# Illinois HB4397: SCH CD-SCH PSYCHOLOGIST-DEGREE

Illinois HB4397, SCH CD-SCH PSYCHOLOGIST-DEGREE, is a 104th General Assembly (2025–2026) House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2026-07-24 (Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0605) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Illinois HB4397
- State: Illinois
- Session: 104th General Assembly (2025–2026)
- Title: SCH CD-SCH PSYCHOLOGIST-DEGREE
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-01-13
- Last action: 2026-07-24, Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0605
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 11
- Subjects: elementary & secondary education: administration, licensing & charter schools, assignments, education
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 5 (170 yes, 23 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. Provides that "school psychologist" means a psychologist who, along with other qualifications, has graduated with a specialist degree, an equivalent degree with the completion of a minimum of 60 graduate semester hours, or a higher degree in school psychology (rather than a master's degree or higher degree in psychology or educational psychology) from an institution of higher learning and has had at least 1,200 clock hours of supervised experience (rather than one school year of full-time supervised experience) in the delivery of school psychological services. Makes changes to provide that school psychological services provided by qualified specialists who hold a Professional Educator License endorsed for school psychology may include, but are not limited to: (1) providing assessments; (2) creating and implementing prevention and intervention services that support student learning; (3) providing mental and behavioral health services; (4) acting as liaisons between public schools and community agencies; (5) evaluating program effectiveness; (6) providing crisis prevention, response, and intervention within the school setting; (7) providing consultation and collaboration; (8) supervising school psychologist interns enrolled in school psychology programs; (9) screening school enrollments to identify children who should be referred for individual study; and (10) developing any other necessary programs and services. Provides that a school psychologist may not provide school psychological services outside of his or her employment to any student in any school district that employs the school psychologist. Makes other changes.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Cosponsor: David Koehler (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Julie A. Morrison (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Karina Villa (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Kimberly Du Buclet (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Laura M. Murphy (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Lisa Davis (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Mark L. Walker (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Maurice A. West, II (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Michael Crawford (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Sara Feigenholtz (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Yolonda Morris (Democratic), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-05-19 | Senate | Third Reading - Passed; | pass | 46 | 12 |   |
| 2026-05-06 | Senate | Do Pass Education; | pass | 13 | 1 |   |
| 2026-04-17 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed | pass | 94 | 9 |   |
| 2026-04-16 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools; | pass | 9 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-25 | House | Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools; | pass | 8 | 1 |   |

## Actions (45)

- 2026-07-24: Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0605 (House)
- 2026-07-24: Effective Date January 1, 2027 (House)
- 2026-07-24: Governor Approved (House)
- 2026-06-18: Sent to the Governor (House)
- 2026-05-19: Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Sara Feigenholtz (Senate)
- 2026-05-19: Passed Both Houses (House)
- 2026-05-19: Third Reading - Passed; 046-012-000 (Senate)
- 2026-05-14: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 18, 2026 (Senate)
- 2026-05-14: Second Reading (Senate)
- 2026-05-07: Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy (Senate)
- 2026-05-06: Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison (Senate)
- 2026-05-06: Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. David Koehler (Senate)
- 2026-05-06: Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 7, 2026 (Senate)
- 2026-05-06: Do Pass Education; 013-001-000 (Senate)
- 2026-04-30: Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mark L. Walker (Senate)
- 2026-04-28: Assigned to Education (Senate)
- 2026-04-23: Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Karina Villa (Senate)
- 2026-04-21: Referred to Assignments (Senate)
- 2026-04-21: First Reading (Senate)
- 2026-04-21: Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel (Senate)
- 2026-04-21: Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading (Senate)
- 2026-04-21: Arrive in Senate (Senate)
- 2026-04-17: Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kimberly Du Buclet (House)
- 2026-04-17: Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Yolonda Morris (House)
- 2026-04-17: Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lisa Davis (House)
- 2026-04-17: Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 094-009-000 (House)
- 2026-04-17: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate (House)
- 2026-04-17: House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted (House)
- 2026-04-16: House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools; 009-000-000 (House)
- 2026-04-16: House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools (House)
- 2026-04-16: House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee (House)
- 2026-04-16: House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Michael Crawford (House)
- 2026-04-10: Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate (House)
- 2026-04-10: Second Reading - Short Debate (House)
- 2026-03-26: Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate (House)
- 2026-03-26: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maurice A. West, II (House)
- 2026-03-25: Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools; 008-001-000 (House)
- 2026-03-25: House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools; by Voice Vote (House)
- 2026-03-18: House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools (House)
- 2026-02-11: House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee (House)
- 2026-02-11: House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Michael Crawford (House)
- 2026-02-11: Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools (House)
- 2026-01-14: Referred to Rules Committee (House)
- 2026-01-14: First Reading (House)
- 2026-01-13: Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Michael Crawford (House)

## Bill text

- Engrossed: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB4397eng.pdf)
- Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB4397enr.pdf)
- House Amendment 1: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB4397ham001.pdf)
- House Amendment 2: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB4397ham002.pdf)
- Introduced: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB4397.pdf)

## Related bills

- HB5198: AFFORDABLE HOUSING-CILAS (passed house)
- SB1937: PENSION CODE-VARIOUS (passed senate)
- HB2563: CONDO-RESERVE STUDY (in committee)
- HB4701: LIMITATIONS FACILITY FEES ACT (in committee)
- SB3008: DHS-ABLE PROGRAM INFO MATERIAL (passed senate)
- SB3484: VEH CD-PLATES-REGISTRATION (signed)

## Sources
- [Engrossed (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB4397eng.pdf)
- [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB4397enr.pdf)
- [House Amendment 1 (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB4397ham001.pdf)
- [House Amendment 2 (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB4397ham002.pdf)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB4397.pdf)

## Related
- [HB5198: AFFORDABLE HOUSING-CILAS](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB5198-2025-2026)
- [SB1937: PENSION CODE-VARIOUS](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB1937-2025-2026)
- [HB2563: CONDO-RESERVE STUDY](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB2563-2025-2026)
- [HB4701: LIMITATIONS FACILITY FEES ACT](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB4701-2025-2026)
- [SB3008: DHS-ABLE PROGRAM INFO MATERIAL](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB3008-2025-2026)
- [SB3484: VEH CD-PLATES-REGISTRATION](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB3484-2025-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB4397-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).