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<title>Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for HB 246          </title>
<shortdesc>SCH CD-HISTORY-LGBT</shortdesc>
<sponsor>
<sponsorhead1>House Sponsors</sponsorhead1><sponsors>Rep. Anna Moeller-Sara Feigenholtz-Lamont J. Robinson, Jr.-Sam Yingling-Kelly M. Cassidy, Theresa Mah, Joyce Mason, Daniel Didech, Jonathan Carroll, Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz, Karina Villa, Ann M. Williams, Delia C. Ramirez, Mary Edly-Allen, Anne Stava-Murray, Kathleen Willis, Terra Costa Howard, Bob Morgan, Robert Martwick, Deb Conroy, Michelle Mussman, Robyn Gabel, Aaron M. Ortiz, Katie Stuart, Celina Villanueva, Gregory Harris, Linda Chapa LaVia, John Connor, Martin J. Moylan and Elizabeth Hernandez</sponsors>
<sponsorhead2>Senate Sponsors</sponsorhead2><altsponsors>(Sen. Heather A. Steans, Ann Gillespie, Cristina Castro-Emil Jones, III, Ram Villivalam, Robert Peters-Iris Y. Martinez, David Koehler, Laura M. Murphy-Toi W. Hutchinson, Christopher Belt-Kimberly A. Lightford, Terry Link, Melinda Bush, Antonio Muņoz and Linda Holmes)</altsponsors>
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<statusdate>8/9/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0227</action>
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<synopsis>
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<reference>105 ILCS 5/2-3.155</reference><aliasreference></aliasreference><reference>105 ILCS 5/27-21</reference><aliasreference>from Ch. 122, par. 27-21</aliasreference><SynopsisText>     Amends the School Code. With regard to the textbook block grant program, provides that the textbooks authorized to be purchased must include the roles and contributions of all people protected under the Illinois Human Rights Act and must be non-discriminatory as to any of the characteristics under the Act. Provides that textbooks purchased with grant funds must be non-discriminatory. Provides that in public schools only, the teaching of history of the United States shall include a study of the roles and contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people in the history of this country and this State. Effective July 1, 2020.</SynopsisText><synopsistitle>Balanced Budget Note (Office of Management and Budget)</synopsistitle>
<SynopsisText>Please be advised that the Balanced Budget Note Act does not apply to House Bill 246, as it is not a supplemental appropriation that increases or decreases appropriations. Under the Act, a balanced budget note must be prepared only for bills that change a general funds appropriation for the fiscal year in which the new bill is enacted.
</SynopsisText><synopsistitle>Correctional Note (Dept of Corrections)</synopsistitle>
<SynopsisText>There is no fiscal or population impact on the Department of Corrections.</SynopsisText><synopsistitle>Land Conveyance Appraisal Note (Dept. of Transportation)</synopsistitle>
<SynopsisText>No land conveyances are included in House Bill 246; therefore, there are no appraisals to be filed.</SynopsisText><synopsistitle>State Debt Impact Note (Government Forecasting &amp; Accountability)</synopsistitle>
<SynopsisText>This bill would not change the amount of authorization for any type of State-issued or State-supported bond, and, therefore, would not affect the level of State indebtedness.</SynopsisText><synopsistitle>Judicial Note (Admin Office of the Illinois Courts)</synopsistitle>
<SynopsisText>This bill would neither increase nor decrease the number of judges needed in the State of Illinois. </SynopsisText><synopsistitle>Pension Note (Government Forecasting &amp; Accountability)</synopsistitle>
<SynopsisText>This bill does not impact any public pension fund or retirement system in Illinois.</SynopsisText><synopsistitle>Housing Affordability Impact Note (Housing Development Authority)</synopsistitle>
<SynopsisText>This bill will have no effect on the cost of constructing, purchasing, owning, or selling a single-family residence.</SynopsisText><synopsistitle>State Mandates Fiscal Note (Dept. of Commerce &amp; Economic Opportunity)</synopsistitle>
<SynopsisText>This bill does not create a State mandate.</SynopsisText><synopsistitle>Home Rule Note (Dept. of Commerce &amp; Economic Opportunity)</synopsistitle>
<SynopsisText>This bill does not pre-empt home rule authority.</SynopsisText><synopsistitle>Fiscal Note (IL State Board of Education)</synopsistitle>
<SynopsisText>This bill will not have a fiscal impact on the State Board of Education. </SynopsisText></synopsis>
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<statusdate>1/8/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Anna Moeller</action>
<statusdate>1/9/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>First Reading</action>
<statusdate>1/9/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Referred to Rules Committee</action>
<statusdate>1/17/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz</action>
<statusdate>1/22/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Theresa Mah</action>
<statusdate>1/22/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason</action>
<statusdate>1/25/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lamont J. Robinson, Jr.</action>
<statusdate>1/25/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel Didech</action>
<statusdate>1/25/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jonathan Carroll</action>
<statusdate>1/25/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz</action>
<statusdate>1/29/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Karina Villa</action>
<statusdate>1/29/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ann M. Williams</action>
<statusdate>1/29/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Delia C. Ramirez</action>
<statusdate>1/29/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Assigned to Elementary &amp; Secondary Education: School Curriculum &amp; Policies  Committee</action>
<statusdate>1/31/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Edly-Allen</action>
<statusdate>2/6/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary &amp; Secondary Education: School Curriculum &amp; Policies  Committee;  013-007-000</action>
<statusdate>2/6/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anne Stava-Murray</action>
<statusdate>2/6/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen Willis</action>
<statusdate>2/6/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Terra Costa Howard</action>
<statusdate>2/6/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Bob Morgan</action>
<statusdate>2/6/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert Martwick</action>
<statusdate>2/6/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Deb Conroy</action>
<statusdate>2/6/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman</action>
<statusdate>2/6/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robyn Gabel</action>
