republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/94th/sb-1676.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCHOOL CD-MASTER CERT-COUNSLR"
description: "Amends the School Code. Provides for a Master Certificate for guidance counselors who have successfully achieved National Board certification through the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, valid for 10 years. In provisions concerning the Illinois Teaching Excellence Program, provides for an annual payment of $3,000 to be paid to each guidance counselor who receives a Master Certificate and is employed as a guidance counselor by a school district. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "SB 1676"
citation: "Illinois SB 1676 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-24"
last_action: "2005-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f31ae440-a038-44c2-a3ec-6f15601558e7"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1676&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=19863&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "cc27ee86b647fb8fd9043fc07aa6c38692614400970377506b64d9ceb697f60d"
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 SB 1676 (94th) — SCHOOL CD-MASTER CERT-COUNSLR

Amends the School Code. Provides for a Master Certificate for guidance counselors who have successfully achieved National Board certification through the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, valid for 10 years. In provisions concerning the Illinois Teaching Excellence Program, provides for an annual payment of $3,000 to be paid to each guidance counselor who receives a Master Certificate and is employed as a guidance counselor by a school district. 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=09400SB1676&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=19863&DocNum=1676&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB1676eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=19863&DocNum=1676&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB1676enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=19863&DocNum=1676&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **59–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dan Cronin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-02-24** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Dan Cronin `filing`
- **2005-02-24** Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Frank C. Watson
- **2005-02-24** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-02-24** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-02** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-10** Do Pass Education; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-03-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 15, 2005
- **2005-03-16** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-03-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 17, 2005
- **2005-04-07** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Dan Cronin `amendment-introduction`
- **2005-04-07** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-11** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Education
- **2005-04-12** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Be Adopted Education; 009-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-04-15** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Edward D. Maloney
- **2005-04-15** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-04-15** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Cronin `amendment-passage`
- **2005-04-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2005-04-15** Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-04-15** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2005-04-15** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-04-15** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
- **2005-04-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-04-26** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-27** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-10** Re-assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-10** Committee/Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 27, 2005
- **2005-05-17** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Aaron Schock
- **2005-05-17** Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 017-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-05-18** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-05-19** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-05-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-05-20** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2005
- **2005-05-24** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-05-24** Passed Both Houses
- **2005-06-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2005-07-01** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2005-07-01** Effective Date July 1, 2005
- **2005-07-01** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0105 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f31ae440-a038-44c2-a3ec-6f15601558e7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).