IL HB 3446

enacted

EARLY CHILDHOOD TEACHER REQS

Illinois · 104th General Assembly, 2026 Session · lower

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Did IL HB 3446 pass?

Yes. IL HB 3446 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-08-15): Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0309

What is IL HB 3446 about?

IL HB 3446 is a bill in the 104th General Assembly, 2026 Session titled “EARLY CHILDHOOD TEACHER REQS”.

Who sponsors IL HB 3446?

Meg Loughran Cappel, Mary Beth Canty are the primary sponsors of IL HB 3446, joined by 9 cosponsors.

Introduced: 2025-03-18
Latest action: 2025-08-15 — Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0309
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

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Action timeline

Newest first

2025-08-15
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0309
became-law
2025-08-15
Effective Date January 1, 2026
2025-08-15
Governor Approved
executive-signature
2025-06-24
Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt
2025-05-31
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Doris Turner
2025-05-31
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Christopher Belt
2025-05-31
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen
2025-05-31
Passed Both Houses
2025-05-31
House Concurs
2025-05-31
Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 House Concurs 112-000-000
2025-05-31
Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Child Care Accessibility & Early Childhood Education; 011-000-000
2025-05-31
Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Child Care Accessibility & Early Childhood Education
2025-05-30
Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee
2025-05-30
Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Mary Beth Canty
2025-05-30
Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 2
2025-05-30
Arrived in House
introduction
2025-05-30
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a)
amendment-failure
2025-05-30
Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000
passage,reading-3
2025-05-23
Rule 2-10 Third Reading/Passage Deadline Established As June 1, 2025
2025-05-21
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison
2025-05-15
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 20, 2025
2025-05-15
Second Reading
reading-2
2025-05-14
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Thaddeus Jones
2025-05-14
Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 15, 2025
reading-2
2025-05-14
Do Pass as Amended Child Welfare; 007-000-000
2025-05-13
Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Adopted
amendment-passage
2025-05-09
Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 23, 2025
2025-05-07
Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Child Welfare
2025-05-07
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Child Welfare
2025-05-06
Postponed - Child Welfare
2025-05-06
Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments
2025-05-06
Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel
amendment-introduction
2025-05-06
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Child Welfare
2025-05-02
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
2025-05-02
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel
amendment-introduction
2025-04-29
Assigned to Child Welfare
referral-committee
2025-04-14
Referred to Assignments
2025-04-14
First Reading
reading-1
2025-04-14
Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel
2025-04-14
Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
reading-1
2025-04-14
Arrive in Senate
introduction
2025-04-14
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Amy Briel
2025-04-10
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Tabled
amendment-failure
2025-04-10
Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000
passage,reading-3
2025-04-10
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
2025-04-10
House Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted
amendment-passage
2025-04-09
House Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommends Be Adopted Child Care Accessibility & Early Childhood Education; 013-000-000
committee-passage-favorable
2025-04-08
House Floor Amendment No. 3 Rules Refers to Child Care Accessibility & Early Childhood Education
2025-04-08
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Child Care Accessibility & Early Childhood Education
2025-04-08
House Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules Committee
2025-04-08
House Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Mary Beth Canty
amendment-introduction
2025-04-08
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
2025-04-08
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Mary Beth Canty
amendment-introduction
2025-04-07
Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Faver Dias
2025-04-07
Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Mary Beth Canty
2025-03-26
Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2
2025-03-26
Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2
2025-03-21
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jed Davis
2025-03-20
Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
reading-2
2025-03-20
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled
amendment-failure
2025-03-20
Do Pass / Short Debate Child Care Accessibility & Early Childhood Education; 014-000-000
2025-03-19
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Child Care Accessibility & Early Childhood Education
2025-03-18
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
2025-03-18
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Laura Faver Dias
amendment-introduction
2025-03-11
Assigned to Child Care Accessibility & Early Childhood Education
referral-committee
2025-03-07
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Margaret Croke
2025-02-18
Referred to Rules Committee
2025-02-18
First Reading
reading-1
2025-02-07
Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Laura Faver Dias
filing

