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type: "Bill"
title: "AGRICULTURE EDUCATION SHORTAGE"
description: "Amends the School Code. Provides that for an applicant seeking a professional educator license who is enrolled in a program of study in an area of career or technical education defined as an area of identified staff shortages, as defined in the Higher Education Student Assistance Act, or a career and technical educator endorsement on an educator license with stipulations, the State Board of Education, in consultation with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, shall adopt a test of work proficiency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "100th"
identifier: "SB 1991"
citation: "Illinois SB 1991 (100th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 57
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-10"
last_action: "2017-08-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/25fb397b-f9ef-44ec-ab89-b1eb1ea319d8"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1991&GAID=14&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=105392&SessionID=91&GA=100"
source_hash: "55b7698e4125153781039e2874d7d6cb067ceb258c9f9d935da31859215cb458"
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 SB 1991 (100th) — AGRICULTURE EDUCATION SHORTAGE
Amends the School Code. Provides that for an applicant seeking a professional educator license who is enrolled in a program of study in an area of career or technical education defined as an area of identified staff shortages, as defined in the Higher Education Student Assistance Act, or a career and technical educator endorsement on an educator license with stipulations, the State Board of Education, in consultation with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, shall adopt a test of work proficiency.
## 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=10000SB1991&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=105392&DocNum=1991&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000SB1991eng&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=105392&DocNum=1991&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000SB1991enr&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=105392&DocNum=1991&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **1150** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **470** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- David S. Olsen — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Jeanne M Ives — cosponsor (person)
- Katie Stuart — cosponsor (person)
- Scott M. Bennett — primary (person)
- Sue Scherer — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-02-10** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Scott M. Bennett `filing`
- **2017-02-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-10** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-28** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-08** Postponed - Education
- **2017-03-10** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Scott M. Bennett `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-03-10** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-14** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Education
- **2017-03-14** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2017-03-15** Do Pass as Amended Education; 012-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 16, 2017
- **2017-04-04** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
- **2017-04-06** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 25, 2017
- **2017-04-21** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Scott M. Bennett `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-04-21** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-24** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Scott M. Bennett `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-04-24** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-25** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Education
- **2017-04-26** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Education; 009-000-000
- **2017-04-26** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Be Approved for Consideration Assignments
- **2017-04-28** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2017 `reading-3`
- **2017-05-04** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Bill Cunningham
- **2017-05-05** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-05-05** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Withdrawn by Sen. Scott M. Bennett
- **2017-05-05** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted; Bennett `amendment-passage`
- **2017-05-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2017-05-05** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Thomas Cullerton
- **2017-05-05** Third Reading - Passed; 047-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-05-08** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2017-05-08** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Jerry Costello, II
- **2017-05-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-05-09** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-15** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: Licensing, Administration & Oversight `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-17** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
- **2017-05-17** Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Removed Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
- **2017-05-19** Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 26, 2017
- **2017-05-23** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart
- **2017-05-24** Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: Licensing, Administration & Oversight; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-24** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2017-05-24** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2017-05-24** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
- **2017-05-24** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
- **2017-05-24** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John Cavaletto
- **2017-05-24** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Sue Scherer
- **2017-05-24** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
- **2017-05-24** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jeanne M Ives
- **2017-05-24** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. David S. Olsen
- **2017-05-24** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2017-05-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2017-05-26** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2017
- **2017-05-30** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-05-30** Passed Both Houses
- **2017-06-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-08-15** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2017-08-15** Effective Date August 15, 2017
- **2017-08-15** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0118 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/25fb397b-f9ef-44ec-ab89-b1eb1ea319d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).