---
type: "Bill"
title: "MENTAL HEALTH-ADMINISTRATIVE"
description: "MENTAL HEALTH-ADMINISTRATIVE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "90th"
identifier: "SB 956"
citation: "Illinois SB 956 (90th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 37
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1997-02-07T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1997-08-15T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b5734608-da54-484c-a7be-336fac931999"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/90gatoc.html"
source_hash: "f785ec3d1d200866f916e07a6ea5426d9c43414efa495861440b1e578620cc47"
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 956 (90th) — MENTAL HEALTH-ADMINISTRATIVE

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0956** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/sbgroups/sb/900SB0956LV.html)

## Sponsors

- MULLIGAN — cosponsor (person)
- WALSH,T — cosponsor (person)
- WELCH — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1997-02-07T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-02-07T00:00:00-06:00** 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** DO PASS 010-000-000 SPBH
- **1997-03-04T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 97-03-05
- **1997-03-05T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1997-03-05T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 97-03-06
- **1997-03-06T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 054-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1997-03-07T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **1997-03-07T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING
- **1997-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** HOUSE SPONSOR MULLIGAN
- **1997-03-21T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-03-21T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-04-08T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE JUD-CIVIL LAW `referral-committee`
- **1997-04-30T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-JUD-CIVIL LAW H
- **1997-04-30T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1997-04-30T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS AMENDED/SHORT DEBATE 011-000-000 HJUA
- **1997-04-30T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-01T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1997-05-01T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 090-016-009 `reading-3`
- **1997-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** SECRETARYS DESK - CONCURRENCE 01
- **1997-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY `introduction`
- **1997-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 01/WALSH,T
- **1997-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION REFERRED TO SRUL
- **1997-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 01/WALSH,T
- **1997-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** RULES REFERS TO SPBH
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 01/WALSH,T
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** BE APPROVED FOR CONSIDERATION SPBH/008-000-000
- **1997-05-20T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR WELCH
- **1997-05-20T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 01/WALSH,T
- **1997-05-20T00:00:00-05:00** SEN CONCURS IN HSE AMENDMENTS (NO.) 01/058-000-000
- **1997-05-20T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1997-06-18T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1997-08-15T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1997-08-15T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 97-08-15
- **1997-08-15T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0423

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b5734608-da54-484c-a7be-336fac931999`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).