The legislation was introduced in bill HB35 on Nov. 30, 2018, when Rep. Rita Mayfield (D-60) filed it with the House clerk.
According to the General Assembly website, the bill as introduced was designed to "amend the Grow Your Own Teacher Education Act".
After debate, the House passed the bill on March 19 and it arrived in the Senate on March 20, and both chambers agreed to the final version of the legislation on May 21. The bill was sent to the governor and signed into law on July 26. The law went into effect immediately.
Illinois legislature enacts laws through bills that can be introduced in either the state House of Representatives or the state Senate. Either chamber of the legislature can reject or amend a bill before it becomes law. Legislators sometimes sponsor "shell bills" devoid of substantive provisions, introduced with the intention of being amended later to include actual legislation.
The following table shows the full history of actions on HB35.
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 11/30/2018 | House | Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Rita Mayfield |
| 1/9/2019 | House | First Reading |
| 1/9/2019 | House | Referred to Rules Committee |
| 1/29/2019 | House | Assigned to Higher Education Committee |
| 2/4/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lamont J. Robinson, Jr. |
| 2/6/2019 | House | Do Pass / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 016-000-000 |
| 2/7/2019 | House | Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Lamont J. Robinson, Jr. |
| 2/7/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia |
| 2/7/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons |
| 2/7/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth |
| 2/7/2019 | House | Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate |
| 2/7/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lamont J. Robinson, Jr. |
| 2/13/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sue Scherer |
| 2/13/2019 | House | Remove Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth |
| 2/13/2019 | House | Fiscal Note Filed |
| 2/13/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth |
| 2/13/2019 | House | Fiscal Note Requested by Rep. Tom Demmer |
| 2/15/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch |
| 2/15/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez |
| 2/15/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ann M. Williams |
| 2/15/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi |
| 2/15/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Justin Slaughter |
| 2/15/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. LaToya Greenwood |
| 2/15/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr. |
| 2/15/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Arthur Turner |
| 2/21/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Theresa Mah |
| 2/21/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicholas K. Smith |
| 2/21/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper |
| 2/21/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maurice A. West, II |
| 2/26/2019 | House | Second Reading - Short Debate |
| 2/26/2019 | House | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate |
| 2/28/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz |
| 3/6/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy |
| 3/19/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly |
| 3/19/2019 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 070-042-000 |
| 3/19/2019 | House | Remove Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia |
| 3/19/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. LaToya Greenwood |
| 3/19/2019 | House | Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. LaToya Greenwood |
| 3/20/2019 | Senate | Arrive in Senate |
| 3/20/2019 | Senate | First Reading |
| 3/20/2019 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading |
| 3/20/2019 | Senate | Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez |
| 3/20/2019 | Senate | Referred to Assignments |
| 4/24/2019 | Senate | Assigned to Higher Education |
| 5/1/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. David Koehler |
| 5/2/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Napoleon Harris, III |
| 5/2/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Ram Villivalam |
| 5/2/2019 | Senate | Postponed - Higher Education |
| 5/3/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert Peters |
| 5/8/2019 | Senate | Do Pass Higher Education; 010-000-000 |
| 5/8/2019 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 9, 2019 |
| 5/9/2019 | Senate | Second Reading |
| 5/9/2019 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 14, 2019 |
| 5/21/2019 | House | Passed Both Houses |
| 5/21/2019 | Senate | Third Reading - Passed; 046-005-000 |
| 5/21/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Omar Aquino |
| 6/19/2019 | House | Sent to the Governor |
| 7/26/2019 | House | Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0122 |
| 7/26/2019 | House | Governor Approved |
| 7/26/2019 | House | Effective Date July 26, 2019 |
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