---
type: "Bill"
title: "EMERGENCY EVACUAT-DISABILITIES"
description: "EMERGENCY EVACUAT-DISABILITIES"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "92nd"
identifier: "SB 1537"
citation: "Illinois SB 1537 (92nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 67
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2001-11-27T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "2002-07-19T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/067fff5f-103d-4728-88a2-a0ca9bc57fa9"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/92gatoc.html"
source_hash: "cecaf328904704eb3a1ca2c57ad9f61363149bb0c3ec656013a1d94934352a18"
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 1537 (92nd) — EMERGENCY EVACUAT-DISABILITIES

## Version chain

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

1. **SB1537** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/sbgroups/sb/920SB1537LV.html)

## Sponsors

- ACEVEDO — cosponsor (person)
- BOMKE — cosponsor (person)
- CROTTY — cosponsor (person)
- DAVIS,MONIQUE — cosponsor (person)
- FORBY — cosponsor (person)
- FRITCHEY — cosponsor (person)
- GEO-KARIS — cosponsor (person)
- MADIGAN,L — cosponsor (person)
- MUNOZ — cosponsor (person)
- OBAMA — cosponsor (person)
- PARKER — cosponsor (person)
- RADOGNO — cosponsor (person)
- SHADID — cosponsor (person)
- SMITH — cosponsor (person)
- WALSH,T — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-11-27T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2001-11-27T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2001-11-28T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR GEO-KARIS
- **2001-11-29T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR RADOGNO
- **2001-11-29T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR BOMKE
- **2002-01-23T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE PUBLIC HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-21T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR PARKER
- **2002-02-21T00:00:00-06:00** HELD IN COMMITTEE
- **2002-03-01T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SHADID
- **2002-03-05T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-PUB HEALTH S
- **2002-03-05T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **2002-03-05T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS AS AMENDED 007-000-000 SPBH
- **2002-03-05T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 02-03-06
- **2002-03-21T00:00:00-06:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY `introduction`
- **2002-03-21T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-WALSH,T
- **2002-03-21T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO SRUL
- **2002-04-03T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-WALSH,T
- **2002-04-03T00:00:00-06:00** BE APPROVED FOR CONSIDERATION SRUL
- **2002-04-03T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR MADIGAN,L
- **2002-04-03T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **2002-04-03T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-WALSH,T
- **2002-04-03T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **2002-04-03T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 02-04-04
- **2002-04-03T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR HENDON
- **2002-04-03T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SMITH
- **2002-04-03T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MUNOZ
- **2002-04-03T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR OBAMA
- **2002-04-04T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 055-000-000 `reading-3`
- **2002-04-04T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **2002-04-04T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING
- **2002-04-05T00:00:00-06:00** HOUSE SPONSOR SCULLY
- **2002-04-05T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR CROTTY
- **2002-04-05T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2002-04-05T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-09T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE HUMAN SERVS `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** ALTERNATE PRIMARY SPONSOR CHANGED TO CROTTY
- **2002-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** JOINT-ALTERNATE-SPONSOR CHANGED TO DAVIS,MONIQUE
- **2002-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR FORBY
- **2002-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR ACEVEDO
- **2002-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR FRITCHEY
- **2002-04-17T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS AN ALTERNATE CO-SPONSOR BELLOCK
- **2002-04-17T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS AN ALTERNATE CO-SPONSOR MCCARTHY
- **2002-04-17T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS AN ALTERNATE CO-SPONSOR OSTERMAN
- **2002-04-17T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS AN ALTERNATE CO-SPONSOR FEIGENHOLTZ
- **2002-04-17T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS AN ALTERNATE CO-SPONSOR RYAN
- **2002-04-18T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 009-000-000 HHSV
- **2002-04-18T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2002-04-18T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS AN ALTERNATE CO-SPONSOR MAY
- **2002-04-23T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **2002-04-23T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2002-04-23T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS AN ALTERNATE CO-SPONSOR BUGIELSKI
- **2002-04-23T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS AN ALTERNATE CO-SPONSOR BRADLEY
- **2002-04-23T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS AN ALTERNATE CO-SPONSOR CAPPARELLI
- **2002-04-24T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 115-000-000 `reading-3`
- **2002-04-24T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **2002-04-24T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS AN ALTERNATE CO-SPONSOR GARRETT
- **2002-04-24T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS AN ALTERNATE CO-SPONSOR MAY
- **2002-04-24T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS AN ALTERNATE CO-SPONSOR SOTO
- **2002-04-24T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS AN ALTERNATE CO-SPONSOR COULSON
- **2002-04-24T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS AN ALTERNATE CO-SPONSOR JEFFERSON
- **2002-04-24T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS AN ALTERNATE CO-SPONSOR HOWARD
- **2002-04-24T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS AN ALTERNATE CO-SPONSOR LYONS,JOSEPH
- **2002-04-24T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS AN ALTERNATE CO-SPONSOR MAUTINO
- **2002-05-23T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2002-07-19T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **2002-07-19T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 07-19-02
- **2002-07-19T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 92-0705

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/067fff5f-103d-4728-88a2-a0ca9bc57fa9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).