The legislation was introduced in bill HB2247 on Feb. 7, when Rep. Camille Y. Lilly (D-78) filed it with the House clerk.
According to the General Assembly website, the bill as introduced was designed to "amend the Developmental Disability and Mental Disability Services Act".
After debate, the House passed the bill on April 11 and it arrived in the Senate on April 12, and both chambers agreed to the final version of the legislation on May 16. The bill was sent to the governor and signed into law on July 12. 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 HB2247.
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2/7/2019 | House | Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Camille Y. Lilly |
| 2/7/2019 | House | First Reading |
| 2/7/2019 | House | Referred to Rules Committee |
| 2/19/2019 | House | Assigned to Mental Health Committee |
| 3/7/2019 | House | Do Pass / Short Debate Mental Health Committee; 018-000-000 |
| 3/7/2019 | House | Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate |
| 4/9/2019 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Camille Y. Lilly |
| 4/9/2019 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee |
| 4/10/2019 | House | Second Reading - Short Debate |
| 4/10/2019 | House | Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate |
| 4/10/2019 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Mental Health Committee |
| 4/11/2019 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted |
| 4/11/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kambium Buckner |
| 4/11/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Delia C. Ramirez |
| 4/11/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield |
| 4/11/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez |
| 4/11/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons |
| 4/11/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicholas K. Smith |
| 4/11/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Curtis J. Tarver, II |
| 4/11/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lamont J. Robinson, Jr. |
| 4/11/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Justin Slaughter |
| 4/11/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman |
| 4/11/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper |
| 4/11/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin |
| 4/11/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford |
| 4/11/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maurice A. West, II |
| 4/11/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. LaToya Greenwood |
| 4/11/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Thaddeus Jones |
| 4/11/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. André Thapedi |
| 4/11/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Natalie A. Manley |
| 4/11/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr. |
| 4/11/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Melissa Conyears-Ervin |
| 4/11/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth |
| 4/11/2019 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Mental Health Committee; 010-000-000 |
| 4/11/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin |
| 4/11/2019 | House | Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin |
| 4/11/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers |
| 4/11/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Charles Meier |
| 4/11/2019 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 |
| 4/11/2019 | House | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate |
| 4/12/2019 | Senate | Arrive in Senate |
| 4/12/2019 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 30, 2019 |
| 5/2/2019 | Senate | First Reading |
| 5/2/2019 | Senate | Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison |
| 5/2/2019 | Senate | Referred to Assignments |
| 5/7/2019 | Senate | Assigned to Human Services |
| 5/7/2019 | Senate | Waive Posting Notice |
| 5/8/2019 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 9, 2019 |
| 5/8/2019 | Senate | Do Pass Human Services; 006-000-000 |
| 5/8/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford |
| 5/14/2019 | Senate | Second Reading |
| 5/14/2019 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 15, 2019 |
| 5/16/2019 | House | Passed Both Houses |
| 5/16/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins |
| 5/16/2019 | Senate | Third Reading - Passed; 050-000-000 |
| 6/14/2019 | House | Sent to the Governor |
| 7/12/2019 | House | Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0061 |
| 7/12/2019 | House | Effective Date January 1, 2020 |
| 7/12/2019 | House | Governor Approved |
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