---
type: "Bill"
title: "NURSE HOME-CHNG IN PAY-DISCHRG"
description: "NURSE HOME-CHNG IN PAY-DISCHRG"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "90th"
identifier: "SB 444"
citation: "Illinois SB 444 (90th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 47
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1997-02-05T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1997-08-01T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e942137-66ff-4571-841b-ccb6d8986b95"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/90gatoc.html"
source_hash: "d2d49c345900779d99a96c4a3f7ddaffa2d590befbe8854fb0bb701e2acd8f56"
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 444 (90th) — NURSE HOME-CHNG IN PAY-DISCHRG

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0444** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/sbgroups/sb/900SB0444LV.html)

## Sponsors

- GIGLIO — cosponsor (person)
- HALVORSON — cosponsor (person)
- HANNIG — cosponsor (person)
- SILVA — cosponsor (person)
- SMITH — 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`
- **1997-02-19T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE PUBLIC HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **1997-03-04T00:00:00-06:00** HELD IN COMMITTEE
- **1997-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-PUB HEALTH S
- **1997-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1997-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-PUB HEALTH S
- **1997-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1997-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS AS AMENDED 010-000-000 SPBH
- **1997-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 97-03-12
- **1997-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1997-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 97-03-13
- **1997-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR SMITH
- **1997-03-13T00:00:00-06:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY `introduction`
- **1997-03-13T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 03-HALVORSON
- **1997-03-13T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO SRUL
- **1997-03-14T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 03-HALVORSON
- **1997-03-14T00:00:00-06:00** BE APPROVED FOR CONSIDERATION SRUL
- **1997-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** RECALLED TO SECOND READING
- **1997-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 03-HALVORSON
- **1997-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1997-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 97-03-19
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 032-010-004 `reading-3`
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING
- **1997-03-25T00:00:00-06:00** HOUSE SPONSOR HANNIG
- **1997-03-25T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR GIGLIO
- **1997-04-08T00:00:00-05:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-04-08T00:00:00-05:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-04-09T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE HUMAN SERVS `referral-committee`
- **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 009-000-000 HHSV
- **1997-05-01T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-05T00:00:00-05:00** FISCAL NOTE FILED
- **1997-05-05T00:00:00-05:00** 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** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1997-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR SILVA
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 117-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1997-06-06T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1997-08-01T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1997-08-01T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 97-08-01
- **1997-08-01T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0310

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6e942137-66ff-4571-841b-ccb6d8986b95`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).