Illinois 96th Regular Session Status: Enacted

HB 973 — HEALTH ED-TEEN DATING VIOLENCE

Last action — Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0383

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
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    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed House
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 10, 2009. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    0 primary, 1 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Amends the Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive Health Education Act. Provides that the Comprehensive Health Education Program shall include instruction in grades 8 through 12 on teen dating violence.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

4 added · 4 removed

Plain-language change summary

The latest version of HB 973 has made some changes by removing previous language and replacing it with new wording. Although the specific content of those additions and removals isn't detailed here, these updates typically aim to clarify the bill's intentions or address concerns raised during earlier discussions. Such adjustments are important as they can impact how the law will function in practice and ensure it better serves the needs of the community.

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HB0973 Engrossed LRB096 07631 NHT 17729 b AN ACT concerning education.
HB0973 Enrolled LRB096 07631 NHT 17729 b AN ACT concerning education.
human ecology and health, human growth and development, the emotional, psychological, physiological, hygienic and social responsibilities of family life, including sexual abstinence until marriage, prevention and control of disease, including instruction in grades 6 through 12 on the prevention, transmission and spread of AIDS, sexual assault awareness in secondary schools, public and environmental health, consumer health, safety education and disaster survival, mental health and illness, personal health habits, alcohol, drug use, and abuse including the medical and legal ramifications of alcohol, drug, and tobacco use, abuse during pregnancy, sexual abstinence until marriage, tobacco, nutrition, and dental HB0973 Engrossed - 2 - LRB096 07631 NHT 17729 b health.
human ecology and health, human growth and development, the emotional, psychological, physiological, hygienic and social responsibilities of family life, including sexual abstinence until marriage, prevention and control of disease, including instruction in grades 6 through 12 on the prevention, transmission and spread of AIDS, sexual assault awareness in secondary schools, public and environmental health, consumer health, safety education and disaster survival, mental health and illness, personal health habits, alcohol, drug use, and abuse including the medical and legal ramifications of alcohol, drug, and tobacco use, abuse during pregnancy, sexual abstinence until marriage, tobacco, nutrition, and dental HB0973 Enrolled - 2 - LRB096 07631 NHT 17729 b health.
In HB0973 Engrossed - 3 - LRB096 07631 NHT 17729 b addition, each school board is authorized to allocate appropriate portions of its institute or inservice days to conduct training programs for teachers and other school personnel who have expressed an interest in becoming qualified to administer emergency first aid or cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
In HB0973 Enrolled - 3 - LRB096 07631 NHT 17729 b addition, each school board is authorized to allocate appropriate portions of its institute or inservice days to conduct training programs for teachers and other school personnel who have expressed an interest in becoming qualified to administer emergency first aid or cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
HB0973 Engrossed - 4 - LRB096 07631 NHT 17729 b No pupil shall be required to take or participate in any class or course on AIDS or family life instruction if his parent or guardian submits written objection thereto, and refusal to take or participate in the course or program shall not be reason for suspension or expulsion of the pupil.
HB0973 Enrolled - 4 - LRB096 07631 NHT 17729 b No pupil shall be required to take or participate in any class or course on AIDS or family life instruction if his parent or guardian submits written objection thereto, and refusal to take or participate in the course or program shall not be reason for suspension or expulsion of the pupil.
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Action History

  1. Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0383

  2. Effective Date January 1, 2010

  3. Governor Approved

  4. Sent to the Governor

  5. Passed Both Houses

  6. Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000

  7. Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson

  8. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** May 18, 2009

  9. Second Reading

  10. Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes

  11. Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford

  12. Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 23, 2009

  13. Do Pass Education; 008-000-000

  14. Assigned to Education

  15. Referred to Assignments

  16. First Reading

  17. Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Heather Steans

  18. Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 26, 2009

  19. Arrive in Senate

  20. Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000

  21. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate

  22. Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate

  23. Second Reading - Short Debate

  24. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Susana A. Mendoza

  25. Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate

  26. Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 020-000-000

  27. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; by Voice Vote

  28. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Elementary & Secondary Education Committee

  29. Remains in Elementary & Secondary Education Committee

  30. Motion Do Pass - Lost Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 008-005-000

  31. Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark L. Walker

  32. Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez

  33. Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith Farnham

  34. Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee

  35. Referred to Rules Committee

  36. First Reading

  37. Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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0 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 182 not signed on

Sponsors (0)

None.

