---
type: "Bill"
title: "SURS-HEALTH-FLAT RATE OPT-OUT"
description: "SURS-HEALTH-FLAT RATE OPT-OUT"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "91st"
identifier: "SB 211"
citation: "Illinois SB 211 (91st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 36
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1999-02-03T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1999-07-30T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/edd40a98-e997-49c2-9532-60a64f4406bd"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/91gatoc.html"
source_hash: "7c4b14e5ff68a789af0fe903621a8aad19e7f9b016b8ada18cb75b62ef095d35"
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 211 (91st) — SURS-HEALTH-FLAT RATE OPT-OUT

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0211** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/sbgroups/sb/910SB0211LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BLACK — cosponsor (person)
- BOST — cosponsor (person)
- BOWLES — cosponsor (person)
- CLAYBORNE — cosponsor (person)
- DONAHUE — cosponsor (person)
- LUECHTEFELD — cosponsor (person)
- MYERS,J — cosponsor (person)
- REA — cosponsor (person)
- RIGHTER — cosponsor (person)
- WINKEL — cosponsor (person)
- WOOLARD — 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** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-04T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR DONAHUE
- **1999-02-10T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR BOWLES
- **1999-02-17T00:00:00-06:00** PENSION NOTE FILED
- **1999-02-17T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE INS & PENS. `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-24T00:00:00-06:00** POSTPONED
- **1999-03-04T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR CLAYBORNE
- **1999-03-10T00:00:00-06:00** POSTPONED
- **1999-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS 009-000-001 SINS
- **1999-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 99-03-19
- **1999-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1999-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 99-03-22
- **1999-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR REA
- **1999-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 058-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1999-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **1999-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING
- **1999-03-24T00:00:00-06:00** HOUSE SPONSOR RIGHTER
- **1999-03-24T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1999-03-24T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-25T00:00:00-06:00** ALTERNATE PRIMARY SPONSOR CHANGED TO BOST
- **1999-03-25T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR RIGHTER
- **1999-04-14T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE PERS PENSION `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-15T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR WINKEL
- **1999-04-22T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR BLACK
- **1999-04-22T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR WOOLARD
- **1999-04-29T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 010-000-000 HPPN
- **1999-04-29T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-05-04T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1999-05-04T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-05-05T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 117-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1999-05-05T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1999-06-03T00:00:00-05:00** 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 99-07-30
- **1999-07-30T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 91-0395

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/edd40a98-e997-49c2-9532-60a64f4406bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).