For additional roll call votes on Illinois HB0725 please see the Vote List

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Bill Title: Amends the School Code to encourage school boards to implement American Sign Language (ASL) courses into school foreign language curriculum. Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public universities in Illinois. In provisions concerning admissions requirements, provides that ASL constitutes a foreign language for the purposes of meeting those requirements. Requires the governing board of each public university to award academic credit for the successful completion of any ASL course offered or approved by the university, which may be applied toward the satisfaction of the foreign language requirements of the university. Imposes conditions on any rulemaking authority. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2009-12-23 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0843 [HB0725 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

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Vote: Motion in House

Vote	Tally	Democrat	Republican
Yea	116	69	47
Nay	-	-	-
Not Voting	-	-	-
Absent	-	-	-
TOTAL	116	69	47

Result: Passed

Name	Yea	Nay	NV	Absent	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Rep. Acevedo, Edward J. [D]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Arroyo, Luis [D]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Bassi, Suzanne "Suzie" H. [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Beaubien Jr., Mark H. [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Beiser, Daniel V. [D]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Bellock, Patricia "Patti" R. [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Berrios, Maria "Toni" Antonia [D]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Biggins, Robert "Bob" A. [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Black, William "Bill" B. [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Boland, Mike J. [D]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Bost, Mike [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Bradley, John E. [D]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Brady, Dan [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Brauer, Rich [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Brosnahan, James "Jim" D. [D]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Burke, Daniel J. [D]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Burns, William "Will" D. [D]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Cavaletto, John D. [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Coladipietro, Franco [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Cole, Sandy [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Collins, Annazette R. [D]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Colvin, Marlow H. [D]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Sen. Connelly, Michael G. [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Coulson, Elizabeth [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Crespo, Fred [D]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Cross, Tom [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Cultra, Shane [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Currie, Barbara Flynn [D]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. D'Amico, John C. [D]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Davis, Monique D. [D]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Davis, William "Will" [D]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. DeLuca, Anthony [D]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Dugan, Lisa M. [D]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Dunkin, Kenneth "Ken" [D]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Durkin, James "Jim" B. [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Eddy, Roger L. [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Farnham, Keith [D]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Sen. Feigenholtz, Sara [D]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Flider, Robert "Bob" F. [D]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Flowers, Mary E. [D]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Ford, LaShawn K. [D]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Fortner, Mike [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Franks, Jack D. [D]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Fritchey, John A. [D]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Froehlich, Paul D. [D]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Golar, Esther [D]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Gordon, Careen M. [D]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Gordon-Booth, Jehan A. [D]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Graham, Deborah L. [D]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Hamos, Julie E. [D]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Hannig, Betsy [D]					N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Harris, Gregory "Greg" S. [D]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Hatcher, Kay [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Hernandez, Elizabeth "Lisa" [D]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Hoffman, Jay C. [D]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Holbrook, Thomas "Tom" [D]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Howard, Constance "Connie" A. [D]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Jackson Sr., Eddie Lee [D]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Jakobsson, Naomi D. [D]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Jefferson, Charles "Chuck" E. [D]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Joyce, Kevin Carey [D]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Kosel, Renee [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Lang, Louis "Lou" I. [D]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. LaVia, Linda Chapa [D]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Leitch, David R. [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Lyons, Joseph M. [D]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Madigan, Michael J. [D]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Mathias, Sidney H. [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Mautino, Frank J. [D]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. May, Karen [D]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. McAsey, Emily [D]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. McAuliffe, Michael P. [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. McCarthy, Kevin A. [D]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. McGuire, Jack "Jack" C. [D]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Mell, Deborah L. [D]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Miller, David E. [D]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Mitchell, Bill [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Mitchell, Jerry L. [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Moffitt, Donald L. [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Myers, Richard "Rich" P. [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Nekritz, Elaine [D]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Osmond, JoAnn D. [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Osterman, Harry [D]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Phelps, Brandon W. [D]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Pihos, Sandra M. [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Poe, Raymond [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Pritchard, Robert W. [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Ramey Jr., Harry "Randy" [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Reboletti, Dennis M. [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Reis, David B. [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Reitz, Dan [D]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Riley, Al [D]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Rita, Robert "Bob" [D]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Sen. Rose, Chapin [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Sacia, Jim [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Saviano, Angelo "Skip" [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Schmitz, Timothy L. [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Senger, Darlene J. [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Sente, Carol A. [D]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Smith, Michael K. [D]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Sommer, Keith P. [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Soto, Cynthia [D]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Stephens, Ron [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Sullivan Jr., Ed [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Thapedi, Andre M. [D]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Sen. Tracy, Jil Walker [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Tryon, Michael W. [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Turner, Arthur [D]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Verschoore, Patrick J. [D]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Wait, Ronald A. [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Sen. Walker, Mark L. [D]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Washington, Eddie [D]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Watson, Jim [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Winters, Dave [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Yarbrough, Karen A. [D]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Zalewski, Michael J. [D]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart