---
type: "Bill"
title: "ST EMPLOYEE INS-CNTY HOSPITAL"
description: "Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971. Redefines a unit of local government to include a hospital provider owned by a county that has 100 or fewer hospital beds and that has not already joined the insurance program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "HB 731"
citation: "Illinois HB 731 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-01"
last_action: "2005-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de317bdf-10e8-4ee6-89a3-569a61d33195"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=731&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=15216&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "b6407273aa48a2693864b970119672be459ae3ea150009abea2d92f7164e159a"
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 731 (94th) — ST EMPLOYEE INS-CNTY HOSPITAL

Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971. Redefines a unit of local government to include a hospital provider owned by a county that has 100 or fewer hospital beds and that has not already joined the insurance program.

## 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=09400HB0731&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=15216&DocNum=731&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0731eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=15216&DocNum=731&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0731enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=15216&DocNum=731&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **59–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Roger L. Eddy — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-02-01** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Roger L. Eddy `filing`
- **2005-02-01** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-02-01** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-08** Assigned to Personnel and Pensions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-25** Do Pass / Short Debate Personnel and Pensions Committee; 005-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-02-28** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-03-02** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-03-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-03-03** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-03-08** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2005-03-08** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-03-08** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Dale A. Righter
- **2005-03-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-03-08** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-13** Assigned to Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-20** Do Pass Insurance; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-04-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 21, 2005
- **2005-05-05** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-05-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 10, 2005
- **2005-05-11** Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-05-11** Passed Both Houses
- **2005-06-09** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2005-06-28** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2005-06-29** Effective Date January 1, 2006
- **2005-06-29** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0082 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/de317bdf-10e8-4ee6-89a3-569a61d33195`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).