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type: "Bill"
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title: "SCH CD-UNIV-SIGN LANGUAGE CRED"
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description: "Amends the School Code to encourage school boards to implement American Sign Language (ASL) courses into school foreign language curriculum. Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public universities in Illinois. In provisions concerning admissions requirements, provides that ASL constitutes a foreign language for the purposes of meeting those requirements. Requires the governing board of each public university to award academic credit for the successful completion of any ASL course offered or approved by the university, which may be applied toward the satisfaction of the foreign language requirements of the university. Imposes conditions on any rulemaking authority. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
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legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
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session: "96th"
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identifier: "HB 725"
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citation: "Illinois HB 725 (96th)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 43
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2009-02-05"
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last_action: "2009-12-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d189bb8-da8f-46af-a38b-e32138a96852"
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source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=725&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=41439&SessionID=76&GA=96"
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source_hash: "cf8d98763463caf147f95f75296b82266ffb688b66c2d033dbe0a360ecf3f70d"
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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 HB 725 (96th) — SCH CD-UNIV-SIGN LANGUAGE CRED
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Amends the School Code to encourage school boards to implement American Sign Language (ASL) courses into school foreign language curriculum. Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public universities in Illinois. In provisions concerning admissions requirements, provides that ASL constitutes a foreign language for the purposes of meeting those requirements. Requires the governing board of each public university to award academic credit for the successful completion of any ASL course offered or approved by the university, which may be applied toward the satisfaction of the foreign language requirements of the university. Imposes conditions on any rulemaking authority. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement.
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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](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB0725&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=41439&DocNum=725&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB0725eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=41439&DocNum=725&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
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3. **Re-Enrolled** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB0725ren&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=41439&DocNum=725&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
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4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB0725enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=41439&DocNum=725&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
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## Votes
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- Motion — **52–0** (pass) · upper
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- Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
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- Motion — **116–0** (fail) · lower
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- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Jim Watson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2009-02-05** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jim Watson `filing`
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- **2009-02-06** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2009-02-06** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2009-02-11** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2009-03-11** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Elementary & Secondary Education Committee `amendment-introduction`
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- **2009-03-11** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2009-03-11** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 020-000-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2009-03-11** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2009-03-17** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2009-03-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2009-03-17** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jil Tracy
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- **2009-03-24** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2009-03-25** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
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- **2009-03-25** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 26, 2009 `reading-1`
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- **2009-03-26** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Randall M. Hultgren
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- **2009-03-30** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2009-03-30** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
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- **2009-04-15** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
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- **2009-04-22** Do Pass Education; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2009-04-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 23, 2009
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- **2009-05-14** Second Reading `reading-2`
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- **2009-05-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** May 18, 2009
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- **2009-05-19** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2009-05-19** Passed Both Houses
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- **2009-06-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2009-08-14** Governor Amendatory Veto `executive-veto`
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- **2009-10-05** Placed on Calendar Amendatory Veto October 14, 2009
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- **2009-10-05** Amendatory Veto Motion - Motion Filed Accept Amendatory Veto Rep. Jim Watson
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- **2009-10-05** Amendatory Veto Motion - Motion Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2009-10-14** Amendatory Veto Motion - Accept Motion Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2009-10-14** Accept Amendatory Veto - House Passed 116-000-000
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- **2009-10-22** Placed on Calendar Amendatory Veto October 28, 2009
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- **2009-10-26** Amendatory Veto Motion - Motion Filed Accept Amendatory Veto Sen. Randall M. Hultgren
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- **2009-10-26** Amendatory Veto Motion - Motion Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
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- **2009-10-28** Amendatory Veto Motion - Motion Referred to Education `referral-committee`
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- **2009-10-28** Amendatory Veto Motion - Accept Motion Recommends Do Adopt Education; 006-000-000
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- **2009-10-30** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
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- **2009-10-30** Accept Amendatory Veto - Senate Passed 052-000-000
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- **2009-10-30** Both Houses Accepted Amendatory Veto
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- **2009-11-25** Returned to Governor for Certification
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- **2009-12-23** Governor Certifies Changes
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- **2009-12-23** Effective Date June 1, 2010
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- **2009-12-23** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0843 `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/0d189bb8-da8f-46af-a38b-e32138a96852`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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