---
type: "Bill"
title: "PUBLIC AID-FUNERAL-BURIAL PAY"
description: "PUBLIC AID-FUNERAL-BURIAL PAY"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "90th"
identifier: "HB 131"
citation: "Illinois HB 131 (90th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 56
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1997-01-14T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1997-08-08T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb114b39-a509-4d92-8215-6d84e443ff56"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/90gatoc.html"
source_hash: "cd711847caeb76f52e85e9527ffe7d4f4af62f283dbde5f79b950172a74cf28b"
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 131 (90th) — PUBLIC AID-FUNERAL-BURIAL PAY

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0131** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/hbgroups/hb/900HB0131LV.html)

## Sponsors

- COWLISHAW — cosponsor (person)
- HARTKE — cosponsor (person)
- NOVAK — cosponsor (person)
- RAUSCHENBERGER — cosponsor (person)
- RYDER — cosponsor (person)
- WOOLARD — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1997-01-14T00:00:00-06:00** FILED WITH CLERK `introduction`
- **1997-01-14T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-01-14T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-01-22T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE HUMAN SERVS `referral-committee`
- **1997-02-04T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR RYDER
- **1997-02-04T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR COWLISHAW
- **1997-02-04T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR HARTKE
- **1997-02-04T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR WOOLARD
- **1997-02-13T00:00:00-06:00** FISCAL NOTE FILED
- **1997-02-13T00:00:00-06:00** COMMITTEE HUMAN SERVS
- **1997-02-19T00:00:00-06:00** FISCAL NOTE REQUESTED ZICKUS
- **1997-02-19T00:00:00-06:00** STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE REQUESTED ZICKUS
- **1997-02-19T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 010-000-000 HHSV
- **1997-02-19T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-03-04T00:00:00-06:00** STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE FILED
- **1997-03-04T00:00:00-06:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-03-05T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1997-03-05T00:00:00-06:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 112-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1997-03-13T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN SENATE
- **1997-03-13T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING 97-03-14
- **1997-03-14T00:00:00-06:00** SENATE SPONSOR RAUSCHENBERGER
- **1997-03-14T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-03-14T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-03-14T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR SMITH
- **1997-03-14T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR TROTTER
- **1997-03-17T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE PUBLIC HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR OBAMA
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR GARCIA
- **1997-04-23T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS 009-000-000 SPBH
- **1997-04-23T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 97-04-24
- **1997-04-24T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SHAW
- **1997-04-25T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR CARROLL
- **1997-04-29T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR REA
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SHAW
- **1997-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1997-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 97-05-14
- **1997-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY `introduction`
- **1997-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-RAUSCHENBERGER
- **1997-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO SRUL
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** SPONSOR REMOVED SMITH
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** SPONSOR REMOVED TROTTER
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** SPONSOR REMOVED OBAMA
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** SPONSOR REMOVED GARCIA
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-RAUSCHENBERGER
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** RULES REFERS TO SEXC
- **1997-05-16T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-RAUSCHENBERGER
- **1997-05-16T00:00:00-05:00** POSTPONED SEXC
- **1997-05-16T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 056-000-001 `reading-3`
- **1997-05-16T00:00:00-05:00** TABLED PURSUANT TO RULE 5-4(A) SA 01
- **1997-05-16T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 056-000-001 `reading-3`
- **1997-05-16T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1997-06-13T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1997-08-08T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1997-08-08T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 97-08-08
- **1997-08-08T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0326

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fb114b39-a509-4d92-8215-6d84e443ff56`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).