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IL HB 1237

in committee

SCH CD-PROHIBIT NATIVE AM NAME

Illinois · 104th General Assembly, 2026 Session · lower

Quick answers

Did IL HB 1237 pass?

Not yet. IL HB 1237 is in committee as of 2025-07-10 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2025-07-10): Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Ram Villivalam

What is IL HB 1237 about?

IL HB 1237 is a bill in the 104th General Assembly, 2026 Session titled “SCH CD-PROHIBIT NATIVE AM NAME”.

Who sponsors IL HB 1237?

Suzy Glowiak Hilton, Maurice A. West, II are the primary sponsors of IL HB 1237, joined by 34 cosponsors.

Introduced
2025-03-12
Latest action
2025-07-10 — Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Ram Villivalam
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Suzy Glowiak Hiltonprimary
  • Maurice A. West, IIprimary
  • Bob Morgancosponsor
  • Carol Ammonscosponsor
  • Nicolle Grassecosponsor
  • Kelly M. Cassidycosponsor
  • Barbara Hernandezcosponsor
  • Diane Blair-Sherlockcosponsor
  • Jennifer Gong-Gershowitzcosponsor
  • Lindsey LaPointecosponsor
  • Will Guzzardicosponsor
  • Kevin John Olickalcosponsor
  • Justin Slaughtercosponsor
  • Abdelnasser Rashidcosponsor
  • Daniel Didechcosponsor
  • Michelle Mussmancosponsor
  • Hoan Huynhcosponsor
  • Joyce Masoncosponsor
  • Natalie A. Manleycosponsor
  • Norma Hernandezcosponsor
  • Mary Beth Cantycosponsor
  • Yolonda Morriscosponsor
  • Lisa Daviscosponsor
  • Michael Crawfordcosponsor
  • Jawaharial Williamscosponsor
  • Sonya M. Harpercosponsor
  • Debbie Meyers-Martincosponsor
  • Suzanne M. Nesscosponsor
  • Jehan Gordon-Boothcosponsor
  • Kimberly Du Bucletcosponsor
  • Amy Brielcosponsor
  • Mary Edly-Allencosponsor
  • Karina Villacosponsor
  • Mark L. Walkercosponsor
  • Ram Villivalamcosponsor
  • Laura Faver Diascosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-10

    Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Maurice A. West, II

    filing

  2. 2025-01-28

    First Reading

    reading-1

  3. 2025-01-28

    Referred to Rules Committee

  4. 2025-02-11

    Assigned to Education Policy Committee

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-02-18

    Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Faver Dias

  6. 2025-03-12

    House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Maurice A. West, II

    amendment-introduction

  7. 2025-03-12

    House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee

  8. 2025-03-13

    Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Bob Morgan

  9. 2025-03-13

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicolle Grasse

  10. 2025-03-13

    House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Education Policy Committee

  11. 2025-03-19

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy

  12. 2025-03-20

    House Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Maurice A. West, II

    amendment-introduction

  13. 2025-03-20

    House Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee

  14. 2025-03-20

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Hernandez

  15. 2025-03-20

    House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Education Policy Committee; by Voice Vote

    amendment-passage

  16. 2025-03-20

    Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Education Policy Committee; 009-004-000

  17. 2025-03-20

    House Committee Amendment No. 2 Tabled

    amendment-failure

  18. 2025-03-21

    Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate

    reading-2

  19. 2025-03-25

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Diane Blair-Sherlock

  20. 2025-03-25

    Fiscal Note Requested by Rep. Amy Elik

  21. 2025-03-25

    State Mandates Fiscal Note Requested by Rep. Amy Elik

  22. 2025-03-26

    Second Reading - Short Debate

    reading-2

  23. 2025-03-26

    Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate

    reading-2

  24. 2025-04-01

    House Committee Amendment No. 1 Fiscal Note Requested as Amended by Rep. Maurice A. West, II

  25. 2025-04-01

    House Committee Amendment No. 1 Fiscal Note Filed as Amended

  26. 2025-04-07

    House Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Maurice A. West, II

    amendment-introduction

  27. 2025-04-07

    House Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules Committee

  28. 2025-04-07

    Fiscal Note Requested by Rep. Maurice A. West, II

  29. 2025-04-07

    Racial Impact Note Requested by Rep. Maurice A. West, II

  30. 2025-04-07

    State Mandates Fiscal Note Requested by Rep. Maurice A. West, II

  31. 2025-04-07

    House Floor Amendment No. 3 Rules Refers to Education Policy Committee

  32. 2025-04-08

    House Floor Amendment No. 4 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Maurice A. West, II

    amendment-introduction

  33. 2025-04-08

    House Floor Amendment No. 4 Referred to Rules Committee

  34. 2025-04-08

    House Floor Amendment No. 4 Rules Refers to Education Policy Committee

  35. 2025-04-09

    House Floor Amendment No. 4 Recommends Be Adopted Education Policy Committee; 009-004-000

