The legislation was introduced in bill HB2 on Nov. 30, 2018, when Rep. Mary E. Flowers (D-31) filed it with the House clerk.
According to the General Assembly website, the bill as introduced was designed to "amend the Medical Patient Rights Act".
After debate, the House passed the bill on April 11 and it arrived in the House on May 17, and both chambers agreed to the final version of the legislation on May 30. The bill was sent to the governor and signed into law on Aug. 23. The law is scheduled to go into effect on Jan. 1, 2020.
Illinois legislature enacts laws through bills that can be introduced in either the state House of Representatives or the state Senate. Either chamber of the legislature can reject or amend a bill before it becomes law. Legislators sometimes sponsor "shell bills" devoid of substantive provisions, introduced with the intention of being amended later to include actual legislation.
The following table shows the full history of actions on HB2.
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 11/30/2018 | House | Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Mary E. Flowers |
| 1/9/2019 | House | First Reading |
| 1/9/2019 | House | Referred to Rules Committee |
| 1/29/2019 | House | Assigned to Health Care Availability & Accessibility Committee |
| 1/29/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Delia C. Ramirez |
| 1/29/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. LaToya Greenwood |
| 1/29/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Anne Stava-Murray |
| 1/29/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield |
| 1/31/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart |
| 2/5/2019 | House | Do Pass / Short Debate Health Care Availability & Accessibility Committee; 004-001-000 |
| 2/6/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robyn Gabel |
| 2/7/2019 | House | Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate |
| 2/13/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia |
| 2/13/2019 | House | Fiscal Note Requested by Rep. Tom Demmer |
| 2/21/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy |
| 2/27/2019 | House | Fiscal Note Filed |
| 3/19/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Hernandez |
| 3/20/2019 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Mary E. Flowers |
| 3/20/2019 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee |
| 4/2/2019 | House | Second Reading - Short Debate |
| 4/2/2019 | House | Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate |
| 4/2/2019 | House | Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate |
| 4/2/2019 | House | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate |
| 4/3/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Theresa Mah |
| 4/3/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kambium Buckner |
| 4/3/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch |
| 4/3/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Karina Villa |
| 4/3/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel Didech |
| 4/3/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr. |
| 4/3/2019 | House | Remove Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Delia C. Ramirez |
| 4/3/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Delia C. Ramirez |
| 4/3/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John Connor |
| 4/3/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark L. Walker |
| 4/3/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert Rita |
| 4/3/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry Costello, II |
| 4/3/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons |
| 4/3/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicholas K. Smith |
| 4/3/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ann M. Williams |
| 4/3/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Yehiel M. Kalish |
| 4/3/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Curtis J. Tarver, II |
| 4/3/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi |
| 4/3/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lamont J. Robinson, Jr. |
| 4/3/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Justin Slaughter |
| 4/3/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason |
| 4/3/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper |
| 4/3/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin |
| 4/3/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Martin J. Moylan |
| 4/3/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Celina Villanueva |
| 4/3/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Thaddeus Jones |
| 4/3/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. André Thapedi |
| 4/3/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Natalie A. Manley |
| 4/3/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr. |
| 4/3/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jay Hoffman |
| 4/3/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly |
| 4/3/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Luis Arroyo |
| 4/3/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anna Moeller |
| 4/4/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Melissa Conyears-Ervin |
| 4/10/2019 | House | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate |
| 4/11/2019 | House | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Standard Debate |
| 4/11/2019 | House | Third Reading - Standard Debate - Passed 067-035-001 |
| 4/11/2019 | House | Removed from Short Debate Status |
| 4/11/2019 | Senate | Arrive in Senate |
| 4/11/2019 | Senate | First Reading |
| 4/11/2019 | Senate | Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins |
| 4/11/2019 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading |
| 4/11/2019 | Senate | Referred to Assignments |
| 4/24/2019 | Senate | Assigned to Public Health |
| 4/29/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford |
| 4/30/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Antonio Muñoz |
| 4/30/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson |
| 5/2/2019 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 7, 2019 |
| 5/2/2019 | Senate | Do Pass Public Health; 010-000-000 |
| 5/7/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval |
| 5/9/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter |
| 5/10/2019 | Senate | Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments |
| 5/10/2019 | Senate | Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins |
| 5/14/2019 | Senate | Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Public Health |
| 5/15/2019 | Senate | Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Public Health; 009-000-000 |
| 5/16/2019 | Senate | Second Reading |
| 5/16/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Patricia Van Pelt |
| 5/16/2019 | Senate | Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Collins |
| 5/16/2019 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 17, 2019 |
| 5/17/2019 | House | Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1 |
| 5/17/2019 | House | Arrived in House |
| 5/17/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro |
| 5/17/2019 | Senate | Third Reading - Passed; 051-000-000 |
| 5/21/2019 | House | Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee |
| 5/21/2019 | House | Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Health Care Availability & Accessibility Committee |
| 5/21/2019 | House | Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Mary E. Flowers |
| 5/22/2019 | House | Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Health Care Availability & Accessibility Committee; 005-000-000 |
| 5/30/2019 | House | Passed Both Houses |
| 5/30/2019 | House | Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 116-000-000 |
| 5/30/2019 | House | House Concurs |
| 6/28/2019 | House | Sent to the Governor |
| 8/23/2019 | House | Effective Date January 1, 2020 |
| 8/23/2019 | House | Governor Approved |
| 8/23/2019 | House | Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0445 |
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