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Votes

Child Care Access & Early Childhood
2025-03-20 · pass · 14-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Canty, Mary Beth: yes
- Benton, Harry: yes
- Davis, William "Will": yes
- Davis, Lisa: yes
- Grant, Amy L: yes
- Huynh, Hoan: yes
- Hirschauer, Maura: yes
- La Ha, Nicole: yes
- Jiménez, Lilian: yes
- Meier, Charles: yes
- Mason, Joyce: yes
- Syed, Nabeela: yes
- Schweizer, Brandun: yes
- Weber, Tom: yes
- Evans Jr., Marcus C: not voting
Child Care Access & Early Childhood, Amendment 3
2025-04-09 · pass · 13-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Croke, Margaret: yes
- Canty, Mary Beth: yes
- Davis, William "Will": yes
- Davis, Lisa: yes
- Grant, Amy L: yes
- Hirschauer, Maura: yes
- La Ha, Nicole: yes
- Jiménez, Lilian: yes
- Meier, Charles: yes
- Mason, Joyce: yes
- Syed, Nabeela: yes
- Schweizer, Brandun: yes
- Weber, Tom: yes
- Evans Jr., Marcus C: not voting
- Huynh, Hoan: not voting
Third Reading
2025-04-10 · pass · 115-0
Member-level votes (117)
- Mussman: yes
- Guerrero-Cuellar: yes
- Ammons: yes
- Ness: yes
- Guzzardi: yes
- Andrade: yes
- Niemerg: yes
- Haas: yes
- Avelar: yes
- Olickal: yes
- Halbrook: yes
- Benton: yes
- Ortíz: yes
- Hammond: yes
- Blair-Sherlock: yes
- Rashid: yes
- Hanson: yes
- Briel: yes
- Reick: yes
- Harper: yes
- Buckner: yes
- Rita: yes
- Bunting: yes
- Rosenthal: yes
- Hernandez, Barbara: yes
- Cabello: yes
- Ryan: yes
- Hernandez, Lisa: yes
- Canty: yes
- Hernandez, Norma: yes
- Cassidy: yes
- Hirschauer: yes
- Chung: yes
- Schmidt: yes
- Hoffman: yes
- Coffey: yes
- Schweizer: yes
- Huynh: yes
- Costa Howard: yes
- Severin: yes
- Jacobs: yes
- Crawford: yes
- Sheehan: yes
- Jiménez: yes
- Crespo: yes
- Slaughter: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Croke: yes
- Smith: yes
- Jones: yes
- Davidsmeyer: yes
- Sosnowski: yes
- Katz Muhl: yes
- Davis, Jed: yes
- Spain: yes
- Keicher: yes
- Davis, Lisa: yes
- Stava-Murray: yes
- Kelly: yes
- Davis, Will: yes
- Stephens: yes
- Kifowit: yes
- Deering: yes
- Stuart: yes
- La Ha: yes
- Delgado: yes
- Swanson: yes
- LaPointe: yes
- DeLuca: yes
- Syed: yes
- Lilly: yes
- Deuter: yes
- Tarver: yes
- Mah: yes
- Didech: yes
- Tipsword: yes
- Manley: yes
- Du Buclet: yes
- Ugaste: yes
- Mason: yes
- Elik: yes
- Vella: yes
- Mayfield: yes
- Evans: yes
- Walsh: yes
- McCombie: yes
- Faver Dias: yes
- Weaver: yes
- McLaughlin: yes
- Ford: yes
- Weber: yes
- Meier: yes
- Friess: yes
- West: yes
- Meyers-Martin: yes
- Fritts: yes
- Wilhour: yes
- Miller: yes
- Gabel: yes
- Williams, Ann: yes
- Moeller: yes
- Gill: yes
- Williams, Jawaharial: yes
- Moore: yes
- Gong-Gershowitz: yes
- Windhorst: yes
- Morgan: yes
- González: yes
- Yang Rohr: yes
- Morris: yes
- Gordon-Booth: yes
- Moylan: yes
- Grant: yes
- Grasse: yes
- Hauter: excused
- Sanalitro: excused
- Scherer: excused
Child Welfare
2025-05-13 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (10)
- Edly-Allen, Mary: yes
- Collins, Lakesia: yes
- Hills, Darby A: yes
- Lewis, Seth: yes
- Turner, Doris: yes
- Villa, Karina: yes
- Ventura, Rachel: yes
- Johnson, Adriane: not voting
- Sims Jr., Elgie R: not voting
- Turner, Sally J: not voting
Third Reading
2025-05-30 · pass · 57-0
Member-level votes (58)
- Simmons: yes
- Joyce: yes
- Faraci: yes
- Anderson: yes
- Sims: yes
