---
type: "Bill"
title: "DHS-NEWBORN HEARING SCREENINGS"
description: "DHS-NEWBORN HEARING SCREENINGS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "91st"
identifier: "HB 596"
citation: "Illinois HB 596 (91st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 51
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1999-02-03T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1999-07-09T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/027d40cf-25eb-4c41-8956-9a5a05c37d28"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/91gatoc.html"
source_hash: "3044db0e272cc8828e30a8530e45c24cd332aa25ada0a1a2557a9075a84e8d52"
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 596 (91st) — DHS-NEWBORN HEARING SCREENINGS

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0596** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/hbgroups/hb/910HB0596LV.html)

## Sponsors

- COULSON — cosponsor (person)
- CROTTY — cosponsor (person)
- CURRY,JULIE — cosponsor (person)
- FLOWERS — cosponsor (person)
- HAMOS — cosponsor (person)
- KRAUSE — cosponsor (person)
- MCGUIRE — cosponsor (person)
- MULLIGAN — cosponsor (person)
- MUNOZ — cosponsor (person)
- OBAMA — cosponsor (person)
- RADOGNO — cosponsor (person)
- REA — cosponsor (person)
- RONEN — cosponsor (person)
- SMITH — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-02-03T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1999-02-03T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR KRAUSE
- **1999-02-03T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR RONEN
- **1999-02-03T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR COULSON
- **1999-02-03T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR CROTTY
- **1999-02-03T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR FLOWERS
- **1999-02-03T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MULLIGAN
- **1999-02-03T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-10T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE CHLDRN YOUTH `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-11T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR GASH
- **1999-02-18T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-CHLDRN-YOUTH H
- **1999-02-18T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1999-02-18T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-CHLDRN-YOUTH H
- **1999-02-18T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1999-02-18T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS AMENDED/SHORT DEBATE 009-000-000 HCHY
- **1999-02-18T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-02-24T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 03-HAMOS
- **1999-02-24T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL
- **1999-02-24T00:00:00-06:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 03-HAMOS
- **1999-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** RECOMMENDS BE ADOPTED HRUL/005-000-000
- **1999-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1999-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 03-HAMOS
- **1999-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1999-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR CURRY,JULIE
- **1999-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MCGUIRE
- **1999-03-16T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 116-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1999-03-17T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN SENATE
- **1999-03-17T00:00:00-06:00** CHIEF SPONSOR RADOGNO
- **1999-03-17T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING 99-03-18
- **1999-03-17T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1999-03-17T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-14T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE PUBLIC HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-20T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS 011-000-000 SPBH
- **1999-04-20T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 99-04-21
- **1999-04-20T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR SMITH
- **1999-04-20T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR OBAMA
- **1999-04-20T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR MUNOZ
- **1999-04-20T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR REA
- **1999-04-21T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1999-04-21T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 99-04-22
- **1999-04-21T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MOLARO
- **1999-04-26T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR TROTTER
- **1999-04-26T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BURZYNSKI
- **1999-04-26T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 057-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1999-04-26T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1999-05-25T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1999-07-09T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1999-07-09T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 99-07-09
- **1999-07-09T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 91-0067

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/027d40cf-25eb-4c41-8956-9a5a05c37d28`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).