---
type: "Bill"
title: "HEALTH-TECH"
description: "Amends the Community Expanded Mental Health Services Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "102nd"
identifier: "SB 968"
citation: "Illinois SB 968 (102nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Adriane Johnson", "Carol Ammons"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 57
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-25"
last_action: "2021-08-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/86881632-0ca5-41b8-aca0-40f2aecf1122"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=968&GAID=16&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=133597&SessionID=110&GA=102"
source_hash: "dee3c06b310565f66f58c138b1e25befc1f632e8df6f575f3276736a5b0f6320"
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 968 (102nd) — HEALTH-TECH

Amends the Community Expanded Mental Health Services Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

## 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/10200SB0968.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB0968eng.pdf)
3. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB0968sam001.pdf)
4. **Senate Amendment 002** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB0968sam002.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB0968enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Adriane Johnson — primary (person)
- Carol Ammons — primary (person)
- Ann Gillespie — cosponsor (person)
- Celina Villanueva — cosponsor (person)
- Cristina H. Pacione-Zayas — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Didech — cosponsor (person)
- Jacqueline Y. Collins — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Carroll — cosponsor (person)
- Julie A. Morrison — cosponsor (person)
- Katie Stuart — cosponsor (person)
- Laura Fine — cosponsor (person)
- Linda Holmes — cosponsor (person)
- Meg Loughran Cappel — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Norine K. Hammond — cosponsor (person)
- Rachelle Crowe — cosponsor (person)
- Ram Villivalam — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Peters — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Stadelman — cosponsor (person)
- Thaddeus Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Tony McCombie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-25** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Don Harmon `filing`
- **2021-02-25** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-25** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Do Pass Executive; 016-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 25, 2021
- **2021-03-25** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-25** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 13, 2021
- **2021-04-06** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Adriane Johnson `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-06** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-13** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Insurance
- **2021-04-13** Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Adriane Johnson
- **2021-04-16** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Adriane Johnson `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-16** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-19** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Simmons
- **2021-04-20** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Insurance
- **2021-04-20** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2021-04-20** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Ann Gillespie
- **2021-04-20** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Celina Villanueva
- **2021-04-20** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert Peters
- **2021-04-20** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Ram Villivalam
- **2021-04-21** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison
- **2021-04-21** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Insurance; 014-000-000
- **2021-04-23** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-04-23** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Johnson `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-23** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-23** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) `amendment-failure`
- **2021-04-23** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
- **2021-04-23** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura Fine
- **2021-04-26** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachelle Crowe
- **2021-04-26** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2021-04-26** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch
- **2021-04-27** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina H. Pacione-Zayas
- **2021-04-27** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-27** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-27** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel
- **2021-04-29** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Steve Stadelman
- **2021-05-03** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Carol Ammons
- **2021-05-04** Assigned to Insurance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-05** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel Didech
- **2021-05-11** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Thaddeus Jones
- **2021-05-11** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jonathan Carroll
- **2021-05-11** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Tony McCombie
- **2021-05-11** Do Pass / Consent Calendar Insurance Committee; 019-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-12** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Consent Calendar
- **2021-05-13** Second Reading - Consent Calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-05-13** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Consent Calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-05-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Consent Calendar
- **2021-05-19** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart
- **2021-05-20** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Norine K. Hammond
- **2021-05-21** Third Reading - Consent Calendar - First Day `reading-3`
- **2021-05-26** Third Reading - Consent Calendar - Passed 112-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-26** Passed Both Houses
- **2021-06-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-08-06** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2021-08-06** Effective Date January 1, 2022
- **2021-08-06** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0306 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/86881632-0ca5-41b8-aca0-40f2aecf1122`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).