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Bill	SCH CD-PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMEN	Amends provisions concerning educator licensure in the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education shall allow educators to earn professional development hours during the final 3 months of the school year and enter those professional development hours into the Educator Licensure Information System.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	99th	HB 6181	Illinois HB 6181 (99th)	bill		enacted		3	38	2	2016-02-11	2016-07-22	openstates	ocd-bill/c9ebce12-f56c-4281-96d7-37adca04e8f6	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=6181&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=95720&SessionID=88&GA=99	67d7486f9deba312f385515f917a98a68424a73414b42b90d0dee5e6557aeae2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 6181 (99th) — SCH CD-PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMEN

Amends provisions concerning educator licensure in the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education shall allow educators to earn professional development hours during the final 3 months of the school year and enter those professional development hours into the Educator Licensure Information System.

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 — 51–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 115–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Kathleen Willis — primary (person)
• Michael E. Hastings — cosponsor (person)
• William Delgado — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-11 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Kathleen Willis filing
• 2016-02-11 First Reading reading-1
• 2016-02-11 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2016-03-23 Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: Licensing Oversight referral-committee
• 2016-04-05 Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: Licensing Oversight; 004-000-000 committee-passage
• 2016-04-05 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2016-04-05 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Kathleen Willis amendment-introduction
• 2016-04-05 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2016-04-06 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Elementary & Secondary Education: Licensing Oversight
• 2016-04-14 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Elementary & Secondary Education: Licensing Oversight; 004-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-04-14 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Natalie A. Manley
• 2016-04-14 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sue Scherer
• 2016-04-14 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch
• 2016-04-14 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
• 2016-04-15 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2016-04-15 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2016-04-19 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2016-04-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2016-04-20 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2016-04-20 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2016-04-20 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2016-04-20 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
• 2016-04-20 First Reading reading-1
• 2016-04-20 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2016-05-03 Assigned to Education referral-committee
• 2016-05-05 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. William Delgado
• 2016-05-11 Do Pass Education; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2016-05-11 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 12, 2016
• 2016-05-17 Second Reading reading-2
• 2016-05-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 18, 2016
• 2016-05-27 Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2016
• 2016-05-29 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael E. Hastings
• 2016-05-29 Third Reading - Passed; 051-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2016-05-29 Passed Both Houses
• 2016-06-27 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-07-22 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2016-07-22 Effective Date January 1, 2017
• 2016-07-22 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0591 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c9ebce12-f56c-4281-96d7-37adca04e8f6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).