---
type: "Bill"
title: "CEMETERY CARE-DEFINE CARE-LIC"
description: "CEMETERY CARE-DEFINE CARE-LIC"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "90th"
identifier: "SB 1244"
citation: "Illinois SB 1244 (90th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 36
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1998-01-14T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1998-07-10T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b875558-f511-4d3e-8353-17b91a9ce78b"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/90gatoc.html"
source_hash: "7738bb2a1e96e20f45c41523e78ae3bf4ef6fb8716c92ace2693350d07b7cf02"
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 SB 1244 (90th) — CEMETERY CARE-DEFINE CARE-LIC

## Version chain

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

1. **SB1244** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/sbgroups/sb/900SB1244LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BLACK — cosponsor (person)
- BOWLES — cosponsor (person)
- CLAYTON — cosponsor (person)
- HAWKINSON — cosponsor (person)
- LAWFER — cosponsor (person)
- MCCARTHY — cosponsor (person)
- SIEBEN — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1998-01-14T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1998-01-14T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1998-01-29T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR BOWLES
- **1998-02-18T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE LOC GOV & ELE `referral-committee`
- **1998-03-03T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-LOCAL GOVERN S
- **1998-03-03T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1998-03-03T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS AS AMENDED 009-000-000 SLGV
- **1998-03-03T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 98-03-04
- **1998-03-04T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR HAWKINSON
- **1998-03-05T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1998-03-05T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 98-03-10
- **1998-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 047-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1998-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **1998-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING
- **1998-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** HOUSE SPONSOR LAWFER
- **1998-03-24T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR CLAYTON
- **1998-03-24T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1998-03-24T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1998-04-14T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE STATE GOV ADM `referral-committee`
- **1998-04-22T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR MCCARTHY
- **1998-04-23T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 013-000-000 HSGE
- **1998-04-23T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1998-04-27T00:00:00-05:00** FISCAL NOTE REQUESTED LANG
- **1998-04-27T00:00:00-05:00** STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE REQUESTED LANG
- **1998-04-27T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1998-04-30T00:00:00-05:00** STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE FILED
- **1998-04-30T00:00:00-05:00** FISCAL NOTE FILED
- **1998-04-30T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1998-04-30T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1998-05-05T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR BLACK
- **1998-05-05T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 118-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1998-05-05T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1998-06-03T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1998-07-10T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1998-07-10T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 98-07-10
- **1998-07-10T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0623

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3b875558-f511-4d3e-8353-17b91a9ce78b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).