---
type: "Bill"
title: "DISABILITY ILLNESS"
description: "Amends the Public Employee Disability Act. Provides that disability benefits under the Act are extended to eligible employees who suffer any illness."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "SB 214"
citation: "Illinois SB 214 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daniel Didech", "Ram Villivalam"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 55
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-31"
last_action: "2023-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68257874-6b99-401e-88c8-c86a17d50eca"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=214&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=143808&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "5a361a9855018e6f19c99e5a6fba6f86c07433788275b66a0287ace7877805f2"
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 214 (103rd) — DISABILITY ILLNESS

Amends the Public Employee Disability Act. Provides that disability benefits under the Act are extended to eligible employees who suffer any illness.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB0214.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB0214eng.pdf)
3. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB0214sam001.pdf)
4. **Senate Amendment 002** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB0214sam002.pdf)
5. **Senate Amendment 003** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB0214sam003.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB0214enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Labor & Commerce — **22–4** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **91–11** (pass) · lower
- Executive, Amendment 3 — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Executive — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Executive — **11–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Daniel Didech — primary (person)
- Ram Villivalam — primary (person)
- Adriane Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Ugaste — cosponsor (person)
- Gregg Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Janet Yang Rohr — cosponsor (person)
- John M. Cabello — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Carroll — cosponsor (person)
- Joyce Mason — cosponsor (person)
- Kam Buckner — cosponsor (person)
- Laura Faver Dias — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Beth Canty — cosponsor (person)
- Matt Hanson — cosponsor (person)
- Maura Hirschauer — cosponsor (person)
- Michael J. Kelly — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-31** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ram Villivalam `filing`
- **2023-01-31** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-31** Referred to Assignments
- **2023-02-28** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-10** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ram Villivalam `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-03-10** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
- **2023-03-10** Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As March 24, 2023
- **2023-03-21** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Executive
- **2023-03-22** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ram Villivalam `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-03-22** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments
- **2023-03-22** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Executive `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-23** Do Pass as Amended Executive; 011-000-001
- **2023-03-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 24, 2023 `reading-2`
- **2023-03-23** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ram Villivalam `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-03-23** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Assignments
- **2023-03-28** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-28** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 29, 2023
- **2023-03-28** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Assignments Refers to Executive
- **2023-03-30** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommend Do Adopt Executive; 009-000-001
- **2023-03-30** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-30** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted; Villivalam `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-30** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2023-03-30** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-001 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-30** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) `amendment-failure`
- **2023-03-30** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Adriane Johnson
- **2023-03-31** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2023-03-31** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Kevin John Olickal
- **2023-04-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-04-11** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2023-04-11** Assigned to Labor & Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-13** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Daniel Didech
- **2023-04-13** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Kelly
- **2023-04-17** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Gregg Johnson
- **2023-04-18** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason
- **2023-04-18** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Ugaste
- **2023-04-18** Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Dan Ugaste
- **2023-04-19** Do Pass / Short Debate Labor & Commerce Committee; 022-004-000
- **2023-04-20** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-04-27** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-04-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2023-04-28** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jonathan Carroll
- **2023-05-04** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John M. Cabello
- **2023-05-04** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Matt Hanson
- **2023-05-04** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kam Buckner
- **2023-05-04** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Maura Hirschauer
- **2023-05-04** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Faver Dias
- **2023-05-04** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 091-011-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-04** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Janet Yang Rohr
- **2023-05-04** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Bob Morgan
- **2023-05-04** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Beth Canty
- **2023-05-04** Passed Both Houses
- **2023-06-02** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-09** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-09** Effective Date January 1, 2024
- **2023-06-09** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0063 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/68257874-6b99-401e-88c8-c86a17d50eca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).