    committee-passage-favorable

  36. 2025-04-10

    House Floor Amendment No. 4 Adopted

    amendment-passage

  37. 2025-04-10

    Note / Motion Filed - Note Act Does Not Apply Rep. Maurice A. West, II

  38. 2025-04-10

    Motion Prevailed 070-038-009

  39. 2025-04-10

    Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons

  40. 2025-04-10

    Fiscal Note Request is Inapplicable

  41. 2025-04-10

    Racial Impact Note Request is Inapplicable

  42. 2025-04-10

    State Mandates Fiscal Note Request is Inapplicable

  43. 2025-04-10

    Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate

  44. 2025-04-10

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz

  45. 2025-04-10

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lindsey LaPointe

  46. 2025-04-10

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi

  47. 2025-04-10

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin John Olickal

  48. 2025-04-10

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Justin Slaughter

  49. 2025-04-10

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid

  50. 2025-04-10

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel Didech

  51. 2025-04-10

    Chair Rules placed on Standard Debate

  52. 2025-04-10

    Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 071-040-000

    passage,reading-3

  53. 2025-04-10

    House Floor Amendment No. 3 Tabled

    amendment-failure

  54. 2025-04-10

    Motion Filed to Reconsider Vote Rep. Ann M. Williams

  55. 2025-04-10

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman

  56. 2025-04-10

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Hoan Huynh

  57. 2025-04-10

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason

  58. 2025-04-10

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Natalie A. Manley

  59. 2025-04-10

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Norma Hernandez

  60. 2025-04-10

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Beth Canty

  61. 2025-04-10

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Yolonda Morris

  62. 2025-04-10

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lisa Davis

  63. 2025-04-10

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Crawford

  64. 2025-04-10

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jawaharial Williams

  65. 2025-04-10

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper

  66. 2025-04-10

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin

  67. 2025-04-10

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Suzanne M. Ness

  68. 2025-04-10

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth

  69. 2025-04-11

    Motion to Reconsider Vote - Withdrawn Rep. Ann M. Williams

  70. 2025-04-11

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kimberly Du Buclet

  71. 2025-04-14

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Amy Briel

  72. 2025-04-14

    Arrive in Senate

    introduction

  73. 2025-04-14

    Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading

    reading-1

  74. 2025-04-14

    Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Suzy Glowiak Hilton

  75. 2025-04-14

    First Reading

    reading-1

  76. 2025-04-14

    Referred to Assignments

  77. 2025-05-01

    Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Karina Villa

  78. 2025-05-08

    Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mark L. Walker

  79. 2025-05-13

    Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen

  80. 2025-07-10

    Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Ram Villivalam

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Education Policy

    2025-03-20 · pass · 9-4

    Member-level votes (13)
    • Crespo, Fred: yes
    • Blair-Sherlock, Diane: yes
    • Faver Dias, Laura: yes
    • Hirschauer, Maura: yes
    • Hernandez, Barbara: yes
    • Mussman, Michelle: yes
    • Mason, Joyce: yes
    • West II, Maurice A: yes
    • Yang Rohr, Janet: yes
    • Elik, Amy: no
    • Swanson, Dan: no
    • Niemerg, Adam M: no
    • Wilhour, Blaine: no

  • Education Policy, Amendment 4

    2025-04-09 · pass · 9-4

    Member-level votes (13)
    • Croke, Margaret: yes
    • Blair-Sherlock, Diane: yes
    • Faver Dias, Laura: yes
    • Hirschauer, Maura: yes
    • Hernandez, Barbara: yes
    • Mussman, Michelle: yes
    • Mason, Joyce: yes
    • West II, Maurice A: yes
    • Yang Rohr, Janet: yes
    • Elik, Amy: no
    • Swanson, Dan: no
    • Niemerg, Adam M: no
    • Wilhour, Blaine: no

