---
type: "Bill"
title: "DHS-WIC-LACTATION SUPPORT"
description: "DHS-WIC-LACTATION SUPPORT"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "90th"
identifier: "HB 619"
citation: "Illinois HB 619 (90th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 47
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1997-02-06T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1997-08-01T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/84171bda-c24c-4632-a495-43ac35439614"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/90gatoc.html"
source_hash: "14181dfa23a5f930c34f068f5b3c16f49a5c2c15cac64a87479432dfef99f78f"
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 619 (90th) — DHS-WIC-LACTATION SUPPORT

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0619** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/hbgroups/hb/900HB0619LV.html)

## Sponsors

- CURRIE — cosponsor (person)
- HOWARD — cosponsor (person)
- JONES,LOU — cosponsor (person)
- O'BRIEN — cosponsor (person)
- OBAMA — cosponsor (person)
- SMITH — cosponsor (person)
- TROTTER — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1997-02-06T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-02-06T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-02-10T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE HUMAN SERVS `referral-committee`
- **1997-02-19T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR JONES,LOU
- **1997-03-06T00:00:00-06:00** FISCAL NOTE FILED
- **1997-03-06T00:00:00-06:00** COMMITTEE HUMAN SERVS
- **1997-03-07T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR HOWARD
- **1997-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** FISCAL NOTE REQUESTED ZICKUS
- **1997-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE REQUESTED ZICKUS
- **1997-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** COMMITTEE HUMAN SERVS
- **1997-03-13T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 011-000-000 HHSV
- **1997-03-13T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-04-07T00:00:00-05:00** STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE FILED
- **1997-04-07T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-04-08T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-CURRIE
- **1997-04-08T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL
- **1997-04-08T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-04-09T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-CURRIE
- **1997-04-09T00:00:00-05:00** BE ADOPTED HRUL/003-002-000
- **1997-04-09T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1997-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-CURRIE
- **1997-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1997-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-04-12T00:00:00-05:00** STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE FILED AS AMENDED
- **1997-04-12T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-04-15T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 116-001-000 `reading-3`
- **1997-04-15T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR O'BRIEN
- **1997-04-16T00:00:00-05:00** ARRIVE IN SENATE
- **1997-04-16T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING 97-04-23
- **1997-04-18T00:00:00-05:00** CHIEF SPONSOR SMITH
- **1997-04-23T00:00:00-05:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-04-23T00:00:00-05:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-04-24T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE PUBLIC HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **1997-04-28T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR OBAMA
- **1997-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS 010-000-000 SPBH
- **1997-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 97-05-07
- **1997-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1997-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 97-05-08
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SHAW
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR TROTTER
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 057-000-000 `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`
- **1997-08-01T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1997-08-01T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 98-01-01
- **1997-08-01T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0290

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/84171bda-c24c-4632-a495-43ac35439614`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).