republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/98th/hb-4336.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY TEST"
description: "Amends the Personnel Code, Children and Family Services Act, Illinois Youthbuild Act, Illinois Guaranteed Job Opportunity Act, Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act, Interagency Coordinating Council Act, School Code, Adult Education Act, various Acts relating to the governance of public universities in Illinois, Public Community College Act, Higher Education Student Assistance Act, Illinois Insurance Code, Pharmacy Practice Act, Structural Pest Control Act, Illinois Public Aid Code, Firearm Concealed Carry Act, Illinois Vehicle Code, and Unified Code of Corrections. Changes references relating to General Educational Development (GED) testing and certificates to high school equivalency testing and certificates. Makes technical corrections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "HB 4336"
citation: "Illinois HB 4336 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2014-01-27"
last_action: "2014-07-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c83bfea-bbd9-4e81-b1aa-8632e6ebe35f"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4336&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=78541&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "2b441b822914cde54fa2d215514ed51b7e8a48f28a4a725db198201e0203e4dc"
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 4336 (98th) — HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY TEST

Amends the Personnel Code, Children and Family Services Act, Illinois Youthbuild Act, Illinois Guaranteed Job Opportunity Act, Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act, Interagency Coordinating Council Act, School Code, Adult Education Act, various Acts relating to the governance of public universities in Illinois, Public Community College Act, Higher Education Student Assistance Act, Illinois Insurance Code, Pharmacy Practice Act, Structural Pest Control Act, Illinois Public Aid Code, Firearm Concealed Carry Act, Illinois Vehicle Code, and Unified Code of Corrections. Changes references relating to General Educational Development (GED) testing and certificates to high school equivalency testing and certificates. Makes technical corrections.

## 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=09800HB4336&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=78541&DocNum=4336&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB4336eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=78541&DocNum=4336&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB4336enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=78541&DocNum=4336&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Naomi D. Jakobsson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-01-27** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson `filing`
- **2014-01-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-01-28** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-02-20** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-02-26** Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 014-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-02-26** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-02-26** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2014-02-26** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
- **2014-02-26** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Lee Jackson, Sr.
- **2014-02-26** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.
- **2014-02-26** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Esther Golar
- **2014-02-26** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
- **2014-02-26** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Wheeler
- **2014-02-26** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch
- **2014-03-04** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2014-03-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-03-05** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-000-002 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-03-05** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2014-03-05** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 6, 2014 `reading-1`
- **2014-03-05** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Michael W. Frerichs
- **2014-03-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-03-06** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-23** Approved for Consideration Assignments
- **2014-04-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 29, 2014
- **2014-04-30** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2014-04-30** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 1, 2014
- **2014-05-21** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-05-21** Passed Both Houses
- **2014-06-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-07-16** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2014-07-16** Effective Date January 1, 2015
- **2014-07-16** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0718 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8c83bfea-bbd9-4e81-b1aa-8632e6ebe35f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).