---
type: "Bill"
title: "WORKER COMP MRSA PRESUMPTION"
description: "Amends the Workers' Compensation Act. Provides that, with respect to firefighters and emergency medical technicians, a contagious staph infection, including Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), is rebuttably presumed to arise out of and in the course of employment. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "102nd"
identifier: "HB 3662"
citation: "Illinois HB 3662 (102nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Linda Holmes", "Marcus C. Evans, Jr."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-19"
last_action: "2021-08-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b0861e0-8b63-474b-a0f3-e7b11b41bbbe"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3662&GAID=16&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=132707&SessionID=110&GA=102"
source_hash: "ddafe6c1b8250c7cda4db4f902c3030e559603bd1dc09fe986dcdc79f1edc522"
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 3662 (102nd) — WORKER COMP MRSA PRESUMPTION

Amends the Workers' Compensation Act. Provides that, with respect to firefighters and emergency medical technicians, a contagious staph infection, including Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), is rebuttably presumed to arise out of and in the course of employment. 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/10200HB3662.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB3662eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB3662enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **52–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Linda Holmes — primary (person)
- Marcus C. Evans, Jr. — primary (person)
- Camille Y. Lilly — cosponsor (person)
- Jawaharial Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen Willis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-19** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr. `filing`
- **2021-02-22** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-22** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16** Assigned to Labor & Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Do Pass / Short Debate Labor & Commerce Committee; 023-001-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-08** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2021-04-16** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2021-04-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2021-04-21** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen Willis
- **2021-04-21** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-21** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jawaharial Williams
- **2021-04-21** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
- **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. Linda Holmes
- **2021-04-22** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-22** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-10** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-21** Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 29, 2021
- **2021-05-25** Do Pass Judiciary; 007-002-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-25** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 26, 2021
- **2021-05-27** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-05-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 28, 2021
- **2021-05-28** Third Reading - Passed; 052-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **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 . . . . . . . . . 102-0493 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1b0861e0-8b63-474b-a0f3-e7b11b41bbbe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).