---
type: "Bill"
title: "HLTH CARE SURROGATE-DEFINITION"
description: "Amends the Health Care Surrogate Act by reconciling the changes to definitions that were made by Public Acts 102-140 and 102-182. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "102nd"
identifier: "SB 2974"
citation: "Illinois SB 2974 (102nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sara Feigenholtz", "William Davis"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-05"
last_action: "2022-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b9f497cf-5375-459a-a8ca-bc04f8e7eac5"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2974&GAID=16&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=137374&SessionID=110&GA=102"
source_hash: "f4d3015d72fcbbbf79df1526ba08d17bc641184563e397126e856ae5ce9bd088"
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 2974 (102nd) — HLTH CARE SURROGATE-DEFINITION

Amends the Health Care Surrogate Act by reconciling the changes to definitions that were made by Public Acts 102-140 and 102-182. 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/10200SB2974.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB2974eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB2974enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **103–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sara Feigenholtz — primary (person)
- William Davis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-05** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Sara Feigenholtz `filing`
- **2022-01-05** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-01-05** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-11** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-18** Do Pass Judiciary; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 1, 2022
- **2022-02-10** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 15, 2022
- **2022-02-16** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-16** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2022-02-17** Chief House Sponsor Rep. William Davis
- **2022-02-17** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-02-17** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-07** Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-16** Do Pass / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee; 005-003-000 `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-16** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2022-03-23** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2022-03-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2022-03-28** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 103-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-28** Passed Both Houses
- **2022-04-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-06** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-06** Effective Date May 6, 2022
- **2022-05-06** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0744 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b9f497cf-5375-459a-a8ca-bc04f8e7eac5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).