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type: "Bill"
title: "SCH CD-LICENSE-SUPERINTENDENT"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "SB 2972"
citation: "Illinois SB 2972 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2014-02-04"
last_action: "2014-08-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ca44742-32b2-48ed-b11e-6708ee5b4061"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2972&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=79187&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "cb234c2da7e5d5b90eb64bd4cbf7f72dac690ad52945d7c78a340f7dcf1d3ead"
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 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](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB2972&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=79187&DocNum=2972&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB2972eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=79187&DocNum=2972&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB2972enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=79187&DocNum=2972&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **9916** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **570** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3ca44742-32b2-48ed-b11e-6708ee5b4061`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).