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Bill	SCH CD-LAPSED CERTIFICATES	Amends the Certification of Teachers Article of the School Code. Changes provisions concerning the reinstatement of a lapsed certificate by providing that lapsed certificates may be immediately reinstated upon payment by the applicant to the State Board of Education of (1) any and all back fees, including without limitation registration fees, owed from the time of expiration of the certificate until the date of reinstatement; and (2) a $500 penalty or the demonstration of proficiency by completing 9 semester hours of coursework from a regionally accredited institution of higher education in the content area that most aligns with the educator's endorsement area or areas; provided that, until September 1, 2012, certificates that have lapsed solely for the failure to pay a registration fee may be immediately reinstated upon payment only of any and all back fees, including without limitation registration fees, owed from the time of expiration of the certificate until the date of reinstatement. Provides that any and all back fees and penalty amounts shall be deposited by the State Board of Education into the Teacher Certificate Fee Revolving Fund. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	SB 3393	Illinois SB 3393 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	30	2	2012-02-07	2012-05-08	openstates	ocd-bill/8d426b31-5d3b-43d2-afc2-fd0af952a48a	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3393&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=64924&SessionID=84&GA=97	a9d0d2db6685ad00645d27cba7e6520474a419866050342936abf9a464478ac3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 3393 (97th) — SCH CD-LAPSED CERTIFICATES

Amends the Certification of Teachers Article of the School Code. Changes provisions concerning the reinstatement of a lapsed certificate by providing that lapsed certificates may be immediately reinstated upon payment by the applicant to the State Board of Education of (1) any and all back fees, including without limitation registration fees, owed from the time of expiration of the certificate until the date of reinstatement; and (2) a $500 penalty or the demonstration of proficiency by completing 9 semester hours of coursework from a regionally accredited institution of higher education in the content area that most aligns with the educator's endorsement area or areas; provided that, until September 1, 2012, certificates that have lapsed solely for the failure to pay a registration fee may be immediately reinstated upon payment only of any and all back fees, including without limitation registration fees, owed from the time of expiration of the certificate until the date of reinstatement. Provides that any and all back fees and penalty amounts shall be deposited by the State Board of Education into the Teacher Certificate Fee Revolving Fund. 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 — 54–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 112–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Heather A. Steans — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-02-07 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Heather A. Steans filing
• 2012-02-07 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-02-07 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2012-02-17 Assigned to Education referral-committee
• 2012-02-24 Do Pass Education; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-02-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 27, 2012
• 2012-02-27 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
• 2012-02-27 Second Reading reading-2
• 2012-02-27 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 28, 2012
• 2012-03-02 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. John M. Sullivan
• 2012-03-22 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Edward D. Maloney
• 2012-03-22 Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2012-03-22 Arrived in House introduction
• 2012-03-23 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2012-03-23 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2012-03-23 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-03-23 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2012-03-28 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel Biss
• 2012-04-05 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
• 2012-04-10 Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee referral-committee
• 2012-04-18 Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 020-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-04-18 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-04-24 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2012-04-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-04-26 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2012-04-26 Passed Both Houses
• 2012-04-27 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2012-05-08 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2012-05-08 Effective Date May 8, 2012
• 2012-05-08 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0682 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8d426b31-5d3b-43d2-afc2-fd0af952a48a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).