Illinois · House Bill 1633 · 103rd General Assembly

SCH CD-NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY

HB 1633 Sponsored by Maurice A. West, II Became law

  1. Introduced Feb 1, 2023
  2. In committee Feb 1, 2023
  3. Passed the House Mar 23, 2023
  4. Passed the Senate May 10, 2023
  5. To the governor Jun 15, 2023
  6. Became law Aug 4, 2023

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Amends the School Code. Provides that the State Education Equity Committee shall include a member from an organization that works for economic, educational, and social progress for Native Americans and promotes strong sustainable communities through advocacy, collaboration, and innovation. Requires the State Superintendent of Education to convene a Native American Curriculum Advisory Council. Creates the Native…

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Amends the School Code. Provides that the State Education Equity Committee shall include a member from an organization that works for economic, educational, and social progress for Native Americans and promotes strong sustainable communities through advocacy, collaboration, and innovation. Requires the State Superintendent of Education to convene a Native American Curriculum Advisory Council. Creates the Native American Curriculum Task Force. Provides that the unit of instruction on the Holocaust and genocides shall include instruction on the Native American genocide in North America. Provides that, beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, every public elementary school and high school shall include in its curriculum a unit of instruction studying the events of the Native American experience and Native American history within the Midwest and the State since time immemorial. Provides that the teaching of the history of the United States shall include the study of the role and contributions of Native Americans and teaching about Native Americans' sovereignty and self-determination. Effective immediately.

Every action

88 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

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  1. HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Maurice A. West, II
  2. HouseFirst Reading
  3. CommitteeReferred to Rules Committee · House Rules
  4. HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel Didech
  5. CommitteeAssigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee · House Elem Sec Ed: School Curric Policies
  6. HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Faver Dias
  7. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Diane Blair-Sherlock
  8. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
  9. CommitteeDo Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee; 009-004-000 · House Elem Sec Ed: School Curric Policies
  10. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Gregg Johnson
  11. HousePlaced on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
  12. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Hernandez
  13. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz
  14. HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Maurice A. West, II
  15. CommitteeHouse Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee · House Rules
  16. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel "Chris" Welch
  17. CommitteeHouse Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee · House Elem Sec Ed: School Curric Policies
  18. CommitteeHouse Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee; 010-005-000 · House Elem Sec Ed: School Curric Policies
  19. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar
  20. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
  21. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid
  22. HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted
  23. HouseSecond Reading - Short Debate
  24. HousePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
  25. HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Bob Morgan
  26. HouseThird Reading - Short Debate - Passed 075-032-001
  27. HouseMotion Filed to Reconsider Vote Rep. Maurice A. West, II
  28. HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jonathan Carroll
  29. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi
  30. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
  31. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Matt Hanson
  32. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Maura Hirschauer
  33. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Theresa Mah
  34. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Anne Stava-Murray
  35. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Norma Hernandez
  36. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Lilian Jiménez
  37. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman
  38. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Beth Canty
  39. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Hoan Huynh
  40. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Sharon Chung
  41. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason
  42. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
  43. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Lindsey LaPointe
  44. HouseMotion to Reconsider Vote - Withdrawn Rep. Maurice A. West, II
  45. SenateArrive in Senate
  46. SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of First Reading
  47. SenateChief Senate Sponsor Sen. Suzy Glowiak Hilton
  48. SenateFirst Reading
  49. CommitteeReferred to Assignments · Senate Assignments
  50. SenateAdded as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Simmons
  51. SenateAdded as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert F. Martwick
  52. SenateAdded as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina H. Pacione-Zayas
  53. CommitteeAssigned to Education · Senate Education
  54. CommitteeDo Pass Education; 010-003-000 · Senate Education
  55. SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 20, 2023
  56. SenateAdded as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Ram Villivalam
  57. SenateAdded as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Ram Villivalam
  58. SenateSecond Reading
  59. SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 25, 2023
  60. SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Suzy Glowiak Hilton
  61. CommitteeSenate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments · Senate Assignments
  62. CommitteeSenate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Education · Senate Assignments
  63. CommitteeSenate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Education; 013-000-000 · Senate Education
  64. SenateRecalled to Second Reading
  65. SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Glowiak Hilton
  66. SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 5, 2023
  67. SenateThird Reading - Passed; 044-008-000
  68. SenateAdded as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael E. Hastings
  69. SenateAdded as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
  70. SenateAdded as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Celina Villanueva
  71. SenateAdded as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Adriane Johnson
  72. SenateAdded as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen
  73. SenateAdded as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura Fine
  74. HouseArrived in House
  75. HousePlaced on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
  76. SenateAdded as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. David Koehler
  77. HouseSenate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Maurice A. West, II
  78. CommitteeSenate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee · House Rules
  79. CommitteeSenate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee · House Elem Sec Ed: School Curric Policies
  80. CommitteeSenate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee; 009-004-000 · House Elem Sec Ed: School Curric Policies
  1. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin John Olickal
  2. HouseSenate Floor Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 081-031-000
  3. HouseHouse Concurs
  4. HousePassed Both Houses
  5. HouseSent to the Governor
  6. HouseGovernor Approved
  7. HouseEffective Date August 4, 2023
  8. HousePublic Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0422

Roll calls

8 recorded votes: 3 on the floor, 5 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

Third Reading · Full House

Passed 75–32
Mar 23, 2023 · journal entry
Yes 75 No 32 Not voting 10
Democrats: 71 yes, 1 no Republicans: 4 yes, 31 no
How each member voted

Yes · 75

No · 32

Not voting · 4

Absent · 1

Excused · 5

Third Reading · Full Senate

Passed 44–8
May 10, 2023 · journal entry
Yes 44 No 8 Not voting 7
Democrats: 37 yes, 0 no Republicans: 7 yes, 8 no
How each member voted

Yes · 44

No · 8

Not voting · 7

Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 - Concurrence · Full House

Passed 81–31
May 17, 2023 · journal entry
Yes 81 No 31 Not voting 6
Democrats: 75 yes, 0 no Republicans: 6 yes, 31 no
How each member voted

Yes · 81

No · 31

Not voting · 2

Excused · 4

Committee and other votes

DateWhereQuestionResult
Mar 8, 2023 House Elem Sec Ed: School Curric Policies Elem Sec Ed: School Curric Policies - Do Pass
Members

Yes · 9

No · 4

Not voting · 2

 Passed 9–4
Mar 22, 2023 House Elem Sec Ed: School Curric Policies House Floor Amendment No. 1 - Elem Sec Ed: School Curric Policies - Recommends Be Adopted
Members

Yes · 10

No · 5

 Passed 10–5
Apr 18, 2023 Senate Education Education - Do Pass
Members

Yes · 10

No · 3

Not voting · 1

 10–3
Apr 25, 2023 Senate Education Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 - Education - Recommend Do Adopt
Members

Yes · 13

Not voting · 1

 13–0
May 16, 2023 House Elem Sec Ed: School Curric Policies Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 - Elem Sec Ed: School Curric Policies - Recommends Be Adopted
Members

Yes · 9

No · 4

Not voting · 2

 Passed 9–4

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 41 cosponsors: 41 Democrats.

All 41 cosponsors

From Illinois's official records (www.ilga.gov), checked Nov 13, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.