republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/94th/hb-312.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCH CD-GENOCIDE STUDY"
description: "Amends the School Code. Provides that the required unit of instruction studying the events of the Holocaust shall be expanded to include the study of other events of genocide, including those in Ukraine, Cambodia, Bosnia, Rwanda, and Sudan. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "HB 312"
citation: "Illinois HB 312 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 48
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-01-19"
last_action: "2005-08-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/12048e59-ab3c-4dca-862d-f82fbf90e450"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=312&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=14536&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "48012394dedc6b229d394b92d57b14fc414f8cc4b5fe89940316736215a624fa"
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 312 (94th) — SCH CD-GENOCIDE STUDY

Amends the School Code. Provides that the required unit of instruction studying the events of the Holocaust shall be expanded to include the study of other events of genocide, including those in Ukraine, Cambodia, Bosnia, Rwanda, and Sudan. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.

## 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=09400HB0312&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=14536&DocNum=312&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0312eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=14536&DocNum=312&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0312enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=14536&DocNum=312&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **96–11** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **47–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson — cosponsor (person)
- John A. Fritchey — primary (person)
- Kwame Raoul — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Link — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-01-19** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. John A. Fritchey `filing`
- **2005-01-19** Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
- **2005-01-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-01-26** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-01-26** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-01** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lou Lang
- **2005-02-01** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry Osterman
- **2005-02-01** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
- **2005-02-01** Remove Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
- **2005-02-03** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Marlow H. Colvin
- **2005-02-03** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
- **2005-02-03** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Calvin L. Giles
- **2005-02-09** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Elementary & Secondary Education Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2005-02-09** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 022-000-000 `amendment-passage`
- **2005-02-09** Do Pass as Amended / Standard Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 013-008-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-02-09** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin Joyce
- **2005-02-09** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. David E. Miller
- **2005-02-09** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ruth Munson
- **2005-02-09** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rosemary Mulligan
- **2005-02-10** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Standard Debate
- **2005-02-10** Second Reading - Standard Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-02-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Standard Debate
- **2005-03-01** Third Reading - Standard Debate - Passed 096-011-007 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-03-01** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Washington
- **2005-03-01** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Richard T. Bradley
- **2005-03-02** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2005-03-02** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 3, 2005 `reading-1`
- **2005-03-03** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2005-03-03** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
- **2005-03-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-03-08** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-06** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Susan Garrett
- **2005-04-13** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-14** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jeffrey M. Schoenberg
- **2005-04-20** Do Pass Education; 009-000-002 `committee-passage`
- **2005-04-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 21, 2005
- **2005-05-04** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-05-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 5, 2005
- **2005-05-11** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- **2005-05-11** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Kwame Raoul
- **2005-05-11** Third Reading - Passed; 047-005-005 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-05-11** Passed Both Houses
- **2005-05-28** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Terry Link
- **2005-05-29** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson
- **2005-06-09** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2005-08-05** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2005-08-05** Effective Date August 5, 2005
- **2005-08-05** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0478 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/12048e59-ab3c-4dca-862d-f82fbf90e450`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).