IL HB 4577
enactedKINDERGARTEN-PLAY-BASED LEARN
Illinois · 104th General Assembly, 2026 Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did IL HB 4577 pass?
Yes. IL HB 4577 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-07-10): Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0555
What is IL HB 4577 about?
IL HB 4577 is a bill in the 104th General Assembly, 2026 Session titled “KINDERGARTEN-PLAY-BASED LEARN”.
Who sponsors IL HB 4577?
Mary Edly-Allen, Laura Faver Dias are the primary sponsors of IL HB 4577, joined by 5 cosponsors.
- Introduced
- 2026-02-13
- Latest action
- 2026-07-10 — Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0555
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Sponsors
- Mary Edly-Allenprimary
- Laura Faver Diasprimary
- Janet Yang Rohrcosponsor
- Mattie Huntercosponsor
- Robert F. Martwickcosponsor
- Elgie R. Sims, Jr.cosponsor
- Maurice A. West, IIcosponsor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-07-10
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0555
became-law
2026-07-10
Effective Date January 1, 2027
2026-07-10
Governor Approved
executive-signature
2026-06-25
Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt
2026-06-01
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
2026-06-01
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
2026-05-31
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert F. Martwick
2026-05-27
Passed Both Houses
2026-05-27
House Concurs
2026-05-27
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 076-027-003
2026-05-21
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Education Policy Committee; 009-003-000
2026-05-21
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Education Policy Committee
2026-05-21
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee
2026-05-21
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Laura Faver Dias
2026-05-20
Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
2026-05-20
Arrived in House
introduction
2026-05-20
Third Reading - Passed; 045-013-000
passage,reading-3
2026-05-20
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
2026-05-20
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Edly-Allen
amendment-passage
2026-05-20
Recalled to Second Reading
reading-2
2026-05-19
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Education; 012-001-000
2026-05-18
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 19, 2026
2026-05-18
Second Reading
reading-2
2026-05-13
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Education
2026-05-12
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
2026-05-12
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mary Edly-Allen
amendment-introduction
2026-05-06
Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 7, 2026
reading-2
2026-05-06
Do Pass Education; 010-004-000
2026-04-28
Postponed - Education
2026-04-22
Assigned to Education
referral-committee
2026-04-10
Referred to Assignments
2026-04-10
First Reading
reading-1
2026-04-10
Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen
2026-04-10
Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
reading-1
2026-04-10
Arrive in Senate
introduction
2026-04-08
Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 080-026-000
passage,reading-3
2026-04-08
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Janet Yang Rohr
2026-04-08
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maurice A. West, II
2026-04-07
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
2026-04-07
Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2
2026-04-07
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted
amendment-passage
2026-03-25
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Education Policy Committee; 012-000-000
committee-passage-favorable
2026-03-18
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Education Policy Committee
