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type: "Bill"
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title: "SCH CD - BILITERACY SEAL"
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description: "Amends the State Board of Education - Powers and Duties Article of the School Code. Makes the State Seal of Biliteracy available to both public and non-public high school graduates (rather than public high school graduates only) who have attained a high level of proficiency in one or more language in addition to English and have met the criteria to obtain the State Seal of Biliteracy. Makes conforming changes."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
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legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
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session: "101st"
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identifier: "HB 37"
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citation: "Illinois HB 37 (101st)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 26
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2018-11-30"
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last_action: "2019-08-09"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/82899cb2-6e58-4c84-bb9a-fc06bf59e2c2"
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source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=37&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=113841&SessionID=108&GA=101"
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source_hash: "fa1204b8f42bbe70dba073c5d33471a3bd555905938d5e4b3f69082b36b6f35d"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
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---
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# Illinois HB 37 (101st) — SCH CD - BILITERACY SEAL
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Amends the State Board of Education - Powers and Duties Article of the School Code. Makes the State Seal of Biliteracy available to both public and non-public high school graduates (rather than public high school graduates only) who have attained a high level of proficiency in one or more language in addition to English and have met the criteria to obtain the State Seal of Biliteracy. Makes conforming changes.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB0037&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=113841&DocNum=37&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB0037eng&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=113841&DocNum=37&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB0037enr&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=113841&DocNum=37&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
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## Votes
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- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper
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- Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Camille Y. Lilly — cosponsor (person)
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- Rita Mayfield — primary (person)
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- Terry Link — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-11-30** Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Rita Mayfield `filing`
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- **2019-01-09** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2019-01-09** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-29** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-06** Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee; 020-000-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2019-02-07** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2019-02-26** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2019-02-26** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2019-03-19** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2019-03-19** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
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- **2019-03-20** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
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- **2019-03-20** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2019-03-20** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Terry Link
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- **2019-03-20** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2019-03-20** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
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- **2019-04-24** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
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- **2019-05-02** Do Pass Education; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2019-05-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 7, 2019
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- **2019-05-09** Second Reading `reading-2`
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- **2019-05-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 14, 2019
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- **2019-05-23** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2019-05-23** Passed Both Houses
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- **2019-06-21** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-08-09** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
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- **2019-08-09** Effective Date January 1, 2020
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- **2019-08-09** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0222 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/82899cb2-6e58-4c84-bb9a-fc06bf59e2c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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