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type: "Bill"
title: "SCH CD-NO RACE BASED STANDARDS"
description: "Amends the School Code. With regard to recognition standards for student performance and school improvement, prohibits the State Board of Education from having separate performance standards for students based on race or ethnicity."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "99th"
identifier: "HB 163"
citation: "Illinois HB 163 (99th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-01-14"
last_action: "2015-07-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/47ca2786-0dbf-4065-88f1-9bf50fba2be5"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=163&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=83654&SessionID=88&GA=99"
source_hash: "fdb70d785f158055280c51015f38a05b37344afe3cc11a1102321637a1d63d52"
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 163 (99th) — SCH CD-NO RACE BASED STANDARDS
Amends the School Code. With regard to recognition standards for student performance and school improvement, prohibits the State Board of Education from having separate performance standards for students based on race or ethnicity.
## 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=09900HB0163&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=83654&DocNum=163&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900HB0163eng&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=83654&DocNum=163&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900HB0163enr&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=83654&DocNum=163&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **560** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **1120** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Antonio Muñoz — cosponsor (person)
- Don Harmon — cosponsor (person)
- Emil Jones, III — cosponsor (person)
- Mary E. Flowers — primary (person)
- Napoleon Harris, III — cosponsor (person)
- Scott M. Bennett — cosponsor (person)
- Toi W. Hutchinson — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2015-01-14** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Mary E. Flowers `filing`
- **2015-01-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-01-14** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2015-02-03** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-18** Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee; 023-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2015-03-18** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2015-03-25** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2015-03-25** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2015-04-14** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2015-04-14** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2015-04-14** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 15, 2015 `reading-1`
- **2015-04-14** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. William Delgado
- **2015-04-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-15** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-22** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-29** Do Pass Education; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2015-04-29** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 30, 2015
- **2015-04-29** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2015-05-14** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
- **2015-05-14** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Patricia Van Pelt
- **2015-05-19** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Antonio Muñoz
- **2015-05-21** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-05-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 22, 2015
- **2015-05-22** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2015 `reading-3`
- **2015-05-26** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson
- **2015-05-26** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Scott M. Bennett
- **2015-05-26** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III
- **2015-05-26** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Napoleon Harris, III
- **2015-05-26** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2015-05-26** Passed Both Houses
- **2015-06-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-07-21** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2015-07-21** Effective Date January 1, 2016
- **2015-07-21** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0084 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/47ca2786-0dbf-4065-88f1-9bf50fba2be5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).