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IL HB 2997

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SCH CD-ARAB AMERICAN HISTORY

Illinois · 104th General Assembly, 2026 Session · lower

Quick answers

Did IL HB 2997 pass?

Not yet. IL HB 2997 is in committee as of 2026-03-13 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-03-13): Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Theresa Mah

What is IL HB 2997 about?

IL HB 2997 is a bill in the 104th General Assembly, 2026 Session titled “SCH CD-ARAB AMERICAN HISTORY”.

Who sponsors IL HB 2997?

Mike Porfirio, Abdelnasser Rashid are the primary sponsors of IL HB 2997, joined by 23 cosponsors.

Introduced
2025-04-08
Latest action
2026-03-13 — Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Theresa Mah
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Mike Porfirioprimary
  • Abdelnasser Rashidprimary
  • Diane Blair-Sherlockcosponsor
  • Nabeela Syedcosponsor
  • Justin Slaughtercosponsor
  • Lisa Daviscosponsor
  • Michael Crawfordcosponsor
  • Sonya M. Harpercosponsor
  • Marcus C. Evans, Jr.cosponsor
  • Laura Faver Diascosponsor
  • Lilian Jiménezcosponsor
  • Maurice A. West, IIcosponsor
  • Maura Hirschauercosponsor
  • Robert "Bob" Ritacosponsor
  • Norma Hernandezcosponsor
  • Anne Stavacosponsor
  • Thaddeus Jonescosponsor
  • Theresa Mahcosponsor
  • Bill Cunninghamcosponsor
  • Willie Prestoncosponsor
  • Graciela Guzmáncosponsor
  • Ram Villivalamcosponsor
  • Adriane Johnsoncosponsor
  • Karina Villacosponsor
  • Emanuel "Chris" Welchcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-06

    Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid

    filing

  2. 2025-02-06

    First Reading

    reading-1

  3. 2025-02-06

    Referred to Rules Committee

  4. 2025-03-04

    Assigned to Education Policy Committee

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-03-07

    Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel "Chris" Welch

  6. 2025-03-20

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

  7. 2025-03-21

    Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate

    reading-2

  8. 2025-03-25

    Fiscal Note Requested by Rep. Amy Elik

  9. 2025-03-25

    State Mandates Fiscal Note Requested by Rep. Amy Elik

  10. 2025-03-26

    Second Reading - Short Debate

    reading-2

  11. 2025-03-26

    Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate

    reading-2

  12. 2025-04-01

    Fiscal Note Requested by Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid

  13. 2025-04-01

    Fiscal Note Filed

  14. 2025-04-08

    House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid

    amendment-introduction

  15. 2025-04-08

    House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee

  16. 2025-04-08

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

  17. 2025-04-09

    House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Education Policy Committee; 009-004-000

    committee-passage-favorable

  18. 2025-04-10

    House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted

    amendment-passage

  19. 2025-04-10

    Note / Motion Filed - Note Act Does Not Apply Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid

  20. 2025-04-10

    Motion Prevailed 070-038-000

  21. 2025-04-10

    State Mandates Fiscal Note Request is Inapplicable

  22. 2025-04-10

    Fiscal Note Request is Inapplicable

  23. 2025-04-10

    Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Diane Blair-Sherlock

  24. 2025-04-10

    Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Nabeela Syed

  25. 2025-04-10

    Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Justin Slaughter

  26. 2025-04-10

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lisa Davis

  27. 2025-04-10

    Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate

  28. 2025-04-10

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Crawford

  29. 2025-04-10

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper

  30. 2025-04-10

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.

