---
type: "Bill"
title: "RIGHT OF CONSCIENCE-HLTH CARE"
description: "RIGHT OF CONSCIENCE-HLTH CARE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "90th"
identifier: "HB 725"
citation: "Illinois HB 725 (90th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 52
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1997-02-19T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1997-07-29T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/59dcf6f0-968c-4609-87a4-8eafd511feb8"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/90gatoc.html"
source_hash: "989911028912b7431623969aafa28bb8d357f4023d19331beac57bfea69ab280"
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 725 (90th) — RIGHT OF CONSCIENCE-HLTH CARE

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0725** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/hbgroups/hb/900HB0725LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BURKE — cosponsor (person)
- ROSKAM — cosponsor (person)
- SAVIANO — cosponsor (person)
- WALSH,T — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1997-02-19T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-02-19T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-02-19T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR SAVIANO
- **1997-02-20T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE JUD-CIVIL LAW `referral-committee`
- **1997-02-21T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR ROSKAM
- **1997-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** RE-ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE EXECUTIVE
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** FISCAL NOTE REQUESTED STEPHENS
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE REQUESTED STEPHENS
- **1997-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 015-000-000 HEXC
- **1997-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-04-03T00:00:00-06:00** STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE FILED
- **1997-04-03T00:00:00-06:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-04-07T00:00:00-05:00** FISCAL NOTE FILED
- **1997-04-07T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-04-08T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1997-04-08T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-04-09T00:00:00-05:00** RECALLED TO SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-04-09T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-BURKE
- **1997-04-09T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL
- **1997-04-09T00:00:00-05:00** HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-04-09T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-BURKE
- **1997-04-09T00:00:00-05:00** BE ADOPTED HRUL/003-002-000
- **1997-04-09T00:00:00-05:00** HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-04-14T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-BURKE
- **1997-04-14T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1997-04-14T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-04-17T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 113-001-001 `reading-3`
- **1997-04-18T00:00:00-05:00** ARRIVE IN SENATE
- **1997-04-18T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING 97-04-23
- **1997-04-18T00:00:00-05:00** CHIEF SPONSOR WALSH,T
- **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`
- **1997-04-29T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE PUBLIC HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **1997-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-PUB HEALTH S
- **1997-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1997-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS AS AMENDED 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
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 059-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01
- **1997-05-20T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION FILED CONCUR 01/BURKE
- **1997-05-20T00:00:00-05:00** REFERRED TO RULES COMMITTEE/RULE 75(A) 01 `referral-committee`
- **1997-05-20T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01
- **1997-05-22T00:00:00-05:00** BE APPROVED FOR CONSIDERATION 01/HRUL
- **1997-05-22T00:00:00-05:00** HSE CONCURS IN SEN AMENDMENTS (NO.) 01/114-003-001
- **1997-05-22T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1997-06-20T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1997-07-29T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1997-07-29T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 98-01-01
- **1997-07-29T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0246

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/59dcf6f0-968c-4609-87a4-8eafd511feb8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).