republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/99th/hb-4432.md

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Bill	SCH CD-EXCUSED ABSENCE-TAPS	Amends the Compulsory Attendance Article of the School Code. Allows a child in any of grades 6 through 12 to be absent from a public school on a particular day or days or at a particular time of day for the purpose of sounding "Taps" at a military honors funeral held in this State for a deceased veteran. Sets forth notification requirements. Provides that the student shall be counted as if the student attended school for purposes of calculating the average daily attendance of students in the school district. Requires the student to be allowed a reasonable time to make up school work missed during the absence. Provides that if the student satisfactorily completes the school work, the day of absence shall be counted as a day of compulsory attendance and he or she may not be penalized for that absence.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	99th	HB 4432	Illinois HB 4432 (99th)	bill		enacted		3	35	2	2016-01-12	2016-08-15	openstates	ocd-bill/dcfe4e15-2b04-4d7a-ae1c-a3b7a854065c	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4432&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=93251&SessionID=88&GA=99	9d5fd6af63eb0712d315f13f217be99e0ec1428bc3d699836e9b6e1da0680aa2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 4432 (99th) — SCH CD-EXCUSED ABSENCE-TAPS

Amends the Compulsory Attendance Article of the School Code. Allows a child in any of grades 6 through 12 to be absent from a public school on a particular day or days or at a particular time of day for the purpose of sounding "Taps" at a military honors funeral held in this State for a deceased veteran. Sets forth notification requirements. Provides that the student shall be counted as if the student attended school for purposes of calculating the average daily attendance of students in the school district. Requires the student to be allowed a reasonable time to make up school work missed during the absence. Provides that if the student satisfactorily completes the school work, the day of absence shall be counted as a day of compulsory attendance and he or she may not be penalized for that absence.

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 — 110–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 58–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Donald L. Moffitt — primary (person)
• Heather A. Steans — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-01-12 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Donald L. Moffitt filing
• 2016-01-14 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry Costello, II
• 2016-01-15 First Reading reading-1
• 2016-01-15 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2016-01-15 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John D. Anthony
• 2016-01-28 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Charles Meier
• 2016-01-28 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Randy E. Frese
• 2016-01-28 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore
• 2016-01-28 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
• 2016-01-28 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas M. Bennett
• 2016-03-23 Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee referral-committee
• 2016-04-05 Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee; 020-000-000 committee-passage
• 2016-04-05 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2016-04-15 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2016-04-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2016-04-21 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2016-04-21 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2016-04-21 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 22, 2016 reading-1
• 2016-04-21 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Chuck Weaver
• 2016-04-22 First Reading reading-1
• 2016-04-22 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2016-04-27 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Thomas Cullerton
• 2016-05-03 Assigned to Education referral-committee
• 2016-05-11 Do Pass Education; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2016-05-11 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 12, 2016
• 2016-05-12 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Heather A. Steans
• 2016-05-17 Second Reading reading-2
• 2016-05-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 18, 2016
• 2016-05-17 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan McConchie
• 2016-05-19 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2016-05-19 Passed Both Houses
• 2016-06-17 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-08-15 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2016-08-15 Effective Date January 1, 2017
• 2016-08-15 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0804 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dcfe4e15-2b04-4d7a-ae1c-a3b7a854065c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).