2021-2022 Regular Session • Illinois Legislature
HB0376: SCH CD-ASIAN AMERICAN HISTORY
Legislative Summary
Amends the Courses of Study Article of the School Code. Requires every public elementary school and high school to include in its curriculum a unit of instruction studying the events of Asian American history; contains provisions governing this instruction. Provides that the teaching of history of the United States shall include the study of the wrongful incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II and the heroic service of the 100th Infantry Battalion and the 442nd Regimental Combat Team of the United States Army during World War II.
Bill History
1/29/2021
Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz
House of Representatives
1/29/2021
First Reading
House of Representatives
1/29/2021
Referred to Rules Committee
House of Representatives
2/16/2021
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anne Stava-Murray
House of Representatives
2/25/2021
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Margaret Croke
House of Representatives
2/25/2021
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robyn Gabel
House of Representatives
2/28/2021
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lindsey LaPointe
House of Representatives
3/2/2021
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kambium Buckner
House of Representatives
3/2/2021
Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee
House of Representatives
3/3/2021
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi
House of Representatives
3/3/2021
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maurice A. West, II
House of Representatives
3/5/2021
Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
House of Representatives
3/5/2021
Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Theresa Mah
House of Representatives
3/5/2021
Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Deb Conroy
House of Representatives
3/5/2021
Remove Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
House of Representatives
3/9/2021
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
House of Representatives
3/15/2021
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
House of Representatives
3/15/2021
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart
House of Representatives
3/16/2021
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Denyse Wang Stoneback
House of Representatives
3/16/2021
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ann M. Williams
House of Representatives
3/16/2021
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Janet Yang Rohr
House of Representatives
3/17/2021
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Terra Costa Howard
House of Representatives
3/17/2021
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anna Moeller
House of Representatives
3/17/2021
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen Willis
House of Representatives
3/17/2021
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jonathan Carroll
House of Representatives
3/17/2021
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maura Hirschauer
House of Representatives
3/17/2021
Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee; 014-009-000
House of Representatives
3/18/2021
Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
House of Representatives
3/18/2021
Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Delia C. Ramirez
House of Representatives
3/18/2021
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Eva-Dina Delgado
House of Representatives
3/19/2021
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Fred Crespo
House of Representatives
3/22/2021
Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch
House of Representatives
3/22/2021
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
House of Representatives
3/23/2021
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Hernandez
House of Representatives
3/23/2021
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
House of Representatives
3/23/2021
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Bob Morgan
House of Representatives
3/24/2021
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Greg Harris
House of Representatives
3/24/2021
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Aaron M. Ortiz
House of Representatives
3/25/2021
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark L. Walker
House of Representatives
3/29/2021
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar
House of Representatives
3/29/2021
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel Didech
House of Representatives
4/1/2021
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. William Davis
House of Representatives
4/1/2021
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lamont J. Robinson, Jr.
House of Representatives
4/5/2021
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.
House of Representatives
4/12/2021
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Curtis J. Tarver, II
House of Representatives
4/12/2021
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John C. D'Amico
House of Representatives
4/12/2021
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.
House of Representatives
4/12/2021
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
House of Representatives
4/12/2021
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sam Yingling
House of Representatives
4/12/2021
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lakesia Collins
House of Representatives
4/12/2021
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert Rita
House of Representatives
4/12/2021
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason
House of Representatives
4/12/2021
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Zalewski
House of Representatives
4/13/2021
Second Reading - Short Debate
House of Representatives
4/13/2021
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
House of Representatives
4/13/2021
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin
House of Representatives
4/13/2021
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
House of Representatives
4/13/2021
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jay Hoffman
House of Representatives
4/14/2021
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dagmara Avelar
House of Representatives
4/14/2021
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicholas K. Smith
House of Representatives
4/14/2021
Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 098-013-000
House of Representatives
4/14/2021
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Burke
House of Representatives
4/14/2021
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Suzanne Ness
House of Representatives
4/15/2021
Arrive in Senate
Senate
4/15/2021
Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
Senate
4/15/2021
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Edgar Gonzalez, Jr.
