republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/97th/sb-3393.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCH CD-LAPSED CERTIFICATES"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "SB 3393"
citation: "Illinois SB 3393 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2012-02-07"
last_action: "2012-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d426b31-5d3b-43d2-afc2-fd0af952a48a"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3393&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=64924&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "a9d0d2db6685ad00645d27cba7e6520474a419866050342936abf9a464478ac3"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB3393&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=64924&DocNum=3393&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB3393eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=64924&DocNum=3393&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB3393enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=64924&DocNum=3393&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8d426b31-5d3b-43d2-afc2-fd0af952a48a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).