2026-03-09
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
2026-03-09
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Laura Faver Dias
amendment-introduction
2026-02-25
Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
reading-2
2026-02-25
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled
amendment-failure
2026-02-25
Do Pass / Short Debate Education Policy Committee; 009-004-000
2026-02-13
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
2026-02-13
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Laura Faver Dias
amendment-introduction
2026-02-11
Assigned to Education Policy Committee
referral-committee
2026-02-03
Referred to Rules Committee
2026-02-03
First Reading
reading-1
2026-01-23
Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Laura Faver Dias
filing
Versions
Documents
Votes
Education Policy
2026-02-25 · pass · 9-4
Member-level votes (13)
- Crespo, Fred: yes
- Blair-Sherlock, Diane: yes
- Faver Dias, Laura: yes
- Johnson, Gregg: yes
- Hirschauer, Maura: yes
- Mussman, Michelle: yes
- Mason, Joyce: yes
- Stuart, Katie: yes
- Yang Rohr, Janet: yes
- Elik, Amy: no
- Niemerg, Adam M: no
- Wilhour, Blaine: no
- Swanson, Dan: no
Education Policy, Amendment 2
2026-03-25 · pass · 12-0
Member-level votes (13)
- Crespo, Fred: yes
- Blair-Sherlock, Diane: yes
- Faver Dias, Laura: yes
- Elik, Amy: yes
- Johnson, Gregg: yes
- Hirschauer, Maura: yes
- Mussman, Michelle: yes
- Mason, Joyce: yes
- Stuart, Katie: yes
- Niemerg, Adam M: yes
- Swanson, Dan: yes
- Yang Rohr, Janet: yes
- Wilhour, Blaine: not voting
Third Reading
2026-04-08 · pass · 80-26
Member-level votes (117)
- Mussman: yes
- Grasse: yes
- Ammons: yes
- Ness: yes
- Guerrero-Cuellar: yes
- Andrade: yes
- Guzzardi: yes
- Avelar: yes
- Olickal: yes
- Haas: yes
- Benton: yes
- Ortíz: yes
- Blair-Sherlock: yes
- Rashid: yes
- Briel: yes
- Hanson: yes
- Buckner: yes
- Rita: yes
- Harper: yes
- Ryan: yes
- Hernandez, Barbara: yes
- Canty: yes
- Sanalitro: yes
- Cassidy: yes
- Scherer: yes
- Hernandez, Norma: yes
- Chung: yes
- Schmidt: yes
- Hirschauer: yes
- Cochran: yes
- Hoffman: yes
- Crawford: yes
- Crespo: yes
- Slaughter: yes
- Jiménez: yes
- Croke: yes
- Smith: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Jones: yes
- Katz Muhl: yes
- Davis, Lisa: yes
- Stava: yes
- Keicher: yes
- Davis, Will: yes
- Stuart: yes
- Kifowit: yes
- DeLaRosa: yes
- Syed: yes
- LaPointe: yes
- DeLuca: yes
- Tarver: yes
- Lilly: yes
- Deuter: yes
- Mah: yes
- Didech: yes
- Manley: yes
- Du Buclet: yes
- Vella: yes
- Mason: yes
- Walsh: yes
- Mayfield: yes
- McCombie: yes
- Faver Dias: yes
- Ford: yes
- West: yes
- Meyers-Martin: yes
- Fritts: yes
- Williams, Ann: yes
- Gabel: yes
- Williams, Jawaharial: yes
- Moeller: yes
- Gill: yes
- Windhorst: yes
- Gong-Gershowitz: yes
- Yang Rohr: yes
- Morgan: yes
- González: yes
- Morris: yes
- Gordon-Booth: yes
- Niemerg: no
- Halbrook: no
- Reick: no
- Bunting: no
- Hauter: no
- Cabello: no
- Coffey: no
- Severin: no
- Jacobs: no
- Sosnowski: no
- Davis, Jed: no
- Spain: no
- Deering: no
- Swanson: no
- Tipsword: no
- Ugaste: no
- Elik: no
- Weaver: no
- Weber: no
- McLaughlin: no
- Meier: no
- Friess: no
- Wilhour: no
- Miller: no
- Moore: no
- Grant: no
- Hammond: excused
- Rosenthal: excused
- Hernandez, Lisa: excused
- Huynh: excused
- Davidsmeyer: excused
- Kelly: excused
- Delgado: excused
- Evans: excused
- Schweizer: not voting
- Sheehan: not voting
- Stephens: not voting
- La Ha: not voting
Education
2026-05-05 · pass · 10-4
Member-level votes (15)
- Belt, Christopher: yes
- Edly-Allen, Mary: yes
- Johnson, Adriane: yes
- Loughran Cappel, Meg: yes
- Lightford, Kimberly A: yes
- Preston, Willie: yes
- Porfirio, Mike: yes
- Turner, Doris: yes
- Villivalam, Ram: yes
- Villa, Karina: yes
- Balkema, Chris: no
- Fowler, Dale: no
- Rose, Chapin: no