  • Motion

    2025-04-10 · fail · 70-38

    Member-level votes (117)
    • Mussman: yes
    • Guerrero-Cuellar: yes
    • Ammons: yes
    • Ness: yes
    • Guzzardi: yes
    • Andrade: yes
    • Avelar: yes
    • Olickal: yes
    • Benton: yes
    • Ortíz: yes
    • Blair-Sherlock: yes
    • Rashid: yes
    • Hanson: yes
    • Briel: yes
    • Harper: yes
    • Buckner: yes
    • Rita: yes
    • Hernandez, Barbara: yes
    • Ryan: yes
    • Hernandez, Lisa: yes
    • Canty: yes
    • Hernandez, Norma: yes
    • Cassidy: yes
    • Hirschauer: yes
    • Chung: yes
    • Huynh: yes
    • Costa Howard: yes
    • Crawford: yes
    • Jiménez: yes
    • Slaughter: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Croke: yes
    • Smith: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Katz Muhl: yes
    • Davis, Lisa: yes
    • Stava-Murray: yes
    • Davis, Will: yes
    • Kifowit: yes
    • Delgado: yes
    • LaPointe: yes
    • Syed: yes
    • Lilly: yes
    • Deuter: yes
    • Tarver: yes
    • Mah: yes
    • Didech: yes
    • Manley: yes
    • Du Buclet: yes
    • Mason: yes
    • Vella: yes
    • Mayfield: yes
    • Evans: yes
    • Faver Dias: yes
    • Ford: yes
    • West: yes
    • Meyers-Martin: yes
    • Gabel: yes
    • Williams, Ann: yes
    • Moeller: yes
    • Gill: yes
    • Williams, Jawaharial: yes
    • Gong-Gershowitz: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • González: yes
    • Yang Rohr: yes
    • Morris: yes
    • Gordon-Booth: yes
    • Grasse: yes
    • Niemerg: no
    • Haas: no
    • Halbrook: no
    • Hammond: no
    • Reick: no
    • Bunting: no
    • Rosenthal: no
    • Cabello: no
    • Schmidt: no
    • Coffey: no
    • Schweizer: no
    • Severin: no
    • Jacobs: no
    • Sheehan: no
    • Davidsmeyer: no
    • Sosnowski: no
    • Davis, Jed: no
    • Spain: no
    • Keicher: no
    • Stephens: no
    • Deering: no
    • La Ha: no
    • Swanson: no
    • Tipsword: no
    • Ugaste: no
    • Elik: no
    • McCombie: no
    • Weaver: no
    • McLaughlin: no
    • Weber: no
    • Meier: no
    • Friess: no
    • Fritts: no
    • Wilhour: no
    • Miller: no
    • Moore: no
    • Windhorst: no
    • Grant: no
    • Hoffman: other
    • Hauter: excused
    • Sanalitro: excused
    • Scherer: excused
    • Crespo: not voting
    • Kelly: not voting
    • Stuart: not voting
    • DeLuca: not voting
    • Walsh: not voting
    • Moylan: not voting

  • Third Reading

    2025-04-10 · pass · 71-40

    Member-level votes (117)
    • Mussman: yes
    • Guerrero-Cuellar: yes
    • Ammons: yes
    • Ness: yes
    • Guzzardi: yes
    • Andrade: yes
    • Avelar: yes
    • Olickal: yes
    • Ortíz: yes
    • Blair-Sherlock: yes
    • Rashid: yes
    • Hanson: yes
    • Briel: yes
    • Harper: yes
    • Buckner: yes
    • Rita: yes
    • Hernandez, Barbara: yes
    • Hernandez, Lisa: yes
    • Canty: yes
    • Hernandez, Norma: yes
    • Cassidy: yes
    • Hirschauer: yes
    • Chung: yes
    • Huynh: yes
    • Costa Howard: yes
    • Crawford: yes
    • Jiménez: yes
    • Crespo: yes
    • Slaughter: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Croke: yes
    • Smith: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Katz Muhl: yes
    • Davis, Lisa: yes
    • Stava-Murray: yes
    • Kelly: yes
    • Davis, Will: yes
    • Kifowit: yes
    • Delgado: yes
    • LaPointe: yes
    • DeLuca: yes
    • Syed: yes
    • Lilly: yes
    • Deuter: yes
    • Tarver: yes
    • Mah: yes
    • Didech: yes
    • Manley: yes
    • Du Buclet: yes
    • Mason: yes
    • Vella: yes
    • Mayfield: yes
    • Evans: yes
    • Faver Dias: yes
    • Ford: yes
    • West: yes
    • Meyers-Martin: yes
    • Gabel: yes
    • Williams, Ann: yes
    • Moeller: yes
    • Gill: yes
    • Williams, Jawaharial: yes
    • Gong-Gershowitz: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • González: yes
    • Yang Rohr: yes
    • Morris: yes
    • Gordon-Booth: yes
    • Grasse: yes
    • Niemerg: no
    • Haas: no
    • Halbrook: no
    • Hammond: no
    • Reick: no
    • Bunting: no
    • Rosenthal: no
    • Cabello: no
    • Schmidt: no
    • Hoffman: no
    • Coffey: no
    • Schweizer: no
    • Severin: no
    • Jacobs: no
    • Sheehan: no
    • Davidsmeyer: no
    • Sosnowski: no
    • Davis, Jed: no
    • Spain: no
    • Keicher: no
    • Stephens: no
    • Deering: no
    • Stuart: no
    • La Ha: no
    • Swanson: no
    • Tipsword: no
    • Ugaste: no
    • Elik: no
    • McCombie: no
    • Weaver: no
    • McLaughlin: no
    • Weber: no
    • Meier: no
    • Friess: no
    • Fritts: no
    • Wilhour: no
    • Miller: no
    • Moore: no
    • Windhorst: no
    • Grant: no
    • Hauter: excused
    • Sanalitro: excused
    • Scherer: excused
    • Benton: not voting
    • Ryan: not voting
    • Walsh: not voting
    • Moylan: not voting

Related bills

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Official source

https://ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=1237&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=157029&SessionID=114

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