---
type: "Bill"
title: "AGING-LONG TERM OMBUDSMAN"
description: "Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging. In a provision requiring a long term care facility to permit the Office of State Long Term Care Ombudsman to examine and copy a resident's clinical and other records, includes access to facility incident reports. In the definition of \"access\", changes \"express written consent\" to \"express consent\"."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "SB 2957"
citation: "Illinois SB 2957 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mattie Hunter", "Terra Costa Howard"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 37
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-01-31"
last_action: "2024-08-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd31cd49-d51b-4e1c-bd8d-719bb0f2d7f3"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=2957&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=151967&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "e918622310e1c934365de3c03a94f0129fbc120d8cd4f67cf6e1b669b95e006b"
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 2957 (103rd) — AGING-LONG TERM OMBUDSMAN

Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging. In a provision requiring a long term care facility to permit the Office of State Long Term Care Ombudsman to examine and copy a resident's clinical and other records, includes access to facility incident reports. In the definition of "access", changes "express written consent" to "express consent".

## 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/10300SB2957.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB2957eng.pdf)
3. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB2957sam001.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB2957enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Health and Human Services — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **59–0** (pass) · lower
- Health and Human Services — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Human Services — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mattie Hunter — primary (person)
- Terra Costa Howard — primary (person)
- Camille Y. Lilly — cosponsor (person)
- Fred Crespo — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly Du Buclet — cosponsor (person)
- Maura Hirschauer — cosponsor (person)
- Michael J. Kelly — cosponsor (person)
- Suzanne M. Ness — cosponsor (person)
- Yolonda Morris — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-31** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mattie Hunter `filing`
- **2024-01-31** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-01-31** Referred to Assignments
- **2024-02-06** Assigned to Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-21** Postponed - Health and Human Services
- **2024-03-12** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mattie Hunter `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-03-12** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
- **2024-03-15** Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 5, 2024
- **2024-03-20** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Health and Human Services
- **2024-03-20** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-21** Do Pass as Amended Health and Human Services; 009-000-000
- **2024-03-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 22, 2024 `reading-2`
- **2024-04-09** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-04-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 10, 2024
- **2024-04-10** Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-10** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2024-04-11** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Terra Costa Howard
- **2024-04-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-04-11** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2024-04-15** Assigned to Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-01** Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 009-000-000
- **2024-05-01** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-05-07** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-05-07** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2024-05-15** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Yolonda Morris
- **2024-05-15** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Suzanne M. Ness
- **2024-05-15** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Maura Hirschauer
- **2024-05-15** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Fred Crespo
- **2024-05-15** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Kelly
- **2024-05-16** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-16** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kimberly Du Buclet
- **2024-05-16** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
- **2024-05-16** Passed Both Houses
- **2024-06-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-08-02** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2024-08-02** Effective Date January 1, 2025
- **2024-08-02** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0767 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fd31cd49-d51b-4e1c-bd8d-719bb0f2d7f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).