---
type: "Bill"
title: "NURSING HOMES-COMPLAINTS"
description: "Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, a local health department may investigate a complaint against a facility within the local health department's jurisdiction."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "102nd"
identifier: "HB 2433"
citation: "Illinois HB 2433 (102nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Melinda Bush", "Suzanne Ness"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 45
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-17"
last_action: "2021-08-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5df09505-5274-4e40-a75d-dd5b0c2aea30"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2433&GAID=16&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=131208&SessionID=110&GA=102"
source_hash: "dc4b80d5788cdee4533efeaadfd9e87e5ab713e990505aa50c1326217b52daaa"
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 2433 (102nd) — NURSING HOMES-COMPLAINTS

Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, a local health department may investigate a complaint against a facility within the local health department's jurisdiction.

## 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/10200HB2433.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB2433eng.pdf)
3. **House Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB2433ham001.pdf)
4. **House Amendment 002** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB2433ham002.pdf)
5. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB2433sam001.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB2433enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Melinda Bush — primary (person)
- Suzanne Ness — primary (person)
- Camille Y. Lilly — cosponsor (person)
- Debbie Meyers-Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Denyse Wang Stoneback — cosponsor (person)
- Jawaharial Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Patricia Van Pelt — cosponsor (person)
- Sue Scherer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-02-17** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Suzanne Ness `filing`
- **2021-02-19** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-19** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-09** Assigned to Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23** Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 014-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-08** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2021-04-13** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Suzanne Ness `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-13** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-20** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Human Services Committee
- **2021-04-20** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Suzanne Ness `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-20** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Human Services Committee
- **2021-04-21** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2021-04-21** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2021-04-22** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Human Services Committee; 014-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-22** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2021-04-22** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 106-003-002 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-22** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40 `amendment-failure`
- **2021-04-22** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sue Scherer
- **2021-04-22** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin
- **2021-04-22** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Denyse Wang Stoneback
- **2021-04-22** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
- **2021-04-22** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jawaharial Williams
- **2021-04-23** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-23** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-23** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Melinda Bush
- **2021-04-23** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-23** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** Assigned to Health `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-12** Do Pass Health; 014-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 13, 2021
- **2021-05-12** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Patricia Van Pelt
- **2021-05-13** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-05-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 14, 2021
- **2021-05-14** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Melinda Bush `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-14** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-17** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Health
- **2021-05-28** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-28** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) `amendment-failure`
- **2021-05-28** Passed Both Houses
- **2021-06-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-08-20** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2021-08-20** Effective Date August 20, 2021
- **2021-08-20** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0432 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5df09505-5274-4e40-a75d-dd5b0c2aea30`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).