---
type: "Bill"
title: "CNTY CD-BD OF HEALTH"
description: "Amends the Counties Code. Provides that all members of a board of health must be residents of the county, except that a member who is required to be a physician, dentist, or nurse may reside outside the county if there is no physician, dentist, or nurse who resides in the county who is willing and able to serve."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "HB 1574"
citation: "Illinois HB 1574 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-15"
last_action: "2005-08-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7409d524-6ec2-4cc6-b15c-3fc8aa232740"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1574&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=16648&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "1d8c352a108898c25ad740a975ca916290ef2004f852d2c8c4b2d94b7e6fcef4"
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 1574 (94th) — CNTY CD-BD OF HEALTH

Amends the Counties Code. Provides that all members of a board of health must be residents of the county, except that a member who is required to be a physician, dentist, or nurse may reside outside the county if there is no physician, dentist, or nurse who resides in the county who is willing and able to serve.

## 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=09400HB1574&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=16648&DocNum=1574&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB1574eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=16648&DocNum=1574&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB1574enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=16648&DocNum=1574&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **53–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pamela J. Althoff — cosponsor (person)
- Robert F. Flider — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-02-15** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Robert F. Flider `filing`
- **2005-02-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-02-16** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-17** Assigned to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-24** Do Pass / Short Debate Local Government Committee; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-02-25** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-03-03** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-03-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-03-10** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-03-15** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2005-03-15** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 16, 2005 `reading-1`
- **2005-03-15** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Frank C. Watson
- **2005-03-15** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dale E. Risinger
- **2005-03-17** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-03-17** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-13** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-20** Do Pass Local Government; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-04-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 21, 2005
- **2005-04-20** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
- **2005-05-10** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-05-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 11, 2005
- **2005-05-16** Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-05-16** Passed Both Houses
- **2005-06-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2005-08-04** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2005-08-04** Effective Date January 1, 2006
- **2005-08-04** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0457 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7409d524-6ec2-4cc6-b15c-3fc8aa232740`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).