  31. 2025-04-10

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Faver Dias

  32. 2025-04-10

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lilian Jiménez

  33. 2025-04-10

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maurice A. West, II

  34. 2025-04-10

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maura Hirschauer

  35. 2025-04-10

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert "Bob" Rita

  36. 2025-04-10

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Norma Hernandez

  37. 2025-04-10

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anne Stava

  38. 2025-04-10

    Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 067-035-000

    passage,reading-3

  39. 2025-04-14

    Arrive in Senate

    introduction

  40. 2025-04-14

    Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading

    reading-1

  41. 2025-04-14

    Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Bill Cunningham

  42. 2025-04-14

    First Reading

    reading-1

  43. 2025-04-14

    Referred to Assignments

  44. 2025-04-30

    Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Mike Porfirio

  45. 2025-04-30

    Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Bill Cunningham

  46. 2025-04-30

    Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Willie Preston

  47. 2025-04-30

    Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Adriane Johnson

  48. 2025-05-01

    Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Graciela Guzmán

  49. 2025-05-01

    Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Karina Villa

  50. 2025-05-14

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Thaddeus Jones

  51. 2025-05-22

    Assigned to Education

    referral-committee

  52. 2025-05-22

    Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 23, 2025

  53. 2025-05-23

    Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As June 1, 2025

  54. 2025-06-02

    Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments

  55. 2025-10-15

    Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Ram Villivalam

  56. 2026-03-13

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Theresa Mah

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
    • Mason, Joyce: yes
    • Hirschauer, Maura: yes
    • Mussman, Michelle: yes
    • Stuart, Katie: yes
    • West II, Maurice A: yes
    • Yang Rohr, Janet: yes
    • Elik, Amy: no
    • Niemerg, Adam M: no
    • Swanson, Dan: no
    • Wilhour, Blaine: no

  • Education Policy, Amendment 1

    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
    • Mason, Joyce: yes
    • Johnson, Gregg: yes
    • Mussman, Michelle: yes
    • Yang Rohr, Janet: yes
    • Elik, Amy: no
    • Niemerg, Adam M: no
    • Wilhour, Blaine: no
    • Swanson, Dan: no

  • Third Reading

    2025-04-10 · pass · 67-35

    Member-level votes (117)
    • Mussman: 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
    • Hoffman: 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
    • Kelly: yes
    • Davis, Will: yes
    • Kifowit: yes
    • Stuart: yes
    • Delgado: yes
    • LaPointe: yes
    • Syed: yes
    • Lilly: yes
    • Deuter: yes
    • Tarver: yes
    • Mah: yes
    • Didech: yes
    • Manley: yes
    • Du Buclet: yes
    • Vella: yes
    • Mayfield: yes
    • Evans: yes
    • Walsh: yes
    • Faver Dias: yes
    • West: yes
    • Meyers-Martin: yes
    • Gabel: yes
    • Williams, Ann: yes
    • Moeller: yes
    • Gill: yes
    • Gong-Gershowitz: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • González: yes
    • Yang Rohr: 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
    • Davidsmeyer: no
    • Sosnowski: no
    • Davis, Jed: no
    • Spain: no
    • Keicher: no
    • Stephens: no
    • Deering: no
    • Swanson: no
    • Tipsword: no
    • Ugaste: no
    • Elik: no
    • McCombie: no
    • Weaver: no
    • Weber: no
    • Meier: no
    • Friess: no
    • Fritts: no
    • Wilhour: no
    • Miller: no
    • Moore: no
    • Windhorst: no
    • Grant: no
    • Ammons: excused
    • Hauter: excused
    • Sanalitro: excused
    • Scherer: excused
    • Chung: excused
    • Crespo: excused
    • Guerrero-Cuellar: not voting
    • Sheehan: not voting
    • La Ha: not voting
    • DeLuca: not voting
    • Mason: not voting
    • McLaughlin: not voting
    • Ford: not voting
    • Williams, Jawaharial: not voting
    • Morris: not voting
    • Moylan: not voting

  • Motion

    2025-04-10 · fail · 70-38

    Member-level votes (117)
    • Mussman: yes
    • Guerrero-Cuellar: 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
    • Ryan: yes
    • Hernandez, Lisa: yes
    • Canty: yes
    • Hernandez, Norma: yes
    • Cassidy: yes
    • Hirschauer: yes
    • Hoffman: 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
    • Kelly: yes
    • Davis, Will: yes
    • Kifowit: yes
    • Stuart: 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
    • Walsh: yes
    • Faver Dias: yes
    • West: yes
    • Meyers-Martin: yes
    • Gabel: yes
    • Williams, Ann: yes
    • Moeller: yes
    • Gill: yes
    • Gong-Gershowitz: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • González: yes
    • Yang Rohr: yes
    • Gordon-Booth: yes
    • Moylan: 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
    • Ammons: excused
    • Hauter: excused
    • Sanalitro: excused
    • Scherer: excused
    • Chung: excused
    • Crespo: excused
    • Benton: not voting
    • Ford: not voting
    • Williams, Jawaharial: not voting
    • Morris: not voting

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https://ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=2997&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=161259&SessionID=114

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