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type: "Bill"
title: "SCH CD-PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMEN"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "99th"
identifier: "HB 6181"
citation: "Illinois HB 6181 (99th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2016-02-11"
last_action: "2016-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9ebce12-f56c-4281-96d7-37adca04e8f6"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=6181&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=95720&SessionID=88&GA=99"
source_hash: "67d7486f9deba312f385515f917a98a68424a73414b42b90d0dee5e6557aeae2"
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 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](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900HB6181&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=95720&DocNum=6181&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900HB6181eng&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=95720&DocNum=6181&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900HB6181enr&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=95720&DocNum=6181&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **510** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **1150** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c9ebce12-f56c-4281-96d7-37adca04e8f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).