House of Representatives
4/15/2021
Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Ram Villivalam
Senate
4/15/2021
First Reading
Senate
4/15/2021
Referred to Assignments
Senate
4/21/2021
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Antonio Muñoz
Senate
4/28/2021
Assigned to Education
Senate
4/28/2021
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ram Villivalam
Senate
4/28/2021
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
Senate
4/30/2021
Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Patricia Van Pelt
Senate
5/4/2021
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Education
Senate
5/4/2021
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
Senate
5/4/2021
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Adriane Johnson
Senate
5/4/2021
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Christopher Belt
Senate
5/4/2021
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Thomas Cullerton
Senate
5/4/2021
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro
Senate
5/4/2021
Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. John Connor
Senate
5/4/2021
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Karina Villa
Senate
5/4/2021
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura Ellman
Senate
5/4/2021
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Bill Cunningham
Senate
5/5/2021
Do Pass Education; 013-001-000
Senate
5/5/2021
Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 6, 2021
Senate
5/5/2021
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Ann Gillespie
Senate
5/5/2021
Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
Senate
5/5/2021
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert Peters
Senate
5/5/2021
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Napoleon Harris, III
Senate
5/5/2021
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
Senate
5/6/2021
Second Reading
Senate
5/6/2021
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 10, 2021
Senate
5/6/2021
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
Senate
5/10/2021
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ram Villivalam
Senate
5/10/2021
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments
Senate
5/11/2021
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Education
Senate
5/11/2021
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina H. Pacione-Zayas
Senate
5/12/2021
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Education; 013-000-000
Senate
5/12/2021
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert F. Martwick
Senate
5/14/2021
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Simmons
Senate
5/19/2021
Recalled to Second Reading
Senate
5/19/2021
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Villivalam
Senate
5/19/2021
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
Senate
5/20/2021
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Celina Villanueva
Senate
5/25/2021
Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000
Senate
5/25/2021
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a)
Senate
5/25/2021
Arrived in House
House of Representatives
5/25/2021
Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 2
House of Representatives
5/26/2021
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz
House of Representatives
5/26/2021
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee
House of Representatives
5/26/2021
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 005-000-000
House of Representatives
5/28/2021
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Sara Feigenholtz
Senate
5/31/2021
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 House Concurs 108-010-000
House of Representatives
5/31/2021
House Concurs
House of Representatives
5/31/2021
Passed Both Houses
House of Representatives
5/31/2021
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark Batinick
House of Representatives
6/16/2021
Sent to the Governor
House of Representatives
7/9/2021
Governor Approved
House of Representatives
7/9/2021
Effective Date January 1, 2022
House of Representatives
7/9/2021
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0044
House of Representatives
Amendments
Senate Amendment 002
Senate Amendment 002
5/10/2021Not Adopted
Senate Amendment 001
Senate Amendment 001
4/28/2021Not Adopted
Roll Call Votes
Concurrence in House
5/31/2021
108
Yea
10
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Third Reading in Senate
5/25/2021
57
Yea
0
Nay
2
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Third Reading in House
4/14/2021
98
Yea
13
Nay
1
Not Voting
1
Absent
Result: PASSED
Status Information
Current Status
Passed(7/9/2021)
Chamber
House of Representatives
Sponsors
Democrat: 77
Republican: 1
Primary Sponsor
Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz
Democrat
Co-Sponsors (77)
Emanuel Welch
Democrat
Theresa Mah
Democrat
Deborah Conroy
Democrat
Delia Ramirez
Democrat
Anne Stava-Murray
Democrat
Margaret Croke
Democrat
Robyn Gabel
Democrat
Lindsey LaPointe
Democrat
Kambium Buckner
Democrat
Will Guzzardi
Democrat
Maurice West
Democrat
Kelly Cassidy
Democrat
Rita Mayfield
Democrat
Katie Stuart
Democrat
Denyse Wang Stoneback
Democrat
Ann Williams
Democrat
Janet Yang Rohr
Democrat
Terra Costa Howard
Democrat
Anna Moeller
Democrat
Kathleen Willis
Democrat
Jonathan Carroll
Democrat
Maura Hirschauer
Democrat
Eva Dina Delgado
Democrat
Fred Crespo
Democrat
LaShawn Ford
Democrat
Barbara Hernandez
Democrat
Elizabeth Hernandez
Democrat
Bob Morgan
Democrat
Gregory Harris
Democrat
Aaron Ortiz
Democrat
Mark Walker
Democrat
Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar
Democrat
Daniel Didech
Democrat
William Davis
Democrat
Lamont Robinson
Democrat
Jaime Andrade
Democrat
Curtis Tarver
Democrat
John D'Amico
Democrat
Marcus Evans
Democrat
Camille Lilly
Democrat
Sam Yingling
Democrat
Lakesia Collins
Democrat
Robert Rita
Democrat
Joyce Mason
Democrat
Michael Zalewski
Democrat
Debbie Meyers-Martin
Democrat
Carol Ammons
Democrat
Jay Hoffman
Democrat
Dagmara Avelar
Democrat
Nicholas Smith
Democrat
Kelly Burke
Democrat
Suzanne Ness
Democrat
Edgar Gonzalez
Democrat
Mark Batinick
Republican
Ram Villivalam
Democrat
Patricia Vanpelt-Watkins
Democrat
John Connor
Democrat
Jacqueline Collins
Democrat
Antonio Munoz
Democrat
Elgie Sims
Democrat
Adriane Johnson
Democrat
Christopher Belt
Democrat
Thomas Cullerton
Democrat
Cristina Castro
Democrat
Karina Villa
Democrat
Laura Ellman
Democrat
William Cunningham
Democrat
Ann Gillespie
Democrat
Robert Peters
Democrat
Napoleon Harris
Democrat
Linda Holmes
Democrat
Laura Murphy
Democrat
Cristina Pacione-Zayas
Democrat
Robert Martwick
Democrat
Mike Simmons
Democrat
Celina Villanueva
Democrat
Sara Feigenholtz
Democrat