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Bill	HEALTH ED-TEEN DATING VIOLENCE	Amends the Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive Health Education Act. Provides that the Comprehensive Health Education Program shall include instruction in grades 8 through 12 on teen dating violence.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	HB 973	Illinois HB 973 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	37	2	2009-02-10	2009-08-13	openstates	ocd-bill/1570a514-307e-4707-8f86-0fea623d3352	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=973&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=42551&SessionID=76&GA=96	ebfe4905e25199707ec0666d5f41020f397ce0230ad94b8b3fac2670de3f4ad4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 973 (96th) — HEALTH ED-TEEN DATING VIOLENCE

Amends the Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive Health Education Act. Provides that the Comprehensive Health Education Program shall include instruction in grades 8 through 12 on teen dating violence.

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 — 58–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 114–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Linda Chapa LaVia — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-02-10 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia filing
• 2009-02-10 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-02-10 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2009-02-18 Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee referral-committee
• 2009-02-20 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith Farnham
• 2009-02-20 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
• 2009-02-20 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark L. Walker
• 2009-02-25 Motion Do Pass - Lost Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 008-005-000 committee-failure
• 2009-02-25 Remains in Elementary & Secondary Education Committee
• 2009-03-11 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Elementary & Secondary Education Committee amendment-introduction
• 2009-03-11 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2009-03-11 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 020-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-03-11 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-03-12 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Susana A. Mendoza
• 2009-03-23 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2009-03-23 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2009-03-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-03-24 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-03-25 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2009-03-25 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 26, 2009 reading-1
• 2009-03-25 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Heather Steans
• 2009-03-26 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-03-26 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2009-04-15 Assigned to Education referral-committee
• 2009-04-22 Do Pass Education; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-04-22 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 23, 2009
• 2009-04-22 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
• 2009-05-04 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
• 2009-05-12 Second Reading reading-2
• 2009-05-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** May 18, 2009
• 2009-05-13 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson
• 2009-05-19 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-05-19 Passed Both Houses
• 2009-06-17 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2009-08-13 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2009-08-13 Effective Date January 1, 2010
• 2009-08-13 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0383 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1570a514-307e-4707-8f86-0fea623d3352. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).