secondary agricultural education students: (1) an instructional sequence of courses approved by the State Board of Education; (2) a State and nationally affiliated FFA chapter that is integral to instruction and is not treated as an extracurricular activity; and (3) a mechanism for ensuring the involvement of all secondary agricultural education students in formal, supervised, agricultural-experience activities and programs. | us/states/il | Illinois General Assembly | 94th | HB 4986 | Illinois HB 4986 (94th) |
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enacted | 3 | 57 | 2 | 2006-01-20 | 2006-06-15 | openstates | ocd-bill/0e73c3a0-e6fa-46ca-b9a0-e1d7f2f95b86 | http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4986&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=24214&SessionID=50&GA=94 | 65829cc266221c278989e9d8f46cd46fbf4ba621e85a2a533c6e0f8dc4e28986 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Illinois HB 4986 (94th) — SCH CD-AGRICULTURAL ED REQ
Amends the School Code. Provides that a school district that offers a secondary agricultural education program that is eligible for State and federal funding must ensure that, at a minimum, the following are available to its secondary agricultural education students: (1) an instructional sequence of courses approved by the State Board of Education; (2) a State and nationally affiliated FFA chapter that is integral to instruction and is not treated as an extracurricular activity; and (3) a mechanism for ensuring the involvement of all secondary agricultural education students in formal, supervised, agricultural-experience activities and programs.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Third Reading — 112–0 (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — 50–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Dale A. Righter — cosponsor (person)
- Donald L. Moffitt — primary (person)
- Edward D. Maloney — cosponsor (person)
- Todd Sieben — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2006-01-20 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
filing - 2006-01-23 First Reading
reading-1 - 2006-01-23 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2006-01-31 Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee
referral-committee - 2006-02-07 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
- 2006-02-07 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Rich Brauer
- 2006-02-07 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry L. Mitchell
- 2006-02-07 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
- 2006-02-09 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Careen M Gordon
- 2006-02-15 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Elementary & Secondary Education Committee
amendment-introduction - 2006-02-15 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
- 2006-02-15 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. David Reis
- 2006-02-15 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Calvin L. Giles
- 2006-02-15 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
- 2006-02-15 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; by Voice Vote
amendment-passage - 2006-02-15 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 020-000-000
committee-passage - 2006-02-15 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- 2006-02-15 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael K. Smith
- 2006-02-21 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel V. Beiser
- 2006-02-21 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert F. Flider
- 2006-02-22 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
amendment-introduction - 2006-02-22 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2006-02-23 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000
committee-passage-favorable - 2006-02-23 Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2006-02-23 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted by Voice Vote
amendment-passage - 2006-02-23 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- 2006-02-23 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J Verschoore
- 2006-02-23 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack McGuire
- 2006-02-24 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Art Tenhouse
- 2006-02-24 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Sacia
- 2006-02-24 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Watson
- 2006-02-24 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Richard P. Myers
- 2006-02-24 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2006-02-24 Arrive in Senate
introduction - 2006-02-24 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading February 27, 2006
reading-1 - 2006-02-24 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John M. Sullivan
- 2006-02-27 First Reading
reading-1 - 2006-02-27 Referred to Rules
referral-committee - 2006-02-28 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Todd Sieben
- 2006-03-01 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Deanna Demuzio
- 2006-03-01 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Arthur J. Wilhelmi
- 2006-03-01 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Gary Forby
- 2006-03-01 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dale E. Risinger
- 2006-03-01 Assigned to Education
referral-committee - 2006-03-15 Do Pass Education; 010-000-000
committee-passage - 2006-03-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 16, 2006
- 2006-03-16 Second Reading
reading-2 - 2006-03-16 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 22, 2006
- 2006-03-27 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Edward D. Maloney
- 2006-03-27 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Dale A. Righter
- 2006-03-27 Third Reading - Passed; 050-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2006-03-27 Passed Both Houses
- 2006-03-28 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kurt M. Granberg
- 2006-04-25 Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt - 2006-06-15 Governor Approved
executive-signature - 2006-06-15 Effective Date January 1, 2007
- 2006-06-15 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0855
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0e73c3a0-e6fa-46ca-b9a0-e1d7f2f95b86. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).