---
type: "Bill"
title: "HLTHCARE WORKER-BKGROUND CHECK"
description: "HLTHCARE WORKER-BKGROUND CHECK"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "90th"
identifier: "SB 316"
citation: "Illinois SB 316 (90th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 67
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1997-02-05T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1997-08-16T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd719ed9-e5e0-47ca-8587-679e67c7befc"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/90gatoc.html"
source_hash: "f78767216c9e47de1780d5476f9e80909968ac12853b047c7c1a47325ee23a30"
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 316 (90th) — HLTHCARE WORKER-BKGROUND CHECK

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0316** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/sbgroups/sb/900SB0316LV.html)

## Sponsors

- CHURCHILL — cosponsor (person)
- FAWELL — cosponsor (person)
- RYDER — cosponsor (person)
- SANTIAGO — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1997-02-05T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-02-05T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-02-05T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE LICENSED ACT. `referral-committee`
- **1997-02-27T00:00:00-06:00** HELD IN COMMITTEE
- **1997-03-05T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-LICENSED ACT. S
- **1997-03-05T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1997-03-05T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS AS AMENDED 008-000-000 SLIC
- **1997-03-05T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 97-03-06
- **1997-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1997-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 97-03-12
- **1997-03-14T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 051-000-003 `reading-3`
- **1997-03-14T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **1997-03-14T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING
- **1997-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** HOUSE SPONSOR CHURCHILL
- **1997-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR SANTIAGO
- **1997-03-21T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE REG & REG `referral-committee`
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 025-000-000 HREG
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-CHURCHILL
- **1997-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL
- **1997-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-12T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-CHURCHILL
- **1997-05-12T00:00:00-05:00** RULES REFERS TO HREG
- **1997-05-12T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-CHURCHILL
- **1997-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL
- **1997-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1997-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-CHURCHILL
- **1997-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** RULES REFERS TO HREG
- **1997-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-16T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 03-MCKEON
- **1997-05-16T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL
- **1997-05-16T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 03-MCKEON
- **1997-05-16T00:00:00-05:00** BE ADOPTED HRUL
- **1997-05-16T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-CHURCHILL
- **1997-05-16T00:00:00-05:00** REASSIGNED TO
- **1997-05-16T00:00:00-05:00** RULES COMMITTEE
- **1997-05-16T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-CHURCHILL
- **1997-05-16T00:00:00-05:00** BE ADOPTED HRUL
- **1997-05-16T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-CHURCHILL
- **1997-05-16T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1997-05-16T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 03-MCKEON
- **1997-05-16T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1997-05-16T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-16T00:00:00-05:00** TABLED PURSUANT TO RULE 40(A) HFA 1
- **1997-05-16T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 115-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1997-05-16T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR RYDER
- **1997-05-19T00:00:00-05:00** SECRETARYS DESK - CONCURRENCE 02,03
- **1997-05-20T00:00:00-05:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY `introduction`
- **1997-05-20T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 02,03/FAWELL
- **1997-05-20T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION REFERRED TO SRUL
- **1997-05-20T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 02,03/FAWELL
- **1997-05-20T00:00:00-05:00** RULES REFERS TO SLIC
- **1997-05-21T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 02/FAWELL
- **1997-05-21T00:00:00-05:00** BE ADOPTED SLIC/005-001-000
- **1997-05-21T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 03/FAWELL
- **1997-05-21T00:00:00-05:00** BE ADOPTED SLIC/006-000-000
- **1997-05-21T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 02,03/FAWELL
- **1997-05-21T00:00:00-05:00** SEN CONCURS IN HSE AMENDMENTS (NO.) 02,03/057-000-000
- **1997-05-21T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1997-06-19T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1997-08-16T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1997-08-16T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 98-01-01
- **1997-08-16T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0441

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dd719ed9-e5e0-47ca-8587-679e67c7befc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).