---
type: "Bill"
title: "PREVENT INSTITUTIONALIZATION"
description: "PREVENT INSTITUTIONALIZATION"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "92nd"
identifier: "SB 816"
citation: "Illinois SB 816 (92nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 37
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2001-02-21T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "2001-07-20T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/421f63c7-c3ba-4250-941f-df7b498c8a37"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/92gatoc.html"
source_hash: "12d783acbf4f9d7e7912678affbe09a4c8ed5244c4410e826326357a15c613b6"
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 816 (92nd) — PREVENT INSTITUTIONALIZATION

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0816** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/sbgroups/sb/920SB0816LV.html)

## Sponsors

- COULSON — cosponsor (person)
- COWLISHAW — cosponsor (person)
- CROTTY — cosponsor (person)
- GEO-KARIS — cosponsor (person)
- HALVORSON — cosponsor (person)
- LAUZEN — cosponsor (person)
- O'BRIEN — cosponsor (person)
- SCOTT — cosponsor (person)
- SULLIVAN — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-02-21T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2001-02-21T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-28T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE PUBLIC HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-09T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR LAUZEN
- **2001-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-PUB HEALTH S
- **2001-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **2001-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS AS AMENDED 010-000-000 SPBH
- **2001-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 01-03-21
- **2001-03-22T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **2001-03-22T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 01-03-27
- **2001-03-27T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR GEO-KARIS
- **2001-03-27T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 055-000-000 `reading-3`
- **2001-03-27T00:00:00-06:00** HOUSE SPONSOR COULSON
- **2001-03-27T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **2001-03-27T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2001-03-27T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-30T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR HALVORSON
- **2001-03-30T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR COWLISHAW
- **2001-04-03T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE DISABLED COMM `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-05T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR SCOTT
- **2001-04-05T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR O'BRIEN
- **2001-04-18T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS AN ALTERNATE CO-SPONSOR FEIGENHOLTZ
- **2001-04-19T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 010-000-000 HDSC
- **2001-04-19T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2001-04-24T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **2001-04-24T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2001-04-24T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR CROTTY
- **2001-04-26T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 109-000-000 `reading-3`
- **2001-04-26T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **2001-04-26T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS AN ALTERNATE CO-SPONSOR BROSNAHAN
- **2001-04-26T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS AN ALTERNATE CO-SPONSOR MCCARTHY
- **2001-04-26T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS AN ALTERNATE CO-SPONSOR BERNS
- **2001-04-26T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS AN ALTERNATE CO-SPONSOR RUTHERFORD
- **2001-05-25T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2001-07-20T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **2001-07-20T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 01-07-20
- **2001-07-20T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 92-0122

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/421f63c7-c3ba-4250-941f-df7b498c8a37`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).