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IL HB 3446

enacted

EARLY CHILDHOOD TEACHER REQS

Illinois · 104th General Assembly, 2026 Session · lower

Quick answers

Did IL HB 3446 pass?

Yes. IL HB 3446 has been enacted into law as of 2025-08-15. 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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Sponsors

  • Meg Loughran Cappelprimary
  • Mary Beth Cantyprimary
  • Margaret Crokecosponsor
  • Jed Daviscosponsor
  • Amy Brielcosponsor
  • Thaddeus Jonescosponsor
  • Julie A. Morrisoncosponsor
  • Mary Edly-Allencosponsor
  • Christopher Beltcosponsor
  • Doris Turnercosponsor
  • Laura Faver Diascosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-07

    Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Laura Faver Dias

    filing

  2. 2025-02-18

    First Reading

    reading-1

  3. 2025-02-18

    Referred to Rules Committee

  4. 2025-03-07

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Margaret Croke

  5. 2025-03-11

    Assigned to Child Care Accessibility & Early Childhood Education

    referral-committee

  6. 2025-03-18

    House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Laura Faver Dias

    amendment-introduction

  7. 2025-03-18

    House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee

  8. 2025-03-19

    House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Child Care Accessibility & Early Childhood Education

  9. 2025-03-20

    Do Pass / Short Debate Child Care Accessibility & Early Childhood Education; 014-000-000

  10. 2025-03-20

    House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled

    amendment-failure

  11. 2025-03-20

    Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate

    reading-2

  12. 2025-03-21

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jed Davis

  13. 2025-03-26

    Second Reading - Short Debate

    reading-2

  14. 2025-03-26

    Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate

    reading-2

  15. 2025-04-07

    Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Mary Beth Canty

  16. 2025-04-07

    Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Faver Dias

  17. 2025-04-08

    House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Mary Beth Canty

    amendment-introduction

  18. 2025-04-08

    House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee

  19. 2025-04-08

    House Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Mary Beth Canty

    amendment-introduction

  20. 2025-04-08

    House Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules Committee

  21. 2025-04-08

    House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Child Care Accessibility & Early Childhood Education

  22. 2025-04-08

    House Floor Amendment No. 3 Rules Refers to Child Care Accessibility & Early Childhood Education

  23. 2025-04-09

    House Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommends Be Adopted Child Care Accessibility & Early Childhood Education; 013-000-000

    committee-passage-favorable

  24. 2025-04-10

    House Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted

    amendment-passage

  25. 2025-04-10

    Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate

  26. 2025-04-10

    Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000

    passage,reading-3

  27. 2025-04-10

    House Floor Amendment No. 2 Tabled

    amendment-failure

  28. 2025-04-14

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Amy Briel

  29. 2025-04-14

    Arrive in Senate

    introduction

  30. 2025-04-14

    Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading

    reading-1

  31. 2025-04-14

    Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel

  32. 2025-04-14

    First Reading

    reading-1

  33. 2025-04-14

    Referred to Assignments

  34. 2025-04-29

    Assigned to Child Welfare

    referral-committee

  35. 2025-05-02

    Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel

    amendment-introduction

  36. 2025-05-02

    Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments

  37. 2025-05-06

    Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Child Welfare

  38. 2025-05-06

    Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel

    amendment-introduction

  39. 2025-05-06

    Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments

  40. 2025-05-06

    Postponed - Child Welfare

  41. 2025-05-07

    Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Child Welfare

  42. 2025-05-07

    Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Child Welfare

  43. 2025-05-09

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

  44. 2025-05-13

    Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Adopted

    amendment-passage

  45. 2025-05-14

    Do Pass as Amended Child Welfare; 007-000-000

  46. 2025-05-14

    Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 15, 2025

    reading-2

  47. 2025-05-14

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Thaddeus Jones

  48. 2025-05-15

    Second Reading

    reading-2

  49. 2025-05-15

    Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 20, 2025

  50. 2025-05-21

    Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison

  51. 2025-05-23

    Rule 2-10 Third Reading/Passage Deadline Established As June 1, 2025

  52. 2025-05-30

    Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000

    passage,reading-3

  53. 2025-05-30

    Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a)

    amendment-failure

  54. 2025-05-30

    Arrived in House

    introduction

  55. 2025-05-30

    Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 2

  56. 2025-05-30

    Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Mary Beth Canty

  57. 2025-05-30

    Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee

  58. 2025-05-31

    Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Child Care Accessibility & Early Childhood Education

  59. 2025-05-31

    Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Child Care Accessibility & Early Childhood Education; 011-000-000

  60. 2025-05-31

    Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 House Concurs 112-000-000

  61. 2025-05-31

    House Concurs

  62. 2025-05-31

    Passed Both Houses

  63. 2025-05-31

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

  64. 2025-05-31

    Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Christopher Belt

  65. 2025-05-31

    Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Doris Turner

  66. 2025-06-24

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  67. 2025-08-15

    Governor Approved

    executive-signature

  68. 2025-08-15

    Effective Date January 1, 2026

  69. 2025-08-15

    Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0309

    became-law

Versions

Documents

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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Official source

https://ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=3446&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=162082&SessionID=114

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