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HB 1336 Illinois House · 94th Regular Session

SCH CD-CHARACTER EDUCATION

Summary
Amends the School Code. Requires teachers to teach students character education, which includes the teaching of respect, responsibility, fairness, caring, trustworthiness, and citizenship in order to raise pupils' honesty and kindness, justice, discipline, respect for others, and moral courage for the purpose of lessening crime and raising the standard of good character (now, requires teachers to teach pupils honesty, kindness, justice, discipline, respect for others, and moral courage for the purpose of lessening crime and raising the standard of good citizenship). Effective immediately.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2005
Committee Review
May 2005
House Passage
May 2005
Senate Passage
May 2005
Signed into Law
Jul 2005
Introduced Apr 6, 2005 Signed Jul 12, 2005
Floor votes · Senate May 18, 2005 · House Apr 5, 2005

How they voted

52–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 55
May 18, 2005
D Democratic29
28 Yea 1
96% Yea
R Republican26
24 Yea 2
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
32
Key actions
6
Committee
6
Jul 12, 2005
Signed into law
Governor Approved
lower
May 18, 2005
Lower · Passed
Passed Both Houses
lower
May 18, 2005
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (52-0-3)
senate
May 4, 2005
Upper · Passed
Do Pass Education; 007-000-000
upper
Apr 13, 2005
Committee
Assigned to Education
upper
Apr 11, 2005
Committee
Referred to Rules
upper
Apr 6, 2005
Introduced
Arrive in Senate
upper
Apr 5, 2005
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (107-0-8)
house
Mar 9, 2005
Lower · Passed
Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 019-000-000
lower
Feb 10, 2005
Committee
Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee
lower
Feb 9, 2005
Committee
Referred to Rules Committee
lower
0 primary · 1 co-sponsor

Sponsors

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