---
type: "Bill"
title: "PROSTATE SCREENING-ASSISTANCE"
description: "PROSTATE SCREENING-ASSISTANCE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "91st"
identifier: "SB 685"
citation: "Illinois SB 685 (91st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 35
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1999-02-24T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1999-07-13T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f73da30f-6ef8-4c08-8d73-62de644a165f"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/91gatoc.html"
source_hash: "b7e7cd8a2b8700751e9e3dae00313fd511dfb263c8c0d24cf656b48ac14cc49b"
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 685 (91st) — PROSTATE SCREENING-ASSISTANCE

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0685** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/sbgroups/sb/910SB0685LV.html)

## Sponsors

- COULSON — cosponsor (person)
- DEL VALLE — cosponsor (person)
- FLOWERS — cosponsor (person)
- GARRETT — cosponsor (person)
- HENDON — cosponsor (person)
- JONES,E — cosponsor (person)
- LANG — cosponsor (person)
- OBAMA — cosponsor (person)
- PARKE — cosponsor (person)
- REA — cosponsor (person)
- SILVERSTEIN — cosponsor (person)
- SMITH — cosponsor (person)
- TROTTER — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-02-24T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1999-02-24T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-24T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE ST GOVERN OPR `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS 008-000-000 SGOA
- **1999-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 99-03-16
- **1999-03-16T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1999-03-16T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 99-03-17
- **1999-03-17T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR DEL VALLE
- **1999-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR JONES,E
- **1999-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 058-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1999-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **1999-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING
- **1999-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** HOUSE SPONSOR LANG
- **1999-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1999-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SHADID
- **1999-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SILVERSTEIN
- **1999-03-24T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR REA
- **1999-03-25T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR GARRETT
- **1999-03-25T00:00:00-06:00** ALTERNATE PRIMARY SPONSOR CHANGED TO GARRETT
- **1999-03-25T00:00:00-06:00** JOINT-ALTERNATE-SPONSOR CHANGED TO LANG
- **1999-03-25T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR PARKE
- **1999-03-25T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR COULSON
- **1999-03-25T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR FLOWERS
- **1999-03-26T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE HUMAN SERVS `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-15T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 011-000-000 HHSV
- **1999-04-15T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-04-20T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1999-04-20T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-04-29T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 115-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1999-04-29T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1999-05-20T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1999-07-13T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1999-07-13T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 00-01-01
- **1999-07-13T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 91-0109

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f73da30f-6ef8-4c08-8d73-62de644a165f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).