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type: "Bill"
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title: "SCH CD-REQUIRE ASIAN HISTORY"
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description: "Amends the School Code. Requires every public elementary school and high school to include in its curriculum a unit of instruction studying the events of Asian History, including South Asia and the Pacific Islands. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective July 1, 2003."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
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legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
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session: "93rd"
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identifier: "SB 890"
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citation: "Illinois SB 890 (93rd)"
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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: 49
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2003-02-19"
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last_action: "2003-08-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b4af59b-fa7b-4e5b-a887-7d08078d0c3f"
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source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=890&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=3761&SessionID=3&GA=93"
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source_hash: "132244e0b2dacc00b6ec671cf0ea04f6b276069aecb6fe52726a8f4896401c92"
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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 SB 890 (93rd) — SCH CD-REQUIRE ASIAN HISTORY
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Amends the School Code. Requires every public elementary school and high school to include in its curriculum a unit of instruction studying the events of Asian History, including South Asia and the Pacific Islands. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective July 1, 2003.
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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=09300SB0890&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=3761&DocNum=890&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB0890eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=3761&DocNum=890&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB0890enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=3761&DocNum=890&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
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## Votes
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- Third Reading — **109–5** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Barack Obama — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2003-02-19** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Barack Obama `filing`
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- **2003-02-19** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2003-02-19** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2003-02-26** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
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- **2003-03-04** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Barack Obama `amendment-introduction`
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- **2003-03-04** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2003-03-05** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Education
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- **2003-03-11** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
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- **2003-03-12** Do Pass as Amended Education; 006-000-004 `committee-passage`
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- **2003-03-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 13, 2003
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- **2003-03-18** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Barack Obama `amendment-introduction`
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- **2003-03-18** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2003-03-24** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Education
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- **2003-03-25** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Be Adopted Education; 006-003-001 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2003-03-25** Second Reading `reading-2`
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- **2003-03-25** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Obama `amendment-passage`
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- **2003-03-25** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 26, 2003
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- **2003-03-28** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Barack Obama `amendment-introduction`
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- **2003-03-28** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2003-04-02** Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Barack Obama `amendment-introduction`
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- **2003-04-02** Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2003-04-02** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Rules Refers to Education
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- **2003-04-02** Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Rules Refers to Education
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- **2003-04-02** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Tabled in Education `amendment-failure`
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- **2003-04-02** Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Be Adopted Education; 010-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2003-04-02** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
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- **2003-04-02** Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Adopted; Obama `amendment-passage`
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- **2003-04-02** Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 3, 2003
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- **2003-04-03** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
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- **2003-04-03** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-001 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2003-04-04** Arrived in House `introduction`
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- **2003-04-04** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2003-04-08** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Larry McKeon
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- **2003-04-08** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2003-04-08** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2003-04-09** Assigned to Elementary and Secondary Education Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2003-05-01** Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary and Secondary Education Committee; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2003-05-01** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2003-05-09** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2003-05-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2003-05-09** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Boland
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- **2003-05-09** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry Osterman
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- **2003-05-14** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 109-005-003 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2003-05-14** Passed Both Houses
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- **2003-05-14** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
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- **2003-06-12** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2003-08-01** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
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- **2003-08-01** Effective Date January 1, 2004
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- **2003-08-01** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0406 `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/1b4af59b-fa7b-4e5b-a887-7d08078d0c3f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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