---
type: "Bill"
title: "DISSECTION ALTERNATIVES ACT"
description: "DISSECTION ALTERNATIVES ACT"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "91st"
identifier: "HB 3254"
citation: "Illinois HB 3254 (91st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 81
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2000-01-18T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "2000-06-09T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb15f078-d6a8-44fa-9aaf-97b5d3d8876b"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/91gatoc.html"
source_hash: "780fb2838f0dcf950878aea27ec1d4ca7b228fbd69b66f02d82972015ffa0b59"
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 HB 3254 (91st) — DISSECTION ALTERNATIVES ACT

## Version chain

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

1. **HB3254** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/hbgroups/hb/910HB3254LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BIGGINS — cosponsor (person)
- COWLISHAW — cosponsor (person)
- CRONIN — cosponsor (person)
- CROTTY — cosponsor (person)
- DART — cosponsor (person)
- DELGADO — cosponsor (person)
- FEIGENHOLTZ — cosponsor (person)
- FRITCHEY — cosponsor (person)
- GARRETT — cosponsor (person)
- GASH — cosponsor (person)
- HOFFMAN — cosponsor (person)
- KLEMM — cosponsor (person)
- LANG — cosponsor (person)
- LINK — cosponsor (person)
- MATHIAS — cosponsor (person)
- MCKEON — cosponsor (person)
- MULLIGAN — cosponsor (person)
- MURPHY — cosponsor (person)
- NOVAK — cosponsor (person)
- PARKE — cosponsor (person)
- PARKER — cosponsor (person)
- PERSICO — cosponsor (person)
- RONEN,C — cosponsor (person)
- SCHOENBERG — cosponsor (person)
- SCOTT — cosponsor (person)
- WINKEL — cosponsor (person)
- ZICKUS — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-01-18T00:00:00-06:00** FILED WITH CLERK `introduction`
- **2000-01-19T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2000-01-19T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2000-02-08T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE ELEM SCND ED `referral-committee`
- **2000-02-09T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR COWLISHAW
- **2000-02-09T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR DELGADO
- **2000-02-09T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR WINKEL
- **2000-02-09T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR ZICKUS
- **2000-02-09T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SCHOENBERG
- **2000-02-09T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SMITH,MICHAEL
- **2000-02-09T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MULLIGAN
- **2000-02-09T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BIGGINS
- **2000-02-09T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR FRITCHEY
- **2000-02-09T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR LANG
- **2000-02-09T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR FEIGENHOLTZ
- **2000-02-09T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR GARRETT
- **2000-02-09T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR ERWIN
- **2000-02-09T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR HOFFMAN
- **2000-02-09T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR NOVAK
- **2000-02-09T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR PARKE
- **2000-02-09T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR PERSICO
- **2000-02-09T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MCKEON
- **2000-02-09T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR DART
- **2000-02-16T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 023-000-000 HELM
- **2000-02-16T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2000-02-16T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR CROTTY
- **2000-02-16T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BOLAND
- **2000-02-16T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MURPHY
- **2000-02-17T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SCOTT
- **2000-02-22T00:00:00-06:00** FISCAL NOTE REQUESTED TENHOUSE
- **2000-02-22T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-GASH
- **2000-02-22T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL
- **2000-02-22T00:00:00-06:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2000-02-23T00:00:00-06:00** FISCAL NOTE FILED
- **2000-02-23T00:00:00-06:00** STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE FILED
- **2000-02-23T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-GASH
- **2000-02-23T00:00:00-06:00** RECOMMENDS BE ADOPTED HRUL/003-000-000
- **2000-02-23T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **2000-02-23T00:00:00-06:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2000-02-25T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MATHIAS
- **2000-02-25T00:00:00-06:00** MOTION PREVAILED- RECALL TO 2ND READING
- **2000-02-25T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-GASH
- **2000-02-25T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **2000-02-25T00:00:00-06:00** FISCAL NOTE FILED AS AMENDED BY HOUSE AMEND #1
- **2000-02-25T00:00:00-06:00** STATE MNDT FISCAL NOTE FILED AS AMENDED BY HOUSE AMEND #1
- **2000-02-25T00:00:00-06:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2000-03-01T00:00:00-06:00** MOTION PREVAILED- RECALL TO 2ND READING
- **2000-03-01T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-GASH
- **2000-03-01T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL
- **2000-03-01T00:00:00-06:00** HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE
- **2000-03-02T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-GASH
- **2000-03-02T00:00:00-06:00** RECOMMENDS BE ADOPTED HRUL/003-001-000
- **2000-03-02T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-GASH
- **2000-03-02T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **2000-03-02T00:00:00-06:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2000-03-02T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 103-014-000 `reading-3`
- **2000-03-06T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN SENATE
- **2000-03-06T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING 00-03-07
- **2000-03-06T00:00:00-06:00** CHIEF SPONSOR CRONIN
- **2000-03-06T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR KLEMM
- **2000-03-06T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2000-03-06T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2000-03-07T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BOWLES
- **2000-03-08T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR CULLERTON
- **2000-03-08T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR PETERSON
- **2000-03-08T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR DILLARD
- **2000-03-10T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR PARKER
- **2000-03-10T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR RONEN,C
- **2000-03-22T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2000-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR LINK
- **2000-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR KARPIEL
- **2000-03-29T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS 010-000-000 SESE
- **2000-03-29T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 00-03-30
- **2000-03-30T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **2000-03-30T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 00-03-31
- **2000-03-31T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 053-002-000 `reading-3`
- **2000-03-31T00:00:00-06:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **2000-04-28T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2000-06-09T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **2000-06-09T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 00-06-09
- **2000-06-09T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 91-0771

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bb15f078-d6a8-44fa-9aaf-97b5d3d8876b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).