---
type: "Bill"
title: "HEALTH CARE WORKER-CORRECTIONS"
description: "Amends the Health Care Worker Background Check Act. Provides that \"health care employer\" includes the Department of Corrections or a third-party vendor employing certified nursing assistants working with the Department of Corrections. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "102nd"
identifier: "SB 1771"
citation: "Illinois SB 1771 (102nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Christopher Belt", "LaToya Greenwood"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-26"
last_action: "2021-07-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/530b3f4d-cee3-4f9f-a5d8-a77b9fa7521a"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1771&GAID=16&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=134422&SessionID=110&GA=102"
source_hash: "bc4a06efd269460327e17a916c1d7ed017a1563a4f2c0dbd3e512de30636c505"
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 SB 1771 (102nd) — HEALTH CARE WORKER-CORRECTIONS

Amends the Health Care Worker Background Check Act. Provides that "health care employer" includes the Department of Corrections or a third-party vendor employing certified nursing assistants working with the Department of Corrections. 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/SB/PDF/10200SB1771.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB1771eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB1771enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Christopher Belt — primary (person)
- LaToya Greenwood — primary (person)
- Elgie R. Sims, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Natalie A. Manley — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-26** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Christopher Belt `filing`
- **2021-02-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-26** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-09** Assigned to Licensed Activities `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Do Pass Licensed Activities; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 23, 2021
- **2021-03-24** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** March 25, 2021
- **2021-04-20** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
- **2021-04-21** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-22** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2021-04-22** Chief House Sponsor Rep. LaToya Greenwood
- **2021-04-23** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-23** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-28** Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-06** Do Pass / Consent Calendar Health Care Licenses Committee; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-07** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Consent Calendar
- **2021-05-12** Second Reading - Consent Calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-05-12** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Consent Calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-05-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Consent Calendar
- **2021-05-14** Third Reading - Consent Calendar - First Day `reading-3`
- **2021-05-20** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Natalie A. Manley
- **2021-05-21** Third Reading - Consent Calendar - Passed 111-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-21** Passed Both Houses
- **2021-06-17** 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 . . . . . . . . . 102-0226 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/530b3f4d-cee3-4f9f-a5d8-a77b9fa7521a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).