IL SB 1947
enactedSCH CD-EDUCATOR LICENSURE-MISC
Illinois · 104th General Assembly, 2026 Session · upper
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Quick answers
Did IL SB 1947 pass?
Yes. IL SB 1947 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-08-01): Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0128
What is IL SB 1947 about?
IL SB 1947 is a bill in the 104th General Assembly, 2026 Session titled “SCH CD-EDUCATOR LICENSURE-MISC”.
Who sponsors IL SB 1947?
Meg Loughran Cappel, Laura Faver Dias are the primary sponsors of IL SB 1947, joined by 5 cosponsors.
- Introduced
- 2025-03-14
- Latest action
- 2025-08-01 — Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0128
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Sponsors
- Meg Loughran Cappelprimary
- Laura Faver Diasprimary
- Sharon Chungcosponsor
- Michelle Mussmancosponsor
- William "Will" Daviscosponsor
- Katie Stuartcosponsor
- Kimberly A. Lightfordcosponsor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2025-08-01
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0128
became-law
2025-08-01
Effective Date January 1, 2026
2025-08-01
Governor Approved
executive-signature
2025-06-27
Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt
2025-05-31
Passed Both Houses
2025-05-31
Senate Concurs
2025-05-31
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 046-010-000
2025-05-30
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Education; 014-000-000
2025-05-30
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Education
2025-05-30
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments
2025-05-30
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel
filing
2025-05-22
Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1 - May 26, 2025
2025-05-22
Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1
2025-05-22
Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 084-031-000
passage,reading-3
2025-05-14
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
2025-05-14
Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2
2025-05-08
Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
reading-2
2025-05-07
Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools; 009-000-000
2025-05-07
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools; by Voice Vote
amendment-passage
2025-05-06
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools
2025-05-01
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
2025-05-01
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Laura Faver Dias
amendment-introduction
2025-04-23
Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William "Will" Davis
2025-04-22
Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman
2025-04-22
Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sharon Chung
2025-04-22
Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart
2025-04-17
Alternate Co-Sponsor Removed Rep. Katie Stuart
2025-04-17
Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools
referral-committee
2025-04-17
Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart
2025-04-10
Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
2025-04-09
Referred to Rules Committee
2025-04-09
First Reading
reading-1
2025-04-09
Chief House Sponsor Rep. Laura Faver Dias
2025-04-09
Arrived in House
introduction
2025-04-09
Third Reading - Passed; 050-002-000
passage,reading-3
2025-04-09
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
2025-04-09
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Loughran-Cappel
amendment-passage
2025-04-09
Recalled to Second Reading
reading-2
2025-04-03
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Education; 013-001-000
2025-04-01
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Education
2025-03-28
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments
2025-03-28
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel
amendment-introduction
2025-03-20
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 1, 2025
2025-03-20
Second Reading
reading-2
2025-03-19
Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 20, 2025
reading-2
2025-03-19
Do Pass as Amended Education; 012-000-000
2025-03-18
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted
amendment-passage
2025-03-18
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Education
2025-03-14
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
2025-03-14
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel
amendment-introduction
2025-03-12
Assigned to Education
referral-committee
2025-02-06
Referred to Assignments
2025-02-06
First Reading
reading-1
2025-02-06
Filed with Secretary by Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel
filing
Versions
Documents
Votes
Education
2025-03-18 · pass · 12-0
Member-level votes (15)
