# Illinois HB4795: SCH-CD-LICENSE-EARLY CHILDHOOD Illinois HB4795, SCH-CD-LICENSE-EARLY CHILDHOOD, is a 104th General Assembly (2025–2026) House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status passed senate, last action 2026-07-01 (Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(b) / Motion Referred to Rules Committee) (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB4795-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Illinois HB4795 - State: Illinois - Session: 104th General Assembly (2025–2026) - Title: SCH-CD-LICENSE-EARLY CHILDHOOD - Status: passed senate - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-02-02 - Last action: 2026-07-01, Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(b) / Motion Referred to Rules Committee - Sponsors: no sponsor on record - Cosponsors: 6 - Subjects: elementary & secondary education: administration, licensing & charter schools, assignments, education - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 6 (199 yes, 3 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. Provides that a National Board certification-early childhood generalist endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations may be issued to an applicant who holds a valid Early Childhood Generalist certificate issued by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. Provides that the endorsement holder is deemed qualified and authorized to provide instruction in early childhood education programs and is deemed to meet or exceed all early childhood instructional competency requirements established by the State Board for pre-kindergarten instruction. ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Cosponsor: Carol Ammons (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Chris Balkema (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Karina Villa (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Kimberly A. Lightford (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Laura Faver Dias (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Meg Loughran Cappel (Democratic), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-05-30 | Senate | Third Reading - Passed; | pass | 55 | 0 | | | 2026-05-26 | Senate | Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Education; | pass | 14 | 0 | | | 2026-05-06 | Senate | Do Pass Education; | pass | 14 | 0 | | | 2026-04-17 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed | pass | 101 | 0 | | | 2026-04-16 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools; | pass | 9 | 0 | | | 2026-03-25 | House | Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools; | pass | 6 | 3 | | ## Actions (48) - 2026-07-01: Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(b) / Motion Referred to Rules Committee (House) - 2026-05-30: Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Non-Concur Rep. Carol Ammons (House) - 2026-05-30: Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1 (House) - 2026-05-30: Arrived in House (House) - 2026-05-30: Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 (Senate) - 2026-05-30: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading (Senate) - 2026-05-30: Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Lightford (Senate) - 2026-05-30: Recalled to Second Reading (Senate) - 2026-05-28: Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Chris Balkema (Senate) - 2026-05-28: Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel (Senate) - 2026-05-27: Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Carol Ammons (House) - 2026-05-27: Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford (Senate) - 2026-05-26: Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Education; 014-000-000 (Senate) - 2026-05-26: Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Katie Stuart (House) - 2026-05-26: Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart (House) - 2026-05-26: Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Education (Senate) - 2026-05-26: Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments (Senate) - 2026-05-26: Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford (Senate) - 2026-05-22: Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2026 (Senate) - 2026-05-18: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 19, 2026 (Senate) - 2026-05-18: Second Reading (Senate) - 2026-05-06: Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 7, 2026 (Senate) - 2026-05-06: Do Pass Education; 014-000-000 (Senate) - 2026-04-29: Assigned to Education (Senate) - 2026-04-22: Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Karina Villa (Senate) - 2026-04-21: Referred to Assignments (Senate) - 2026-04-21: First Reading (Senate) - 2026-04-21: Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen (Senate) - 2026-04-21: Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading (Senate) - 2026-04-21: Arrive in Senate (Senate) - 2026-04-17: Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 101-000-000 (House) - 2026-04-17: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2026-04-17: House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted (House) - 2026-04-16: House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools; 009-000-000 (House) - 2026-04-15: House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools (House) - 2026-04-15: House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee (House) - 2026-04-15: House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Lilian Jiménez (House) - 2026-04-13: Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Faver Dias (House) - 2026-04-13: Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Lilian Jiménez (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) - 2026-03-25: Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools; 006-003-000 (House) - 2026-03-12: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart (House) - 2026-03-04: Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools (House) - 2026-02-06: Referred to Rules Committee (House) - 2026-02-06: First Reading (House) - 2026-02-02: Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Laura Faver Dias (House) ## Bill text - Engrossed: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB4795eng.pdf) - House Amendment 1: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB4795ham001.pdf) - Introduced: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB4795.pdf) - Senate Amendment 1: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB4795sam001.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/10400HB4795eng.pdf) - [House Amendment 1 (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB4795ham001.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB4795.pdf) - [Senate Amendment 1 (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB4795sam001.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) - [Illinois bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/illinois/bills) - [Illinois state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/illinois) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB4795-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).