republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/98th/sb-2972.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	SCH CD-LICENSE-SUPERINTENDENT	Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. Allows a superintendent endorsement to be affixed to the Professional Educator License of a holder who has had at least 2 years of experience employed full-time in a general administrative position, among other qualifications. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	SB 2972	Illinois SB 2972 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	25	2	2014-02-04	2014-08-11	openstates	ocd-bill/3ca44742-32b2-48ed-b11e-6708ee5b4061	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2972&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=79187&SessionID=85&GA=98	cb234c2da7e5d5b90eb64bd4cbf7f72dac690ad52945d7c78a340f7dcf1d3ead	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2972 (98th) — SCH CD-LICENSE-SUPERINTENDENT

Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. Allows a superintendent endorsement to be affixed to the Professional Educator License of a holder who has had at least 2 years of experience employed full-time in a general administrative position, among other qualifications. 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 — 99–16 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 57–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-02-04 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant filing
• 2014-02-04 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-02-04 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2014-03-13 Assigned to Education referral-committee
• 2014-03-20 Do Pass Education; 013-000-000 committee-passage
• 2014-03-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 21, 2014
• 2014-04-01 Second Reading reading-2
• 2014-04-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 2, 2014
• 2014-04-02 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2014-04-03 Arrived in House introduction
• 2014-04-03 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Fred Crespo
• 2014-04-03 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-04-03 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2014-04-23 Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee referral-committee
• 2014-05-14 Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 010-002-000 committee-passage
• 2014-05-14 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-05-15 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2014-05-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-05-23 Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 30, 2014
• 2014-05-28 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 099-016-000 reading-3, passage
• 2014-05-28 Passed Both Houses
• 2014-06-26 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-08-11 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2014-08-11 Effective Date August 11, 2014
• 2014-08-11 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0872 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3ca44742-32b2-48ed-b11e-6708ee5b4061. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).