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Bill	SCH CD-NO RACE BASED STANDARDS	Amends the School Code. With regard to recognition standards for student performance and school improvement, prohibits the State Board of Education from having separate performance standards for students based on race or ethnicity.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	99th	HB 163	Illinois HB 163 (99th)	bill		enacted		3	34	2	2015-01-14	2015-07-21	openstates	ocd-bill/47ca2786-0dbf-4065-88f1-9bf50fba2be5	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=163&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=83654&SessionID=88&GA=99	fdb70d785f158055280c51015f38a05b37344afe3cc11a1102321637a1d63d52	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 163 (99th) — SCH CD-NO RACE BASED STANDARDS

Amends the School Code. With regard to recognition standards for student performance and school improvement, prohibits the State Board of Education from having separate performance standards for students based on race or ethnicity.

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 — 56–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 112–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Antonio Muñoz — cosponsor (person)
• Don Harmon — cosponsor (person)
• Emil Jones, III — cosponsor (person)
• Mary E. Flowers — primary (person)
• Napoleon Harris, III — cosponsor (person)
• Scott M. Bennett — cosponsor (person)
• Toi W. Hutchinson — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-01-14 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Mary E. Flowers filing
• 2015-01-14 First Reading reading-1
• 2015-01-14 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2015-02-03 Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee referral-committee
• 2015-03-18 Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee; 023-000-000 committee-passage
• 2015-03-18 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2015-03-25 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2015-03-25 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2015-04-14 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2015-04-14 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2015-04-14 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 15, 2015 reading-1
• 2015-04-14 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. William Delgado
• 2015-04-15 First Reading reading-1
• 2015-04-15 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2015-04-22 Assigned to Education referral-committee
• 2015-04-29 Do Pass Education; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2015-04-29 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 30, 2015
• 2015-04-29 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
• 2015-05-14 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
• 2015-05-14 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Patricia Van Pelt
• 2015-05-19 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Antonio Muñoz
• 2015-05-21 Second Reading reading-2
• 2015-05-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 22, 2015
• 2015-05-22 Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2015 reading-3
• 2015-05-26 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson
• 2015-05-26 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Scott M. Bennett
• 2015-05-26 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III
• 2015-05-26 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Napoleon Harris, III
• 2015-05-26 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2015-05-26 Passed Both Houses
• 2015-06-24 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2015-07-21 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2015-07-21 Effective Date January 1, 2016
• 2015-07-21 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0084 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/47ca2786-0dbf-4065-88f1-9bf50fba2be5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).