---
type: "Bill"
title: "REGULATION-TECH"
description: "Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "104th"
identifier: "HB 2179"
citation: "Illinois HB 2179 (104th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amy Elik", "Ram Villivalam"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 47
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-01-29"
last_action: "2025-08-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/235f75b1-071e-403d-af15-6705af733854"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=2179&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=159827&SessionID=114"
source_hash: "231feeb41dcdcf1fd6aaf1d464cecc822133e83b0bb2c590254ca2f4b38baeb4"
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 HB 2179 (104th) — REGULATION-TECH

Amends the Nursing Home Care 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/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB2179.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB2179eng.pdf)
3. **House Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB2179ham001.pdf)
4. **House Amendment 002** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB2179ham002.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB2179enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Public Health, Amendment 2 — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper
- Public Health — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Executive — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Amy Elik — primary (person)
- Ram Villivalam — primary (person)
- Adriane Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Anna Moeller — cosponsor (person)
- Doris Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Laura M. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Michael W. Halpin — cosponsor (person)
- Norine K. Hammond — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel Ventura — cosponsor (person)
- Suzanne M. Ness — cosponsor (person)
- Yolonda Morris — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-29** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Tony M. McCombie `filing`
- **2025-02-04** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-04** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2025-03-04** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-12** Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 012-000-000
- **2025-03-12** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-03-18** Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Amy Elik
- **2025-03-18** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Amy Elik `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-03-18** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
- **2025-03-20** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Executive Committee
- **2025-03-25** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Norine K. Hammond
- **2025-03-25** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anna Moeller
- **2025-03-26** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-03-26** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-04-04** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Amy Elik `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-04** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
- **2025-04-07** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Public Health Committee
- **2025-04-08** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Public Health Committee; 008-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-09** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2025-04-09** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-09** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled `amendment-failure`
- **2025-04-09** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Suzanne M. Ness
- **2025-04-09** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Yolonda Morris
- **2025-04-10** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-10** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 11, 2025 `reading-1`
- **2025-04-10** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John F. Curran
- **2025-04-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-04-10** Referred to Assignments
- **2025-04-23** Assigned to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-29** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Ram Villivalam
- **2025-04-30** Do Pass Public Health; 007-000-000
- **2025-04-30** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 1, 2025 `reading-2`
- **2025-05-01** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 6, 2025
- **2025-05-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading **
- **2025-05-22** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael W. Halpin
- **2025-05-22** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Adriane Johnson
- **2025-05-22** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Doris Turner
- **2025-05-22** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachel Ventura
- **2025-05-22** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-22** Passed Both Houses
- **2025-05-29** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
- **2025-06-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-08-15** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2025-08-15** Effective Date January 1, 2026
- **2025-08-15** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0209 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/235f75b1-071e-403d-af15-6705af733854`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).