---
type: "Bill"
title: "HLTH CARE WORKER BACKGROUND CK"
description: "HLTH CARE WORKER BACKGROUND CK"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "90th"
identifier: "SB 1491"
citation: "Illinois SB 1491 (90th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 55
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1998-02-18T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1998-08-07T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79e4dcc8-f4ab-46b6-8c92-058f4cfb7103"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/90gatoc.html"
source_hash: "64cb09309d5cc03f121fe6bbc07497d08bfc46b4996b100dcd40fca83046db42"
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 1491 (90th) — HLTH CARE WORKER BACKGROUND CK

## Version chain

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

1. **SB1491** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/sbgroups/sb/900SB1491LV.html)

## Sponsors

- ACEVEDO — cosponsor (person)
- BURZYNSKI — cosponsor (person)
- CROTTY — cosponsor (person)
- DEMUZIO — cosponsor (person)
- LOPEZ — cosponsor (person)
- PHILIP — cosponsor (person)
- SAVIANO — cosponsor (person)
- TROTTER — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1998-02-18T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1998-02-18T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1998-02-25T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE LICENSED ACT. `referral-committee`
- **1998-03-04T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR BURZYNSKI
- **1998-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS 009-000-000 SLIC
- **1998-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 98-03-12
- **1998-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1998-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 98-03-24
- **1998-04-01T00:00:00-06:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY `introduction`
- **1998-04-01T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-PHILIP
- **1998-04-01T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO SRUL
- **1998-04-01T00:00:00-06:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY `introduction`
- **1998-04-01T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-PHILIP
- **1998-04-01T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO SRUL
- **1998-04-01T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-PHILIP
- **1998-04-01T00:00:00-06:00** RULES REFERS TO SLIC
- **1998-04-01T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-PHILIP
- **1998-04-01T00:00:00-06:00** RULES REFERS TO SLIC
- **1998-04-02T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-PHILIP
- **1998-04-02T00:00:00-06:00** HELD IN COMMITTEE SLIC
- **1998-04-02T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-PHILIP
- **1998-04-02T00:00:00-06:00** BE APPROVED FOR CONSIDERATION SLIC/009-000-000
- **1998-04-02T00:00:00-06:00** RECALLED TO SECOND READING
- **1998-04-02T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-PHILIP
- **1998-04-02T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1998-04-02T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING
- **1998-04-02T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR DEMUZIO
- **1998-04-02T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR TROTTER
- **1998-04-02T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 058-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1998-04-02T00:00:00-06:00** TABLED PURSUANT TO RULE 5-4(A) SA 01
- **1998-04-02T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 058-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1998-04-03T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **1998-04-03T00:00:00-06:00** HOUSE SPONSOR SAVIANO
- **1998-04-03T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1998-04-03T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1998-04-22T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE REG & REG `referral-committee`
- **1998-04-30T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 022-000-000 HREG
- **1998-04-30T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1998-05-05T00:00:00-05:00** FISCAL NOTE REQUESTED CURRIE
- **1998-05-05T00:00:00-05:00** CORRECTIONAL NOTE REQUESTED CURRIE
- **1998-05-05T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1998-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** FISCAL NOTE FILED
- **1998-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** CORRECTIONAL NOTE FILED
- **1998-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1998-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1998-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1998-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR CROTTY
- **1998-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR ACEVEDO
- **1998-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR LOPEZ
- **1998-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 116-000-001 `reading-3`
- **1998-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1998-06-12T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1998-08-07T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1998-08-07T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 99-01-01
- **1998-08-07T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0722

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/79e4dcc8-f4ab-46b6-8c92-058f4cfb7103`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).