Illinois HB 1783: ST BD ED-LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT
Status: Passed Both Houses (as of 2026-05-19)
State: Illinois · Session: 104th · Bill: HB 1783
Sponsors: Meg Loughran Cappel, Michelle Mussman, Diane Blair-Sherlock, Edgar González, Jr., Janet Yang Rohr, Laura Faver Dias, Michael Crawford, Nicole La Ha
Bill Text
• Illinois General Assembly - Full Text of HB1783 • • • • • • • • • • • • Select Language × The Illinois General Assembly offers the Google Translate™ service for visitor convenience. In no way should it be considered accurate as to the translation of any content herein. Visitors of the Illinois General Assembly website are encouraged to use other translation services available on the internet. The English language version is always the official and authoritative version of this website. NOTE: To return to the original English language version, select the "Show Original" button on the Google Translate™ menu bar at the top of the window. Choose Language English Afrikaans Albanian Arabic Armenian Azerbaijani Basque Bengali Bosnian Catalan Croatian Czech Danish Dutch Esperanto Estonian Filipino Finnish French Galician Georgian German Greek Gujarati Haitian Creole Hausa Hawaiian Hebrew Hindi Hungarian Icelandic Indonesian Interlingua Interlingue Inuktitut Irish Italian Japanese Javanese Kannada Khmer Korean Latin Latvian Lithuanian Luxembourgish Macedonian Malagasy Malayalam Maltese Maori Marathi Myanmar Nepali Norwegian Odia Pashto Punjabi Romanian Russian Samoan Sango Sanskrit Sardinian Sindhi Sinhala Slovak Slovenian Somali Southern Sotho Spanish Sundanese Swahili Swedish Tamil Telugu Thai Tigrinya Tonga Turkish Ukrainian Urdu Vietnamese Welsh Xhosa Yiddish Yoruba Zulu Powered by Translate Close Illinois General Assembly Top Navigation Bar Translate Learn Select General Assembly Search the 104th General Assembly Enter search terms for legislation, members, committees, or schedules. ILGA.GOV • • LEGISLATION & LAWS • Bills & Resolutions • Public Acts • Illinois Compiled Statutes • Illinois Constitution • Search Legislation • Glossary • Guide • Reports & Inquiry • Legislative Reports • Special Reports • FTP Site • Legislator Lookup • Capitol Complex Phone Numbers • Rules & Regulations • Illinois Register • Administrative Rules • Senate • Members • Schedules • Committees • Request for Remote Testimony • Journals • Transcripts • Rules • Audio/Video • FOIA Information • Senate Employment Opportunities • Media Guidelines • House • Members • Schedules • Committees • Submit testimony for House Committees • Journals • Transcripts • Rules • Audio/Video • FOIA Information • House Employment Opportunities • Log In Mobile Top Bar Search the 104th General Assembly Enter keywords to search the Illinois General Assembly website. Full Text of HB1783 • Home • Legislation • Full Text HB1783 - 104th General Assembly • Bill Status • Full Text • Votes • Witness Slips Select Menu Bill Status Full Text Votes Witness Slips Printer Friendly Version Introduced Engrossed Enrolled House Amendment 001 House Amendment 002 Printer Friendly Version Introduced Engrossed Enrolled House Amendment 001 House Amendment 002 Open PDF HB1783 EnrolledLRB104 09258 LNS 19316 b 1 AN ACT concerning education. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the 5Language Equality Acquisition for Deaf, Hard of Hearing, or 6DeafBlind Children Act. 7 Section 5. Findings and goal. 8 (a) The General Assembly finds that there is an urgent and 9substantial need to do all of the following: 10 (1) Develop a State-recognized language needs and 11 monitoring program for deaf, hard of hearing, or DeafBlind 12 children with language and communication developmental 13 milestones to assist parents, guardians, and educators in 14 determining the language and communication needs and goals 15 of deaf, hard of hearing, or DeafBlind children. 16 (2) End language deprivation in children who are deaf, 17 hard of hearing, or DeafBlind through proper assessment, 18 monitoring, and tracking of language and communication 19 developmental milestones. 20 (3) Provide access to primary languages to be used at 21 home, including, but not limited to, American Sign 22 Language, English, or Protactile, all of which are 23 essential in the development of cognition, communication, HB1783 Enrolled- 2 -LRB104 09258 LNS 19316 b 1 literacy, and language in deaf, hard of hearing, or 2 DeafBlind children and in enhancing preschool and 3 kindergarten readiness. 4 (4) Maximize resources associated with early 5 intervention services by ensuring deaf, hard of hearing, 6 and DeafBlind children have the necessary language 7 foundatio
View Illinois HB 1783 on LegisTrack → — full text, sponsors, votes, campaign finance, and cross-state matches.