---
type: "Bill"
title: "HEALTH-TECH"
description: "Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning State's Attorneys' representation of the State in court proceedings."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "SB 1001"
citation: "Illinois SB 1001 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 50
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-18"
last_action: "2006-05-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b96776c3-e88a-44b8-90db-ff0219572437"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1001&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=18028&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "03a4fb8772274ac4f05be334b477664d76509f45eea3acb684513d0c2f41bf96"
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 1001 (94th) — HEALTH-TECH

Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning State's Attorneys' representation of the State in court proceedings.

## 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=09400SB1001&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=18028&DocNum=1001&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB1001eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=18028&DocNum=1001&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB1001enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=18028&DocNum=1001&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **50–6** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **94–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Esther Golar — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly A. Lightford — primary (person)
- Linda Chapa LaVia — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Boland — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-02-18** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Carol Ronen `filing`
- **2005-02-18** Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, Jr.
- **2005-02-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-02-18** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-24** Assigned to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-17** Do Pass Health & Human Services; 007-003-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-03-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 6, 2005
- **2005-04-11** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-04-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 12, 2005
- **2005-04-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** April 13, 2005
- **2005-04-15** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Extended to December 31, 2005 `reading-3`
- **2005-07-01** Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-11-04** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Extended to January 9, 2007 `reading-3`
- **2006-03-28** Approved for Consideration Rules
- **2006-03-28** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 29, 2006
- **2006-03-28** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford `amendment-introduction`
- **2006-03-28** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2006-03-29** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Health & Human Services
- **2006-03-29** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Health & Human Services; 007-002-001
- **2006-03-29** Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
- **2006-04-04** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
- **2006-04-04** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. James T. Meeks
- **2006-04-04** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- **2006-04-04** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2006-04-04** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Lightford `amendment-passage`
- **2006-04-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2006-04-04** Third Reading - Passed; 050-006-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2006-04-04** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2006-04-04** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-04-04** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) April 7, 2006
- **2006-04-04** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Constance A. Howard
- **2006-04-04** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-04-04** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2006-04-10** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) April 13, 2006
- **2006-04-10** Assigned to Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2006-04-13** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) April 30, 2006
- **2006-04-19** Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 011-000-001 `committee-passage`
- **2006-04-19** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2006-04-19** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2006-04-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2006-04-25** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John A. Fritchey
- **2006-04-25** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Washington
- **2006-04-25** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Esther Golar
- **2006-04-25** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 094-007-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2006-04-25** Passed Both Houses
- **2006-05-18** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2006-05-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2006-05-22** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2006-05-22** Effective Date January 1, 2007
- **2006-05-22** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0797 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b96776c3-e88a-44b8-90db-ff0219572437`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).