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Bill	SCH CD-ADMIN CERT-PUBLIC ADMIN	Amends the School Code. Provides that a chief school business official endorsement shall be affixed to the administrative certificate of any holder who qualifies by having a Master's Degree in Public Administration from a regionally accredited higher education institution. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	HB 3222	Illinois HB 3222 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	28	2	2011-02-24	2011-08-04	openstates	ocd-bill/0f13770e-3330-4038-9373-83d56965b7b3	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3222&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=60587&SessionID=84&GA=97	baafb6667bb7fcd91fe39bf2337719bc29e662084e70b4f60bb1d24fd7bf0997	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 3222 (97th) — SCH CD-ADMIN CERT-PUBLIC ADMIN

Amends the School Code. Provides that a chief school business official endorsement shall be affixed to the administrative certificate of any holder who qualifies by having a Master's Degree in Public Administration from a regionally accredited higher education institution. Effective immediately.

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 — 55–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 113–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ron Stephens — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-24 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Ron Stephens filing
• 2011-02-24 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-02-24 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-02-28 Assigned to Executive Committee referral-committee
• 2011-03-07 Re-assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee referral-committee
• 2011-03-16 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Roger L. Eddy
• 2011-03-16 Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 024-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-03-16 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-03-29 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2011-03-29 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-03-30 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-002-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-03-30 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Darlene J. Senger
• 2011-03-31 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2011-03-31 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 6, 2011 reading-1
• 2011-03-31 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Thomas Johnson
• 2011-04-07 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-04-07 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2011-04-27 Assigned to Education referral-committee
• 2011-05-05 Do Pass Education; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-05-05 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 6, 2011
• 2011-05-06 Second Reading reading-2
• 2011-05-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 10, 2011
• 2011-05-12 Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-05-12 Passed Both Houses
• 2011-06-10 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2011-08-04 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2011-08-04 Effective Date August 4, 2011
• 2011-08-04 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0255 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0f13770e-3330-4038-9373-83d56965b7b3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).