Co-sponsors (1)

Not signed on (182)

182 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Third Reading

Passed 58 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 48001
Democrat 9000
Republican 1000
Total 58001
% of votes cast 98%0%0%2%
How each member voted (59)
Member Party Vote
Hultgren — Yea
Hutchinson — Yea
Kotowski — Yea
Lauzen — Yea
Demuzio — Yea
Link — Yea
Jacobs — Yea
Maloney — Yea
McCarter — Yea
Meeks — Yea
Munoz — Yea
Jones, J. — Yea
Brady — Yea
Sullivan — Yea
Millner — Yea
Noland — Yea
Schoenberg — Yea
Steans — Yea
Trotter — Yea
Cullerton — Yea
Viverito — Yea
Wilhelmi — Yea
Clayborne — Yea
Cronin — Yea
Crotty — Yea
Dahl — Yea
DeLeo — Yea
Dillard — Yea
Duffy — Yea
Forby — Yea
Frerichs — Yea
Garrett — Yea
Haine — Yea
Hendon — Yea
Pankau — Yea
Radogno — Yea
Raoul — Not Voting
Righter — Yea
Risinger — Yea
Rutherford — Yea
Sandoval — Yea
Silverstein — Yea
Luechtefeld — Yea
Althoff — Yea
Martinez — Yea
Bivins — Yea
Bomke — Yea
Bond — Yea
Burzynski — Yea
David Koehler Democrat Yea
Don Harmon Democrat Yea
Emil Jones, III Democrat Yea
Eva-Dina Delgado Democrat Yea
Kimberly A. Lightford Democrat Yea
Lakesia Collins Democrat Yea
Laura M. Murphy Democrat Yea
Linda Holmes Democrat Yea
Mattie Hunter Democrat Yea
Dave Syverson Republican Yea

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Third Reading

Passed 114 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 100003
Democrat 11000
Republican 3001
Total 114004
% of votes cast 97%0%0%3%
How each member voted (118)
Member Party Vote
Jackson — Yea
Lang — Yea
Leitch — Yea
Mathias — Yea
May — Yea
McAuliffe — Yea
McCarthy — Yea
Davis, Monique — Yea
Mell — Yea
Reitz — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Senger — Yea
Sommer — Yea
Soto — Yea
Lyons — Yea
Bradley — Yea
McGuire — Yea
Brady — Yea
Sullivan — Yea
Burke — Yea
Dugan — Yea
Dunkin — Yea
Durkin — Yea
Eddy — Yea
Farnham — Yea
Flider — Yea
Flowers — Yea
Fortner — Yea
Franks — Yea
Fritchey — Yea
Froehlich — Yea
Jefferson — Yea
Mitchell, Bill — Yea
Mitchell, Jerry — Yea
Madigan — Yea
Gordon, Jehan — Yea
Moffitt — Yea
Myers — Yea
Nekritz — Yea
Osterman — Yea
Phelps — Yea
Hannig — Yea
Harris — Yea
Poe — Yea
Thapedi — Yea
Watson — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Tryon — Yea
Turner — Yea
Verschoore — Yea
Wait — Yea
Howard — Yea
Washington — Yea
Winters — Yea
Yarbrough — Yea
Zalewski — Yea
Gordon, Careen — Not Voting
Cavaletto — Yea
Coladipietro — Yea
Cole — Yea
Colvin — Yea
Cross — Yea
Cultra — Yea
Currie — Yea
D'Amico — Yea
Golar — Yea
Graham — Yea
Hamos — Yea
Hatcher — Yea
Holbrook — Yea
Jakobsson — Yea
Kosel — Not Voting
Osmond — Yea
Pihos — Yea
Pritchard — Yea
Ramey — Yea
Reboletti — Yea
Reis — Yea
Riley — Yea
Ryg — Yea
Sacia — Yea
Saviano — Yea
Schmitz — Yea
Acevedo — Yea
Arroyo — Yea
Bassi — Yea
Beaubien — Yea
Beiser — Yea
Bellock — Yea
Berrios — Yea
Biggins — Yea
Mautino — Yea
Black — Yea
Boland — Yea
Bost — Yea
Brauer — Yea
Brosnahan — Yea
Burns — Yea
Connelly — Yea
McAsey — Yea
Coulson — Yea
Mulligan — Not Voting
Chapa LaVia — Yea
Anthony DeLuca Democrat Yea
Fred Crespo Democrat Yea
Jay Hoffman Democrat Yea
La Shawn K. Ford Democrat Yea
Lakesia Collins Democrat Yea
Mark L. Walker Democrat Yea
Nicholas K. Smith Democrat Yea
Patrick J. Joyce Democrat Yea
Robert "Bob" Rita Democrat Yea
Sara Feigenholtz Democrat Yea
William "Will" Davis Democrat Yea
Brad Stephens Republican Yea
Chapin Rose Republican Not Voting
Chris Miller Republican Yea
Jil Tracy Republican Yea

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Subjects

public-safety education
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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 973 do?
Amends the Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive Health Education Act. Provides that the Comprehensive Health Education Program shall include instruction in grades 8 through 12 on teen dating violence.
Who sponsors HB 973?
HB 973 is sponsored by Chapa LaVia.
What is the current status of HB 973?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 10, 2009. Enacted.
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