---
type: "Bill"
title: "WOMEN & MINORITIES-RESEARCH"
description: "Creates the Inclusion of Women and Minorities in Clinical Research Act. Provides that in conducting or supporting a project of clinical research, a grantee receiving State funds must ensure that women and members of minority groups are included as subjects in research projects. Provides that a grantee must conduct or support outreach programs for the recruitment of women and members of minority groups as subjects in projects of clinical research. Provides for exceptions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "HB 274"
citation: "Illinois HB 274 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 53
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-01-23"
last_action: "2003-08-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bbe7caa2-06a0-495c-b77f-dc09819b6a8c"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=274&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=599&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "be22b22392d825be86026e2177845ffcf719dc1bacbca7c9e9cfd35d8cc06d30"
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 HB 274 (93rd) — WOMEN & MINORITIES-RESEARCH

Creates the Inclusion of Women and Minorities in Clinical Research Act. Provides that in conducting or supporting a project of clinical research, a grantee receiving State funds must ensure that women and members of minority groups are included as subjects in research projects. Provides that a grantee must conduct or support outreach programs for the recruitment of women and members of minority groups as subjects in projects of clinical research. Provides for exceptions.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB0274&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=599&DocNum=274&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB0274eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=599&DocNum=274&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB0274enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=599&DocNum=274&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **115–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cynthia Soto — primary (person)
- Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson — cosponsor (person)
- Donne E. Trotter — cosponsor (person)
- James T. Meeks — cosponsor (person)
- M. Maggie Crotty — cosponsor (person)
- Martin A. Sandoval — cosponsor (person)
- Susan Garrett — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Link — cosponsor (person)
- William R. Haine — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-01-23** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Cynthia Soto `filing`
- **2003-01-23** Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough
- **2003-01-23** Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William Delgado
- **2003-01-23** Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Rosemary Mulligan
- **2003-01-23** Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. David A. Wirsing
- **2003-01-23** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-01-23** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-01-29** Assigned to Health Care Availability and Access Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-01-30** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kurt M. Granberg
- **2003-02-05** Do Pass / Short Debate Health Care Availability and Access Committee; 016-001-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-02-05** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-02-05** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen A. Ryg
- **2003-02-05** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
- **2003-02-06** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kenneth Dunkin
- **2003-02-19** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2003-02-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-02-21** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Charles E. Jefferson
- **2003-03-06** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elaine Nekritz
- **2003-03-06** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robin Kelly
- **2003-03-06** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert Rita
- **2003-03-06** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin A. McCarthy
- **2003-03-11** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Arthur L. Turner
- **2003-03-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Susana Mendoza
- **2003-03-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maria Antonia Berrios
- **2003-03-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Edward J. Acevedo
- **2003-04-02** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-001-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-04-02** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2003-04-02** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 3, 2003 `reading-1`
- **2003-04-03** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
- **2003-04-04** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Barack Obama
- **2003-04-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-04-08** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-16** Assigned to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-30** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- **2003-05-01** Do Pass Health & Human Services; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-05-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 6, 2003
- **2003-05-06** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 7, 2003
- **2003-05-07** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2003-05-07** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-05-07** Passed Both Houses
- **2003-05-16** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson
- **2003-05-16** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. James T. Meeks
- **2003-05-16** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Susan Garrett
- **2003-05-16** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. William R. Haine
- **2003-05-16** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Terry Link
- **2003-05-16** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. M. Maggie Crotty
- **2003-05-19** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
- **2003-05-20** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Donne E. Trotter
- **2003-06-05** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2003-08-12** Filed Without Signature
- **2003-08-12** Effective Date January 1, 2004
- **2003-08-12** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0514 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bbe7caa2-06a0-495c-b77f-dc09819b6a8c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).