<statusdate>2/6/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Aaron M. Ortiz</action>
<statusdate>2/6/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart</action>
<statusdate>2/6/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Celina Villanueva</action>
<statusdate>2/7/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate</action>
<statusdate>2/11/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Gregory Harris</action>
<statusdate>2/13/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Fiscal Note Requested by Rep. Thomas Morrison</action>
<statusdate>2/13/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>State Mandates Fiscal Note Requested by Rep. Thomas Morrison</action>
<statusdate>2/13/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia</action>
<statusdate>2/13/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Balanced Budget Note Requested by Rep. Anna Moeller</action>
<statusdate>2/13/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Correctional Note Requested by Rep. Anna Moeller</action>
<statusdate>2/13/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Home Rule Note Requested by Rep. Anna Moeller</action>
<statusdate>2/13/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Housing Affordability Impact Note Requested by Rep. Anna Moeller</action>
<statusdate>2/13/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Judicial Note Requested by Rep. Anna Moeller</action>
<statusdate>2/13/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Land Conveyance Appraisal Note Requested by Rep. Anna Moeller</action>
<statusdate>2/13/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Pension Note Requested by Rep. Anna Moeller</action>
<statusdate>2/13/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>State Debt Impact Note Requested by Rep. Anna Moeller</action>
<statusdate>2/13/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Balanced Budget Note Filed</action>
<statusdate>2/13/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Correctional Note Filed</action>
<statusdate>2/14/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Land Conveyance Appraisal Note Filed</action>
<statusdate>2/14/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>State Debt Impact Note Filed</action>
<statusdate>2/14/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Judicial Note Filed</action>
<statusdate>2/15/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Pension Note Filed</action>
<statusdate>2/15/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Housing Affordability Impact Note Filed</action>
<statusdate>2/21/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy</action>
<statusdate>2/26/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Second Reading - Short Debate</action>
<statusdate>2/26/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate</action>
<statusdate>2/26/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>State Mandates Fiscal Note Filed</action>
<statusdate>2/26/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Home Rule Note Filed</action>
<statusdate>2/27/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Fiscal Note Filed</action>
<statusdate>3/6/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate</action>
<statusdate>3/8/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John Connor</action>
<statusdate>3/8/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Martin J. Moylan</action>
<statusdate>3/8/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sam Yingling</action>
<statusdate>3/13/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 060-042-000</action>
<statusdate>3/13/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy</action>
<statusdate>3/13/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy</action>
<statusdate>3/13/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez</action>
<statusdate>3/13/2019</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Arrive in Senate</action>
<statusdate>3/13/2019</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading</action>
<statusdate>3/13/2019</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Heather A. Steans</action>
<statusdate>3/13/2019</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>First Reading</action>
<statusdate>3/13/2019</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Referred to Assignments</action>
<statusdate>3/13/2019</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Ann Gillespie</action>
<statusdate>3/14/2019</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro</action>
<statusdate>3/14/2019</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III</action>
<statusdate>3/14/2019</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Ram Villivalam</action>
<statusdate>3/15/2019</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert Peters</action>
<statusdate>3/15/2019</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez</action>
<statusdate>3/15/2019</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. David Koehler</action>
<statusdate>3/15/2019</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy</action>
<statusdate>3/19/2019</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson</action>
<statusdate>3/20/2019</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Christopher Belt</action>
<statusdate>3/26/2019</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford</action>
<statusdate>3/27/2019</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Terry Link</action>
<statusdate>3/29/2019</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Melinda Bush</action>
<statusdate>4/24/2019</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Assigned to Education</action>
<statusdate>5/2/2019</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Do Pass Education;  013-002-000</action>
<statusdate>5/2/2019</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 7, 2019</action>
<statusdate>5/15/2019</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Second Reading</action>
<statusdate>5/15/2019</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 16, 2019</action>
<statusdate>5/17/2019</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Antonio Muņoz</action>
<statusdate>5/23/2019</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes</action>
<statusdate>5/23/2019</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Third Reading - Passed; 037-017-000</action>
<statusdate>5/23/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Passed Both Houses</action>
<statusdate>6/21/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Sent to the Governor</action>
<statusdate>8/9/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Governor Approved</action>
<statusdate>8/9/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Effective Date July 1, 2020</action>
<statusdate>8/9/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0227</action>
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