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+type: "Bill"
+title: "VITAL RECORDS-DEATH NOTICE"
+description: "Amends the Vital Records Act. Provides that, if a death occurs in this State in a county outside the deceased's county of residence, the local registrar of the district in which the death certificate was filed shall, within 7 days after its filing, send a copy of the death certificate to the local registrar in the district where the deceased's county of residence is located. Effective immediately."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
+legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
+session: "103rd"
+identifier: "HB 4993"
+citation: "Illinois HB 4993 (103rd)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ryan Spain", "Sally J. Turner"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 31
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2024-02-07"
+last_action: "2024-08-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/295eab99-e3b4-4a2a-983a-ccd92fec2898"
+source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=4993&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=152930&SessionID=112"
+source_hash: "8a26994bbc92a6644d87dcda1e1060f5682f21181bca761a5de7e4ef791e4a56"
+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 4993 (103rd) — VITAL RECORDS-DEATH NOTICE
+
+Amends the Vital Records Act. Provides that, if a death occurs in this State in a county outside the deceased's county of residence, the local registrar of the district in which the death certificate was filed shall, within 7 days after its filing, send a copy of the death certificate to the local registrar in the district where the deceased's county of residence is located. Effective immediately.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB4993.pdf)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB4993eng.pdf)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB4993enr.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Counties & Townships — **9–0** (pass) · lower
+- Local Government — **7–0** (pass) · lower
+- Third Reading — **109–0** (pass) · lower
+- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ryan Spain — primary (person)
+- Sally J. Turner — primary (person)
+- Katie Stuart — cosponsor (person)
+- Laura M. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
+- Matt Hanson — cosponsor (person)
+- Suzanne M. Ness — cosponsor (person)
+- Travis Weaver — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-02-07** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Ryan Spain `filing`
+- **2024-02-08** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2024-02-08** Referred to Rules Committee
+- **2024-03-05** Assigned to Counties & Townships Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-14** Do Pass / Short Debate Counties & Townships Committee; 009-000-000
+- **2024-03-14** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2024-03-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Suzanne M. Ness
+- **2024-03-20** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart
+- **2024-04-04** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Travis Weaver
+- **2024-04-12** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2024-04-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2024-04-15** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Matt Hanson
+- **2024-04-16** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 109-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
+- **2024-04-17** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
+- **2024-04-17** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2024-04-17** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Sally J. Turner
+- **2024-04-17** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2024-04-17** Referred to Assignments
+- **2024-04-24** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
+- **2024-04-30** Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 10, 2024
+- **2024-05-01** Do Pass Local Government; 007-000-000
+- **2024-05-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 7, 2024 `reading-2`
+- **2024-05-09** Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2024-05-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
+- **2024-05-16** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
+- **2024-05-16** Passed Both Houses
+- **2024-05-17** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
+- **2024-06-13** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-08-02** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
+- **2024-08-02** Effective Date August 2, 2024
+- **2024-08-02** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0741 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/295eab99-e3b4-4a2a-983a-ccd92fec2898`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
+