---
type: "Bill"
title: "MENTAL HEALTH RECORDS"
description: "Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act. Provides those entitled to inspect and copy a recipient's record include the parent or guardian of a minor, regardless of the minor's age, who is involved in special education services under the School Code or the \"designated representative\" of a student over the age of 18 involved in special education services under the School Code."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "104th"
identifier: "HB 2994"
citation: "Illinois HB 2994 (104th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Koehler", "Michelle Mussman"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 51
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2025-02-06"
last_action: "2025-08-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/afe42424-cb49-4089-9165-5318b4fed250"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=2994&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=161256&SessionID=114"
source_hash: "52873a155fece7bf58b972471385437841f56fe7a7e6fb2f8615f884e06ec909"
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 2994 (104th) — MENTAL HEALTH RECORDS

Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act. Provides those entitled to inspect and copy a recipient's record include the parent or guardian of a minor, regardless of the minor's age, who is involved in special education services under the School Code or the "designated representative" of a student over the age of 18 involved in special education services under the School Code.

## 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/10400HB2994.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB2994eng.pdf)
3. **House Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB2994ham001.pdf)
4. **House Amendment 002** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB2994ham002.pdf)
5. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB2994sam001.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB2994enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading, Amendment 2 — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurrence — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Education — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Education — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **18–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David Koehler — primary (person)
- Michelle Mussman — primary (person)
- Li Arellano, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Beth Canty — cosponsor (person)
- Meg Loughran Cappel — cosponsor (person)
- Tracy Katz Muhl — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-06** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Michelle Mussman `filing`
- **2025-02-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-06** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2025-03-04** Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-13** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Michelle Mussman `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-03-13** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
- **2025-03-18** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary - Civil Committee
- **2025-03-19** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary - Civil Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-19** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 019-000-000
- **2025-03-19** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-03-26** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-03-26** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-03-26** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Michelle Mussman `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-03-26** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
- **2025-04-07** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Judiciary - Civil Committee
- **2025-04-09** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Judiciary - Civil Committee; 020-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-10** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2025-04-10** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tracy Katz Muhl
- **2025-04-14** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-14** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 29, 2025 `reading-1`
- **2025-04-23** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. David Koehler
- **2025-04-23** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-04-23** Referred to Assignments
- **2025-04-29** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-29** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. David Koehler `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-29** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
- **2025-04-30** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Education
- **2025-05-02** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel
- **2025-05-06** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-07** Do Pass as Amended Education; 015-000-000
- **2025-05-07** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 8, 2025 `reading-2`
- **2025-05-08** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2025
- **2025-05-22** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-22** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Li Arellano, Jr.
- **2025-05-23** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2025-05-23** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
- **2025-05-23** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Michelle Mussman
- **2025-05-23** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee
- **2025-05-28** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Judiciary - Civil Committee
- **2025-05-29** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Judiciary - Civil Committee; 018-000-000
- **2025-05-29** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Beth Canty
- **2025-05-30** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 115-000-000
- **2025-05-30** House Concurs
- **2025-05-30** Passed Both Houses
- **2025-06-24** 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 . . . . . . . . . 104-0263 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/afe42424-cb49-4089-9165-5318b4fed250`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).