---
type: "Bill"
title: "MEDICAL PATIENT RTS-FED REGS"
description: "MEDICAL PATIENT RTS-FED REGS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "90th"
identifier: "SB 236"
citation: "Illinois SB 236 (90th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 35
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1997-01-30T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1997-06-27T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/466660c6-1754-428c-b853-7fb544dfa74d"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/90gatoc.html"
source_hash: "87cc52a51dbbb806b3fa38d22871485eb3624112f8a078026ab7dd15ccddcbda"
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 236 (90th) — MEDICAL PATIENT RTS-FED REGS

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0236** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/sbgroups/sb/900SB0236LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BEAUBIEN — cosponsor (person)
- DONAHUE — cosponsor (person)
- FLOWERS — cosponsor (person)
- PARKER — cosponsor (person)
- SCHOENBERG — cosponsor (person)
- SMITH — cosponsor (person)
- STEPHENS — cosponsor (person)
- SYVERSON — cosponsor (person)
- TROTTER — cosponsor (person)
- ZICKUS — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1997-01-30T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-01-30T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-01-30T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE PUBLIC HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **1997-02-26T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS 009-000-000 SPBH
- **1997-02-26T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 97-02-27
- **1997-02-27T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1997-02-27T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 97-02-28
- **1997-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 059-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1997-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **1997-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING
- **1997-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** HOUSE SPONSOR SCHOENBERG
- **1997-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE HUMAN SERVS `referral-committee`
- **1997-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR STEPHENS
- **1997-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR BEAUBIEN
- **1997-04-14T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR FLOWERS
- **1997-04-14T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR ZICKUS
- **1997-04-30T00:00:00-05:00** FISCAL NOTE REQUESTED ZICKUS
- **1997-04-30T00:00:00-05:00** STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE REQUESTED ZICKUS
- **1997-04-30T00:00:00-05:00** COMMITTEE HUMAN SERVS
- **1997-05-01T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 010-000-000 HHSV
- **1997-05-01T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-02T00:00:00-05:00** FISCAL NOTE FILED
- **1997-05-02T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE FILED
- **1997-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 117-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1997-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1997-06-27T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1997-06-27T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 97-06-27
- **1997-06-27T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0036

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/466660c6-1754-428c-b853-7fb544dfa74d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).