Introduced
Jan 20, 2023
In committee
Jan 20, 2023
Passed the Senate
Apr 12, 2024
Passed the House
May 9, 2024
To the governor
Jun 7, 2024
Became law
Jun 25, 2024
What it does
The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.
Creates the Early Childhood Education Act. Contains only a short title provision.
Every action
132 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.
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Jan 20, 2023 Senate Filed with Secretary by Sen. Don Harmon Jan 20, 2023 Senate First Reading Jan 20, 2023 Committee Referred to Assignments · Senate Assignments Mar 2, 2023 Committee Assigned to Executive · Senate Executive Mar 9, 2023 Committee Do Pass Executive; 011-000-000 · Senate Executive Mar 9, 2023 Senate Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 10, 2023 Mar 10, 2023 Senate Second Reading Mar 10, 2023 Senate Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 21, 2023 Mar 31, 2023 Committee Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments · Senate Assignments Feb 28, 2024 Committee Approved for Consideration Assignments · Senate Assignments Feb 28, 2024 Senate Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 5, 2024 Feb 28, 2024 Senate Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford Feb 28, 2024 Committee Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments · Senate Assignments Feb 28, 2024 Committee Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Executive · Senate Assignments Mar 5, 2024 Senate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford Mar 7, 2024 Senate Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Omar Aquino Mar 7, 2024 Senate Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison Mar 8, 2024 Senate Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Adriane Johnson Mar 11, 2024 Senate Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael W. Halpin Mar 11, 2024 Senate Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel Mar 11, 2024 Senate Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford Mar 11, 2024 Committee Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments · Senate Assignments Mar 12, 2024 Committee Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Executive · Senate Assignments Mar 13, 2024 Senate Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Javier L. Cervantes Mar 13, 2024 Senate Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Ram Villivalam Mar 13, 2024 Senate Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachel Ventura Mar 13, 2024 Senate Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen Mar 13, 2024 Senate Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro Mar 13, 2024 Senate Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. David Koehler Mar 14, 2024 Committee Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Executive · Senate Executive Mar 14, 2024 Committee Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Executive; 013-000-000 · Senate Executive Mar 14, 2024 Senate Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Napoleon Harris, III Mar 19, 2024 Senate Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Simmons Mar 20, 2024 Senate Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Doris Turner Mar 20, 2024 Senate Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Porfirio Mar 20, 2024 Senate Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Sara Feigenholtz Mar 22, 2024 Senate Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Willie Preston Apr 9, 2024 Senate Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford Apr 9, 2024 Committee Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Assignments · Senate Assignments Apr 10, 2024 Committee Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Assignments Refers to Executive · Senate Assignments Apr 10, 2024 Senate Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Paul Faraci Apr 10, 2024 Committee Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommend Do Adopt Executive; 011-000-000 · Senate Executive Apr 10, 2024 Senate Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Christopher Belt Apr 11, 2024 Senate Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter Apr 12, 2024 Senate Recalled to Second Reading Apr 12, 2024 Senate Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted Apr 12, 2024 Senate Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted Apr 12, 2024 Senate Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading Apr 12, 2024 Senate Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4a Apr 12, 2024 Senate Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 Apr 12, 2024 House Arrived in House Apr 12, 2024 House Chief House Sponsor Rep. Emanuel "Chris" Welch Apr 12, 2024 Senate Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert F. Martwick Apr 12, 2024 Senate Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura Fine Apr 12, 2024 House Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Mary Beth Canty Apr 15, 2024 House First Reading Apr 15, 2024 Committee Referred to Rules Committee · House Rules Apr 19, 2024 House Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Sharon Chung Apr 19, 2024 House Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart Apr 19, 2024 House Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Terra Costa Howard Apr 19, 2024 House Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Ann M. Williams Apr 19, 2024 House Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Janet Yang Rohr Apr 19, 2024 House Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kimberly Du Buclet Apr 19, 2024 House Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Theresa Mah Apr 19, 2024 House Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark L. Walker Apr 19, 2024 House Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Eva-Dina Delgado Apr 19, 2024 House Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Anna Moeller Apr 19, 2024 House Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Natalie A. Manley Apr 19, 2024 House Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Dagmara Avelar Apr 19, 2024 House Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason Apr 19, 2024 House Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly Apr 19, 2024 House Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth "Lisa" Hernandez Apr 19, 2024 House Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William "Will" Davis Apr 19, 2024 House Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert "Bob" Rita Apr 19, 2024 House Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Diane Blair-Sherlock Apr 19, 2024 House Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Gregg Johnson Apr 19, 2024 House Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel Didech Apr 19, 2024 House Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Cyril Nichols Apr 19, 2024 House Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman Apr 19, 2024 House Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz Apr 19, 2024 House Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Bob Morgan Apr 19, 2024 House Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Edgar Gonzalez, Jr. Apr 19, 2024 House Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Justin Slaughter Apr 19, 2024 House Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Hoan Huynh Apr 19, 2024 House Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper Apr 19, 2024 House Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Anne Stava-Murray Apr 19, 2024 House Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jenn Ladisch Douglass Apr 19, 2024 House Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry Benton Apr 19, 2024 House Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Kelly Apr 19, 2024 House Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Faver Dias Apr 19, 2024 House Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi Apr 19, 2024 House Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Maura Hirschauer Apr 19, 2024 House Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy Apr 19, 2024 House Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jay Hoffman Apr 19, 2024 House Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin John Olickal Apr 19, 2024 House Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Maurice A. West, II Apr 19, 2024 House Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Nabeela Syed Apr 19, 2024 House Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid Apr 19, 2024 House Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Tracy Katz Muhl Apr 24, 2024 Committee Assigned to Child Care Accessibility & Early Childhood Education Committee · House Child Care Access & Early Childhood May 2, 2024 Committee Do Pass / Short Debate Child Care Accessibility & Early Childhood Education Committee; 012-000-000 · House Child Care Access & Early Childhood May 2, 2024 House Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate May 6, 2024 House Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel "Chris" Welch May 6, 2024 House Second Reading - Short Debate May 6, 2024 House Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate May 8, 2024 House Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford May 8, 2024 House Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield May 8, 2024 House Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Lilian Jiménez May 8, 2024 House Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr. May 8, 2024 House Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Norma Hernandez May 8, 2024 House Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Matt Hanson May 8, 2024 House Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Martin J. Moylan May 8, 2024 House Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Gill May 8, 2024 House Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons May 8, 2024 House Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kam Buckner May 8, 2024 House Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Burke May 9, 2024 House Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 093-018-000 May 9, 2024 Senate Passed Both Houses May 9, 2024 House Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin May 10, 2024 Senate Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael E. Hastings May 10, 2024 Senate Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy May 13, 2024 Senate Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Celina Villanueva May 14, 2024 Senate Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Suzy Glowiak Hilton May 14, 2024 Senate Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert Peters
May 14, 2024 Senate Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III May 15, 2024 Senate Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mark L. Walker May 15, 2024 Senate Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Lakesia Collins Jun 7, 2024 Senate Sent to the Governor Jun 25, 2024 Senate Governor Approved Jun 25, 2024 Senate Effective Date June 25, 2024 Jun 25, 2024 Senate Effective Date July 1, 2026; Some Provisions Jun 25, 2024 Senate Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0594
Roll calls
7 recorded votes: 2 on the floor, 5 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.
Third Reading · Full Senate
Passed 56–0
Yes 56
No 0
Not voting 3
Democrats: 39 yes, 0 no
Republicans: 17 yes, 0 no
How each member voted
Yes · 56
Not voting · 3
Third Reading · Full House
Passed 93–18
Yes 93
No 18
Not voting 7
Democrats: 71 yes, 0 no
Republicans: 22 yes, 18 no
How each member voted
Yes · 93
No · 18
Not voting · 1
Excused · 6
Committee and other votes
Date Where Question Result
Mar 8, 2023
Senate Executive
Executive - Do Pass Members Yes · 11
Not voting · 2
11–0
Mar 8, 2023
Senate Executive
Executive - Do Pass Members Yes · 11
Not voting · 2
11–0
Mar 13, 2024
Senate Executive
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 - Executive - Recommend Do Adopt Members Yes · 13
13–0
Apr 10, 2024
Senate Executive
Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 - Executive - Recommend Do Adopt Members Yes · 11
Not voting · 2
Passed 11–0
May 2, 2024
House Child Care Access & Early Childhood
Child Care Access & Early Childhood - Do Pass Members Yes · 12
Not voting · 3
Passed 12–0
From Illinois's official records (www.ilga.gov), checked Nov 2, 2026.
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