---
type: "Bill"
title: "HIGH ED-MENINGITIS VACCINE"
description: "HIGH ED-MENINGITIS VACCINE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "92nd"
identifier: "SB 168"
citation: "Illinois SB 168 (92nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 38
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2001-02-20T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "2001-07-18T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c081f7ed-4c5b-4b02-8f73-15cc09a62ca8"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/92gatoc.html"
source_hash: "ed590139cb1ed4d2f30b3197b5a9150421091b712171cd2a80e25d7d6b70dd79"
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 168 (92nd) — HIGH ED-MENINGITIS VACCINE

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0168** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/sbgroups/sb/920SB0168LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BERNS — cosponsor (person)
- BLACK — cosponsor (person)
- HAWKINSON — cosponsor (person)
- MYERS — cosponsor (person)
- O'BRIEN — cosponsor (person)
- RIGHTER — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-02-20T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2001-02-20T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-21T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE PUBLIC HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-27T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR HAWKINSON
- **2001-02-27T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-PUB HEALTH S
- **2001-02-27T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **2001-02-27T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS AS AMENDED 008-000-000 SPBH
- **2001-02-27T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 01-02-28
- **2001-03-07T00:00:00-06:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY `introduction`
- **2001-03-07T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-MYERS
- **2001-03-07T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO SRUL
- **2001-03-07T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-MYERS
- **2001-03-07T00:00:00-06:00** BE APPROVED FOR CONSIDERATION SRUL
- **2001-03-07T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **2001-03-07T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-MYERS
- **2001-03-07T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **2001-03-07T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 01-03-08
- **2001-03-08T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 056-000-000 `reading-3`
- **2001-03-08T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **2001-03-08T00:00:00-06:00** HOUSE SPONSOR BLACK
- **2001-03-08T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2001-03-08T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-08T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS AN ALTERNATE CO-SPONSOR RIGHTER
- **2001-03-08T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS AN ALTERNATE CO-SPONSOR O'BRIEN
- **2001-04-03T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE HIGHER ED `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-19T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS/STANDARD DEBATE 007-000-000 HHED
- **2001-04-19T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CAL 2ND READING-STANDARD DEBATE
- **2001-04-24T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING-STANDARD DEBATE `reading-2`
- **2001-04-24T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-STNDRD DEBATE
- **2001-04-25T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/STANDARD DEBATE/PASS 112-000-001 `reading-3`
- **2001-04-25T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **2001-04-25T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR O'BRIEN
- **2001-04-25T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR RIGHTER
- **2001-04-25T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR BERNS
- **2001-05-24T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2001-07-18T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **2001-07-18T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 02-01-01
- **2001-07-18T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 92-0089

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c081f7ed-4c5b-4b02-8f73-15cc09a62ca8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).