- DeWitte, Donald P: yes
- Belt, Christopher: yes
- Faraci, Paul: yes
- Edly-Allen, Mary: yes
- Johnson, Adriane: yes
- Fowler, Dale: yes
- Porfirio, Mike: yes
- Loughran Cappel, Meg: yes
- Turner, Doris: yes
- Preston, Willie: yes
- Villivalam, Ram: yes
- Villa, Karina: yes
- Balkema, Chris: not voting
- Anderson, Neil: not voting
- Wilcox, Craig: not voting
Education, Amendment 2
2025-04-02 · pass · 13-1
Member-level votes (15)
- Belt, Christopher: yes
- Edly-Allen, Mary: yes
- DeWitte, Donald P: yes
- Johnson, Adriane: yes
- Fowler, Dale: yes
- Loughran Cappel, Meg: yes
- Lightford, Kimberly A: yes
- Preston, Willie: yes
- Porfirio, Mike: yes
- Turner, Doris: yes
- Rose, Chapin: yes
- Villivalam, Ram: yes
- Villa, Karina: yes
- Balkema, Chris: no
- Wilcox, Craig: not voting
Third Reading
2025-04-09 · pass · 50-2
Member-level votes (58)
- Simmons: yes
- Joyce: yes
- Faraci: yes
- Anderson: yes
- Sims: yes
- Koehler: yes
- Feigenholtz: yes
- Stadelman: yes
- Lewis: yes
- Fine: yes
- Arellano, L.: yes
- Lightford: yes
- Fowler: yes
- Balkema: yes
- Tracy: yes
- Loughran Cappel: yes
- Glowiak Hilton: yes
- Belt: yes
- Turner, D.: yes
- Martwick: yes
- Bryant: yes
- Turner, S.: yes
- McClure: yes
- Halpin: yes
- Castro: yes
- Morrison: yes
- Harris, N.: 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
- DeWitte: yes
- Rezin: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Edly-Allen: yes
- Rose: yes
- Ellman: yes
- Chesney: no
- Wilcox: no
- Aquino: not voting
- Syverson: not voting
- Guzmán: not voting
- Ventura: not voting
- Plummer: not voting
- Hunter: not voting
- Jones, E.: not voting
Elem Sec Ed: Adm., Lic. & Charter
2025-05-07 · pass · 9-0
Member-level votes (9)
- Faver Dias, Laura: yes
- Didech, Daniel: yes
- Guerrero-Cuellar, Angelica: yes
- Friess, David: yes
- Moeller, Anna: yes
- La Ha, Nicole: yes
- Sosnowski, Joe C: yes
- Morgan, Bob: yes
- Yang Rohr, Janet: yes
Third Reading
2025-05-22 · pass · 84-31
Member-level votes (117)
- Mussman: yes
- Guerrero-Cuellar: yes
- Ammons: yes
- Ness: yes
- Guzzardi: yes
- Andrade: yes
- Haas: yes
- Avelar: yes
- Olickal: yes
- Benton: yes
- Ortíz, Aarón: 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
- Chung: yes
- Schmidt: yes
- Hoffman: yes
- Schweizer: yes
- Huynh: yes
- Costa Howard: yes
- Crawford: yes
- Jiménez: yes
- Crespo: yes
- Slaughter: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Croke: yes
- Smith: yes
- Jones: yes
- Davidsmeyer: yes
- Sosnowski: yes
- Katz Muhl: yes
- Spain: yes
- Keicher: yes
- Davis, Lisa: yes
- Stava-Murray: yes
- Kelly: yes
- Davis, Will: yes
- Kifowit: yes
- Stuart: yes
- La Ha: yes
- Delgado: yes
- LaPointe: yes
- DeLuca: yes
- Lilly: yes
- Deuter: yes
- Tarver: yes
- Mah: yes
- Didech: yes
- Manley: yes
- Du Buclet: yes
- Mason: yes
- Elik: yes
- Vella: yes
- Evans: yes
- Walsh: yes
- Faver Dias: yes
- Ford: yes
- West: yes
- Meyers-Martin: yes
- Gabel: yes
- Williams, Ann: yes
- Moeller: yes
- Gill: yes
- Williams, Jawaharial: yes
- Gong-Gershowitz: yes
- Morgan: yes
- González, Edgar: yes
- Yang Rohr: yes
- Morris: yes
- Gordon-Booth: yes
- Moylan: yes
- Grasse: yes
- Niemerg: no
- Halbrook: no
- Hammond: no
- Reick: no
- Hauter: no
- Bunting: no
- Rosenthal: no
- Cabello: no
- Sanalitro: no
- Coffey: no
- Severin: no
- Jacobs: no
- Sheehan: no
- Davis, Jed: no
- Stephens: no
- Deering: no
- Swanson: no
- Tipsword: no
- Ugaste: 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
- Scherer: excused
- Syed: excused
- Mayfield: excused
Education
2025-05-30 · pass · 14-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Belt, Christopher: yes
- Balkema, Chris: yes
- Edly-Allen, Mary: yes
- DeWitte, Donald P: yes
- Johnson, Adriane: yes
- Fowler, Dale: yes
- Loughran Cappel, Meg: yes
- Preston, Willie: yes
- Porfirio, Mike: yes
- Turner, Doris: yes
- Rose, Chapin: yes
- Villivalam, Ram: yes
- Villa, Karina: yes
- Wilcox, Craig: yes
- Lightford, Kimberly A: not voting
Concurrence
2025-05-31 · pass · 46-10
Member-level votes (58)
- Simmons: yes
- Joyce: yes
- Faraci: yes
- Sims: yes
- Koehler: yes
- Feigenholtz: yes
- Aquino: yes
- Stadelman: yes
- Lewis: yes
- Arellano, L.: yes
- Fowler: yes
- Balkema: yes
- Loughran Cappel: yes
- Glowiak Hilton: yes
- Belt: yes
- Turner, D.: yes
- Martwick: yes
- Guzmán: yes
- McClure: yes
- Halpin: yes
- Castro: yes
- Morrison: yes
- Harris, N.: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Villa: yes
- Murphy: 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
- Syverson: no
- Tracy: no
- Bryant: no
- Turner, S.: no
- Harriss, E.: no
- Chesney: no
- Plummer: no
- Wilcox: no
- Rose: no
- Fine: not voting
- Lightford: not voting
- Ventura: not voting
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