- Wilcox, Craig: no
- DeWitte, Donald P: not voting
Education, Amendment 1
2026-05-19 · pass · 12-1
Member-level votes (15)
- Belt, Christopher: yes
- Balkema, Chris: yes
- Edly-Allen, Mary: yes
- DeWitte, Donald P: yes
- Fowler, Dale: yes
- Lightford, Kimberly A: yes
- Johnson, Adriane: yes
- Porfirio, Mike: yes
- Loughran Cappel, Meg: yes
- Preston, Willie: yes
- Villivalam, Ram: yes
- Turner, Doris: yes
- Wilcox, Craig: no
- Ellman, Laura: not voting
- Rose, Chapin: not voting
Third Reading
2026-05-20 · pass · 45-13
Member-level votes (58)
- Simmons: yes
- Joyce: yes
- Faraci: yes
- Sims: yes
- Koehler: yes
- Feigenholtz: yes
- Aquino: yes
- Stadelman: yes
- Fine: yes
- Lightford: yes
- Fowler: yes
- Loughran Cappel: yes
- Glowiak Hilton: yes
- Belt: yes
- Turner, D.: yes
- Martwick: yes
- Guzmán: yes
- Halpin: yes
- Castro: yes
- Ventura: yes
- Morrison: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Villa: yes
- Murphy: yes
- Harriss, E.: yes
- Villanueva: yes
- Peters: yes
- Hastings: yes
- Collins: yes
- Villivalam: yes
- Hills: yes
- Cunningham: yes
- Walker: yes
- Porfirio: yes
- Holmes: yes
- Curran: yes
- Preston: yes
- Hunter: yes
- DeWitte: yes
- Rezin: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Edly-Allen: yes
- Jones, E.: yes
- Ellman: yes
- Anderson: no
- Lewis: no
- Arellano, L.: no
- Syverson: no
- Balkema: no
- Tracy: no
- Bryant: no
- Turner, S.: no
- McClure: no
- Chesney: no
- Plummer: no
- Wilcox: no
- Rose: no
- Harris, N.: not voting
Education Policy, Amendment 1
2026-05-21 · pass · 9-3
Member-level votes (13)
- Crespo, Fred: yes
- Blair-Sherlock, Diane: yes
- Faver Dias, Laura: yes
- Johnson, Gregg: yes
- Hirschauer, Maura: yes
- Mussman, Michelle: yes
- Mason, Joyce: yes
- Stuart, Katie: yes
- Yang Rohr, Janet: yes
- Elik, Amy: no
- Niemerg, Adam M: no
- Wilhour, Blaine: no
- Swanson, Dan: not voting
Concurrence, Amendment 1
2026-05-27 · pass · 76-27
Member-level votes (117)
- Mussman: yes
- Grasse: yes
- Ammons: yes
- Ness: yes
- Guerrero-Cuellar: yes
- Guzzardi: yes
- Avelar: yes
- Olickal: yes
- Benton: yes
- Ortíz: yes
- Blair-Sherlock: yes
- Rashid: yes
- Briel: yes
- Hanson: yes
- Buckner: yes
- Rita: yes
- Harper: yes
- Ryan: yes
- Hernandez, Barbara: yes
- Canty: yes
- Sanalitro: yes
- Cassidy: yes
- Scherer: yes
- Hernandez, Norma: yes
- Chung: yes
- Schmidt: yes
- Hirschauer: yes
- Cochran: yes
- Hoffman: yes
- Huynh: yes
- Crawford: yes
- Crespo: yes
- Slaughter: yes
- Jiménez: yes
- Croke: yes
- Smith: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Jones: yes
- Katz Muhl: yes
- Davis, Lisa: yes
- Stava: yes
- Davis, Will: yes
- Kelly: yes
- Stuart: yes
- Kifowit: yes
- DeLaRosa: yes
- Delgado: yes
- Syed: yes
- LaPointe: yes
- DeLuca: yes
- Tarver: yes
- Lilly: yes
- Deuter: yes
- Mah: yes
- Didech: yes
- Manley: yes
- Du Buclet: yes
- Vella: yes
- Mason: yes
- Walsh: yes
- Mayfield: yes
- Faver Dias: yes
- West: yes
- Meyers-Martin: yes
- Williams, Ann: yes
- Gabel: yes
- Williams, Jawaharial: yes
- Moeller: yes
- Gill: yes
- Gong-Gershowitz: yes
- Yang Rohr: yes
- Morgan: yes
- González: yes
- Morris: yes
- Gordon-Booth: yes
- Niemerg: no
- Halbrook: no
- Reick: no
- Bunting: no
- Hauter: no
- Cabello: no
- Coffey: no
- Severin: no
- Jacobs: no
- Davidsmeyer: no
- Sosnowski: no
- Davis, Jed: no
- Spain: no
- Deering: no
- Swanson: no
- La Ha: no
- Tipsword: no
- Ugaste: no
- Elik: no
- Weaver: no
- Weber: no
- McLaughlin: no
- Meier: no
- Friess: no
- Fritts: no
- Miller: no
- Windhorst: no
- Sheehan: other
- Moore: other
- Grant: other
- Andrade: excused
- Haas: excused
- Rosenthal: excused
- Hernandez, Lisa: excused
- Evans: excused
- Ford: excused
- Wilhour: excused
- Hammond: not voting
- Schweizer: not voting
- Keicher: not voting
- Stephens: not voting
- McCombie: not voting
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