Illinois Senate Bill 648 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 24-0)
Status: Introduced on February 24 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-04-20 - Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
Pending: Senate Assignments Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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.

SCH CD-ASIAN AMERICAN HISTORY

Sen. Ram Villivalam [D]	Sen. John Connor [D]	Sen. Jacqueline Collins [D]	Sen. Antonio Munoz [D]
Sen. Laura Ellman [D]	Sen. Robert Peters [D]	Sen. Laura Fine [D]	Sen. Mike Simmons [D]
Sen. Celina Villanueva [D]	Sen. Christopher Belt [D]	Sen. Julie Morrison [D]	Sen. Mattie Hunter [D]
Sen. Michael Hastings [D]	Sen. Karina Villa [D]	Sen. Cristina Castro [D]	Sen. Kimberly Lightford [D]
Sen. Adriane Johnson [D]	Sen. Linda Holmes [D]	Sen. Cristina Pacione-Zayas [D]	Sen. Thomas Cullerton [D]
Sen. David Koehler [D]	Sen. William Cunningham [D]	Sen. Elgie Sims [D]	Sen. Laura Murphy [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-04-20	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
2021-04-16	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2021-04-13	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
2021-04-13	Senate	Postponed - Education
2021-04-08	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Bill Cunningham
2021-04-08	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. David Koehler
2021-04-06	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Thomas Cullerton
2021-03-31	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina H. Pacione-Zayas
2021-03-31	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
2021-03-31	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. John Connor
2021-03-31	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
2021-03-31	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Adriane Johnson
2021-03-26	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
2021-03-24	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro
2021-03-24	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Karina Villa
2021-03-24	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael E. Hastings
2021-03-24	Senate	Postponed - Education
2021-03-23	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
2021-03-17	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison
2021-03-16	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Christopher Belt
2021-03-16	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Celina Villanueva
2021-03-15	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Simmons
2021-03-15	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura Fine
2021-03-12	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert Peters
2021-03-12	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura Ellman
2021-03-09	Senate	Assigned to Education
2021-03-04	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Antonio Muñoz
2021-02-24	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2021-02-24	Senate	First Reading
2021-02-24	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ram Villivalam

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
105	5	27-20.8	New Code	See Bill Text
105	5	27-21	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=648&GAID=16&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=110&GA=102
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/10200SB0648.htm