republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/101st/hb-355.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCH CD-EDU LIC RENEW-TRAINING"
description: "Amends the School Code. With regard to a Professional Educator License renewal, provides that, beginning with the next 5-year renewal cycle after the effective date of the amendatory Act, no less than 15 of the 120 required hours of professional development must include training on inclusive practices in the classroom that examines instructional and behavioral strategies that improve academic and social-emotional outcomes for all students, with or without disabilities, in a general education setting."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "101st"
identifier: "HB 355"
citation: "Illinois HB 355 (101st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-15"
last_action: "2019-07-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ce2aaf7a-4b5c-4340-93bd-3d94dd6376b4"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=355&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=114545&SessionID=108&GA=101"
source_hash: "dc59774b5243cc66ddc06e49212ff0852e8b1512cefdedbfbe00e8b634fb54ce"
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 355 (101st) — SCH CD-EDU LIC RENEW-TRAINING

Amends the School Code. With regard to a Professional Educator License renewal, provides that, beginning with the next 5-year renewal cycle after the effective date of the amendatory Act, no less than 15 of the 120 required hours of professional development must include training on inclusive practices in the classroom that examines instructional and behavioral strategies that improve academic and social-emotional outcomes for all students, with or without disabilities, in a general education setting.

## 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=10100HB0355&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=114545&DocNum=355&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB0355eng&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=114545&DocNum=355&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB0355enr&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=114545&DocNum=355&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dan McConchie — primary (person)
- Grant Wehrli — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant — cosponsor (person)
- Margo McDermed — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Batinick — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-15** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Mark Batinick `filing`
- **2019-01-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-18** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-05** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter School `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-21** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Mark Batinick `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-02-21** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-04** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Grant Wehrli
- **2019-03-05** Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Grant Wehrli
- **2019-03-05** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Grant Wehrli
- **2019-03-05** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter School
- **2019-03-06** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter School; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-06** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter School; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-07** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-03-14** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Margo McDermed
- **2019-03-19** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2019-03-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-03-20** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-03-20** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-03-20** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 21, 2019 `reading-1`
- **2019-03-26** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Dan McConchie
- **2019-03-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-26** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-08** Do Pass Education; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 9, 2019
- **2019-05-09** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 14, 2019
- **2019-05-16** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant
- **2019-05-16** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-05-16** Passed Both Houses
- **2019-06-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-19** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-19** Effective Date January 1, 2020
- **2019-07-19** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0085 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ce2aaf7a-4b5c-4340-93bd-3d94dd6376b4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).