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Bill	SCH CD-DYSLEXIA DEFINITION	Amends the School Code. Sets forth the definition of dyslexia that the State Board of Education must incorporate in both general education and special education (instead of requiring the State Board of Education to adopt rules that incorporate an international definition of dyslexia). Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	99th	HB 4352	Illinois HB 4352 (99th)	bill		enacted		3	45	2	2015-12-02	2016-07-22	openstates	ocd-bill/6824b3f9-d2be-4775-9027-01d833750ed7	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4352&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=92973&SessionID=88&GA=99	3c4924db3f365b494e3375602f6d8b9ff197e61f87c47d3ddd8cae1a887f73ea	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 4352 (99th) — SCH CD-DYSLEXIA DEFINITION

Amends the School Code. Sets forth the definition of dyslexia that the State Board of Education must incorporate in both general education and special education (instead of requiring the State Board of Education to adopt rules that incorporate an international definition of dyslexia). 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 — 56–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 113–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Patricia R. Bellock — primary (person)
• William Delgado — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-12-02 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Patricia R. Bellock filing
• 2015-12-02 First Reading reading-1
• 2015-12-02 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2016-02-11 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
• 2016-02-23 Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee referral-committee
• 2016-03-01 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sheri Jesiel
• 2016-03-01 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2016-03-02 Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee; 024-000-000 committee-passage
• 2016-03-02 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2016-03-02 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Fred Crespo
• 2016-03-02 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
• 2016-03-02 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Sente
• 2016-03-18 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Al Riley
• 2016-04-07 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2016-04-07 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2016-04-12 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2016-04-12 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Frances Ann Hurley
• 2016-04-12 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Natalie A. Manley
• 2016-04-12 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Lee Jackson, Sr.
• 2016-04-12 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
• 2016-04-12 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman
• 2016-04-12 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
• 2016-04-12 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel J. Burke
• 2016-04-12 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Edward J. Acevedo
• 2016-04-12 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
• 2016-04-12 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Luis Arroyo
• 2016-04-12 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2016-04-12 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2016-04-12 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Melinda Bush
• 2016-04-12 First Reading reading-1
• 2016-04-12 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2016-04-12 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
• 2016-04-26 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Bill Cunningham
• 2016-04-27 Assigned to Education referral-committee
• 2016-05-03 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. William Delgado
• 2016-05-03 Do Pass Education; 013-000-000 committee-passage
• 2016-05-03 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 4, 2016
• 2016-05-10 Second Reading reading-2
• 2016-05-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 11, 2016
• 2016-05-19 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2016-05-19 Passed Both Houses
• 2016-06-17 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-07-22 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2016-07-22 Effective Date July 22, 2016
• 2016-07-22 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0602 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6824b3f9-d2be-4775-9027-01d833750ed7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).