IL HB 2997

in committee

SCH CD-ARAB AMERICAN HISTORY

Illinois · 104th General Assembly, 2026 Session · lower

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Did IL HB 2997 pass?

Not yet. IL HB 2997 is in committee 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: —

Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

2026-03-13
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Theresa Mah
2025-10-15
Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Ram Villivalam
2025-06-02
Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2025-05-23
Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As June 1, 2025
2025-05-22
Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 23, 2025
2025-05-22
Assigned to Education
referral-committee
2025-05-14
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Thaddeus Jones
2025-05-01
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Karina Villa
2025-05-01
Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Graciela Guzmán
2025-04-30
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Adriane Johnson
2025-04-30
Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Willie Preston
2025-04-30
Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Bill Cunningham
2025-04-30
Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Mike Porfirio
2025-04-14
Referred to Assignments
2025-04-14
First Reading
reading-1
2025-04-14
Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Bill Cunningham
2025-04-14
Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
reading-1
2025-04-14
Arrive in Senate
introduction
2025-04-10
Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 067-035-000
passage,reading-3
2025-04-10
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anne Stava
2025-04-10
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Norma Hernandez
2025-04-10
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert "Bob" Rita
2025-04-10
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maura Hirschauer
2025-04-10
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maurice A. West, II
2025-04-10
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lilian Jiménez
2025-04-10
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Faver Dias
2025-04-10
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.
2025-04-10
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper
2025-04-10
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Crawford
2025-04-10
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
2025-04-10
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lisa Davis
2025-04-10
Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Justin Slaughter
2025-04-10
Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Nabeela Syed
2025-04-10
Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Diane Blair-Sherlock
2025-04-10
Fiscal Note Request is Inapplicable
2025-04-10
State Mandates Fiscal Note Request is Inapplicable
2025-04-10
Motion Prevailed 070-038-000
2025-04-10
Note / Motion Filed - Note Act Does Not Apply Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid
2025-04-10
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted
amendment-passage
2025-04-09
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Education Policy Committee; 009-004-000
committee-passage-favorable
2025-04-08
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Education Policy Committee
2025-04-08
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
2025-04-08
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid
amendment-introduction
2025-04-01
Fiscal Note Filed
2025-04-01
Fiscal Note Requested by Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid
2025-03-26
Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2
2025-03-26
Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2
2025-03-25
State Mandates Fiscal Note Requested by Rep. Amy Elik
2025-03-25
Fiscal Note Requested by Rep. Amy Elik
2025-03-21
Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
reading-2
2025-03-20
Do Pass / Short Debate Education Policy Committee; 009-004-000
2025-03-07
Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel "Chris" Welch
2025-03-04
Assigned to Education Policy Committee
referral-committee
2025-02-06
Referred to Rules Committee
2025-02-06
First Reading
reading-1
2025-02-06
Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid
filing

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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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