---
type: "Bill"
title: "BURIAL-PRE NEED CONTRACTS-BOOK"
description: "BURIAL-PRE NEED CONTRACTS-BOOK"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "90th"
identifier: "HB 277"
citation: "Illinois HB 277 (90th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 33
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1997-01-29T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1997-07-03T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1caa9a7f-c324-48c9-a898-ccd7c4c37f06"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/90gatoc.html"
source_hash: "73d519c9ccdbb349b750aebb4b2c950b646e2192c85fdcddc1f0e8d2d76fc6eb"
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 277 (90th) — BURIAL-PRE NEED CONTRACTS-BOOK

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0277** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/hbgroups/hb/900HB0277LV.html)

## Sponsors

- JONES,JOHN — cosponsor (person)
- KUBIK — cosponsor (person)
- MAUTINO — cosponsor (person)
- NOVAK — cosponsor (person)
- PHELPS — cosponsor (person)
- REA — cosponsor (person)
- WALSH,T — cosponsor (person)
- WOJCIK — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1997-01-29T00:00:00-06:00** FILED WITH CLERK `introduction`
- **1997-01-29T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-01-29T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-02-05T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE EXECUTIVE `referral-committee`
- **1997-02-26T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR MAUTINO
- **1997-02-26T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR JONES,JOHN
- **1997-02-26T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR NOVAK
- **1997-02-26T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR WOJCIK
- **1997-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-EXECUTIVE H
- **1997-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1997-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS AMENDED/SHORT DEBATE 015-000-000 HEXC
- **1997-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR PHELPS
- **1997-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1997-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-04-08T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 115-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1997-04-09T00:00:00-05:00** ARRIVE IN SENATE
- **1997-04-09T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING 97-04-10
- **1997-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** CHIEF SPONSOR WALSH,T
- **1997-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-04-16T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR REA
- **1997-04-17T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE STATE GOVERN `referral-committee`
- **1997-04-25T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS 009-000-000 SGOA
- **1997-04-25T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 97-04-29
- **1997-04-29T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1997-04-29T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 97-04-30
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 056-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1997-06-06T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1997-07-03T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1997-07-03T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 98-01-01
- **1997-07-03T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0047

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1caa9a7f-c324-48c9-a898-ccd7c4c37f06`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).