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type: "Bill"
title: "SCH CD-AGRICULTURAL ED REQ"
description: "Amends the School Code. Provides that a school district that offers a secondary agricultural education program that is eligible for State and federal funding must ensure that, at a minimum, the following are available to its secondary agricultural education students: (1) an instructional sequence of courses approved by the State Board of Education; (2) a State and nationally affiliated FFA chapter that is integral to instruction and is not treated as an extracurricular activity; and (3) a mechanism for ensuring the involvement of all secondary agricultural education students in formal, supervised, agricultural-experience activities and programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "HB 4986"
citation: "Illinois HB 4986 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 57
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2006-01-20"
last_action: "2006-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e73c3a0-e6fa-46ca-b9a0-e1d7f2f95b86"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4986&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=24214&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "65829cc266221c278989e9d8f46cd46fbf4ba621e85a2a533c6e0f8dc4e28986"
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 4986 (94th) — SCH CD-AGRICULTURAL ED REQ
Amends the School Code. Provides that a school district that offers a secondary agricultural education program that is eligible for State and federal funding must ensure that, at a minimum, the following are available to its secondary agricultural education students: (1) an instructional sequence of courses approved by the State Board of Education; (2) a State and nationally affiliated FFA chapter that is integral to instruction and is not treated as an extracurricular activity; and (3) a mechanism for ensuring the involvement of all secondary agricultural education students in formal, supervised, agricultural-experience activities and programs.
## 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=09400HB4986&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=24214&DocNum=4986&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB4986eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=24214&DocNum=4986&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB4986enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=24214&DocNum=4986&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **1120** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **500** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Dale A. Righter — cosponsor (person)
- Donald L. Moffitt — primary (person)
- Edward D. Maloney — cosponsor (person)
- Todd Sieben — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2006-01-20** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Donald L. Moffitt `filing`
- **2006-01-23** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-01-23** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2006-01-31** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2006-02-07** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
- **2006-02-07** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Rich Brauer
- **2006-02-07** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry L. Mitchell
- **2006-02-07** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
- **2006-02-09** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Careen M Gordon
- **2006-02-15** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Elementary & Secondary Education Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2006-02-15** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
- **2006-02-15** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. David Reis
- **2006-02-15** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Calvin L. Giles
- **2006-02-15** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
- **2006-02-15** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2006-02-15** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 020-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2006-02-15** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2006-02-15** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael K. Smith
- **2006-02-21** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel V. Beiser
- **2006-02-21** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert F. Flider
- **2006-02-22** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Donald L. Moffitt `amendment-introduction`
- **2006-02-22** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2006-02-23** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2006-02-23** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2006-02-23** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2006-02-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2006-02-23** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J Verschoore
- **2006-02-23** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack McGuire
- **2006-02-24** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Art Tenhouse
- **2006-02-24** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Sacia
- **2006-02-24** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Watson
- **2006-02-24** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Richard P. Myers
- **2006-02-24** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2006-02-24** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2006-02-24** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading February 27, 2006 `reading-1`
- **2006-02-24** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John M. Sullivan
- **2006-02-27** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-02-27** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2006-02-28** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Todd Sieben
- **2006-03-01** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Deanna Demuzio
- **2006-03-01** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Arthur J. Wilhelmi
- **2006-03-01** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Gary Forby
- **2006-03-01** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dale E. Risinger
- **2006-03-01** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2006-03-15** Do Pass Education; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2006-03-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 16, 2006
- **2006-03-16** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2006-03-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 22, 2006
- **2006-03-27** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Edward D. Maloney
- **2006-03-27** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Dale A. Righter
- **2006-03-27** Third Reading - Passed; 050-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2006-03-27** Passed Both Houses
- **2006-03-28** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kurt M. Granberg
- **2006-04-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2006-06-15** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2006-06-15** Effective Date January 1, 2007
- **2006-06-15** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0855 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0e73c3a0-e6fa-46ca-b9a0-e1d7f2f95b86`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).