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+type: "Bill"
+title: "HEALTHCARE SURROGATE-PHYSICIAN"
+description: "Amends the Health Care Surrogate Act. Removes the requirement that an attending physician or qualified physician be licensed specifically in Illinois. Effective immediately."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
+legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
+session: "102nd"
+identifier: "HB 704"
+citation: "Illinois HB 704 (102nd)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Debbie Meyers-Martin", "Michael E. Hastings"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 33
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-02-05"
+last_action: "2021-07-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/28aac298-5035-4748-b45d-a33962209f99"
+source_url: "https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=704&GAID=16&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=129222&SessionID=110&GA=102"
+source_hash: "ba057c2ec12955977f0998113cb3f5d68f5c2198c088e7b6b4c5595e7232e3d2"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
+---
+
+# Illinois HB 704 (102nd) — HEALTHCARE SURROGATE-PHYSICIAN
+
+Amends the Health Care Surrogate Act. Removes the requirement that an attending physician or qualified physician be licensed specifically in Illinois. Effective immediately.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB0704.pdf)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB0704eng.pdf)
+3. **House Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB0704ham001.pdf)
+4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB0704enr.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower
+- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Debbie Meyers-Martin — primary (person)
+- Michael E. Hastings — primary (person)
+- Carol Ammons — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-05** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin `filing`
+- **2021-02-08** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-02-08** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-02** Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-09** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin `amendment-introduction`
+- **2021-03-09** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-11** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Health Care Licenses Committee
+- **2021-03-17** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Health Care Licenses Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-03-17** Do Pass as Amended / Consent Calendar Health Care Licenses Committee; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2021-03-18** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Consent Calendar
+- **2021-04-07** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
+- **2021-04-14** Second Reading - Consent Calendar `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-14** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Consent Calendar `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Consent Calendar
+- **2021-04-16** Third Reading - Consent Calendar - First Day `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-21** Third Reading - Consent Calendar - Passed 117-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-04-21** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
+- **2021-04-21** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 22, 2021 `reading-1`
+- **2021-04-22** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Michael E. Hastings
+- **2021-04-22** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-04-22** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-28** Assigned to Licensed Activities `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-06** Do Pass Licensed Activities; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2021-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 10, 2021
+- **2021-05-13** Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 14, 2021
+- **2021-05-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** May 25, 2021
+- **2021-05-27** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-05-27** Passed Both Houses
+- **2021-06-23** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-07-30** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
+- **2021-07-30** Effective Date July 30, 2021
+- **2021-07-30** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0182 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/28aac298-5035-4748-b45d-a33962209f99`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
+