- Koehler: yes
- Feigenholtz: yes
- Aquino: yes
- Stadelman: yes
- Fine: yes
- Arellano, L.: yes
- Syverson: yes
- Fowler: yes
- Balkema: yes
- Tracy: yes
- Loughran Cappel: yes
- Glowiak Hilton: yes
- Belt: yes
- Turner, D.: yes
- Martwick: yes
- Guzmán: yes
- Bryant: yes
- Turner, S.: yes
- McClure: yes
- Halpin: yes
- Castro: yes
- Ventura: yes
- Morrison: yes
- Harris, N.: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Villa: yes
- Murphy: yes
- Harriss, E.: yes
- Chesney: yes
- Villanueva: yes
- Peters: yes
- Hastings: yes
- Collins: yes
- Villivalam: yes
- Plummer: yes
- Hills: yes
- Cunningham: yes
- Walker: yes
- Porfirio: yes
- Holmes: yes
- Curran: yes
- Wilcox: yes
- Preston: yes
- Hunter: yes
- DeWitte: yes
- Rezin: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Edly-Allen: yes
- Rose: yes
- Jones, E.: yes
- Ellman: yes
- Lewis: not voting
- Lightford: not voting
Concurrence
2025-05-31 · pass · 112-0
Member-level votes (117)
- Mussman: yes
- Guerrero-Cuellar: yes
- Ammons: yes
- Ness: yes
- Guzzardi: yes
- Andrade: yes
- Niemerg: yes
- Haas: yes
- Avelar: yes
- Olickal: yes
- Benton: yes
- Ortíz: yes
- Hammond: yes
- Blair-Sherlock: yes
- Rashid: yes
- Hanson: yes
- Briel: yes
- Reick: yes
- Harper: yes
- Buckner: yes
- Rita: yes
- Hauter: yes
- Bunting: yes
- Rosenthal: yes
- Hernandez, Barbara: yes
- Cabello: yes
- Ryan: yes
- Hernandez, Lisa: yes
- Canty: yes
- Sanalitro: yes
- Hernandez, Norma: yes
- Cassidy: yes
- Hirschauer: yes
- Chung: yes
- Schmidt: yes
- Hoffman: yes
- Coffey: yes
- Schweizer: yes
- Huynh: yes
- Costa Howard: yes
- Severin: yes
- Jacobs: yes
- Crawford: yes
- Sheehan: yes
- Jiménez: yes
- Crespo: yes
- Slaughter: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Croke: yes
- Smith: yes
- Jones: yes
- Davidsmeyer: yes
- Sosnowski: yes
- Katz Muhl: yes
- Davis, Jed: yes
- Spain: yes
- Keicher: yes
- Davis, Lisa: yes
- Kelly: yes
- Davis, Will: yes
- Stephens: yes
- Kifowit: yes
- Deering: yes
- Stuart: yes
- La Ha: yes
- Delgado: yes
- Swanson: yes
- LaPointe: yes
- DeLuca: yes
- Syed: yes
- Lilly: yes
- Deuter: yes
- Tarver: yes
- Mah: yes
- Didech: yes
- Tipsword: yes
- Manley: yes
- Du Buclet: yes
- Ugaste: yes
- Mason: yes
- Elik: yes
- Vella: yes
- Mayfield: yes
- Evans: yes
- Walsh: yes
- McCombie: yes
- Faver Dias: yes
- Weaver: yes
- Ford: yes
- Weber: yes
- Meier: yes
- Friess: yes
- West: yes
- Meyers-Martin: yes
- Fritts: yes
- Wilhour: yes
- Gabel: yes
- Williams, Ann: yes
- Moeller: yes
- Gill: yes
- Williams, Jawaharial: yes
- Moore: yes
- Gong-Gershowitz: yes
- Windhorst: yes
- Morgan: yes
- González: yes
- Yang Rohr: yes
- Morris: yes
- Gordon-Booth: yes
- Moylan: yes
- Grasse: yes
- Scherer: excused
- Grant: excused
- Halbrook: not voting
- Stava-Murray: not voting
- McLaughlin: not voting
- Miller: not voting
Child Care Access & Early Childhood
2025-05-31 · pass · 11-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Canty, Mary Beth: yes
- Benton, Harry: yes
- Davis, William "Will": yes
- Davis, Lisa: yes
- Grant, Amy L: yes
- Huynh, Hoan: yes
- Hirschauer, Maura: yes
- La Ha, Nicole: yes
- Mason, Joyce: yes
- Syed, Nabeela: yes
- Schweizer, Brandun: yes
- Evans Jr., Marcus C: not voting
- Jiménez, Lilian: not voting
- Meier, Charles: not voting
- Weber, Tom: not voting

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