---
type: "Bill"
title: "NURSES BACKGROUND CHECK"
description: "NURSES BACKGROUND CHECK"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "91st"
identifier: "HB 502"
citation: "Illinois HB 502 (91st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 26
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1999-02-02T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1999-07-30T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/380c53d7-f67b-48ce-b7a3-272b55d64539"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/91gatoc.html"
source_hash: "0fb2630370f7c2e900e949431ae29feb0c8e7bac9687df49f97370adfd1a459b"
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 502 (91st) — NURSES BACKGROUND CHECK

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0502** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/hbgroups/hb/910HB0502LV.html)

## Sponsors

- MITCHELL,JERRY — cosponsor (person)
- SIEBEN — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-02-02T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1999-02-02T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-03T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE CONSUMER PROT `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-26T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-CONSUMER PROT H
- **1999-02-26T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED 009-000-000 `passage`
- **1999-02-26T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS AMENDED/SHORT DEBATE 009-000-000 HCON
- **1999-02-26T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-03-09T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1999-03-09T00:00:00-06:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-03-10T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 114-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1999-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN SENATE
- **1999-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING 99-03-16
- **1999-03-25T00:00:00-06:00** CHIEF SPONSOR SIEBEN
- **1999-03-25T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1999-03-25T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-20T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE LICENSED ACT. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-29T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS 007-000-000 SLIC
- **1999-04-29T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 99-05-04
- **1999-05-05T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1999-05-05T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 99-05-06
- **1999-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 058-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1999-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1999-06-04T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1999-07-30T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1999-07-30T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 00-01-01
- **1999-07-30T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 91-0369

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/380c53d7-f67b-48ce-b7a3-272b55d64539`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).