---
type: "Bill"
title: "HEALTH-TECH"
description: "Amends the Mercury-Free Vaccine Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "HB 2242"
citation: "Illinois HB 2242 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 52
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-02-26"
last_action: "2007-08-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/584bd098-ee11-4d17-90cd-45c43d07bda1"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2242&GAID=9&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=31094&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "1b365b177bd498a14cd52c862ddbc8c22ead501720b5ae81768b5f4125bff9b9"
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 2242 (95th) — HEALTH-TECH

Amends the Mercury-Free Vaccine Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

## 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=09500HB2242&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=31094&DocNum=2242&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB2242eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=31094&DocNum=2242&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB2242enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=31094&DocNum=2242&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **90–20** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kwame Raoul — cosponsor (person)
- Susana A Mendoza — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-26** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Michael J. Madigan `filing`
- **2007-02-26** Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
- **2007-02-26** Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
- **2007-02-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-02-26** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-01** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-14** Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-03-14** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-03-29** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Susana A Mendoza `amendment-introduction`
- **2007-03-29** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-11** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Health Care Availability and Access Committee
- **2007-04-17** Remove Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
- **2007-04-18** Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Susana A Mendoza
- **2007-04-18** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. JoAnn D. Osmond
- **2007-04-18** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Constance A. Howard
- **2007-04-18** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack McGuire
- **2007-04-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Carolyn H. Krause
- **2007-04-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Esther Golar
- **2007-04-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maria Antonia Berrios
- **2007-04-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2007-04-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
- **2007-04-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
- **2007-04-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel J. Burke
- **2007-04-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John D'Amico
- **2007-04-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Greg Harris
- **2007-04-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
- **2007-04-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Julie Hamos
- **2007-04-19** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Health Care Availability and Access Committee; 009-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-19** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2007-04-19** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2007-04-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-04-24** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J Verschoore
- **2007-04-24** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lou Lang
- **2007-04-25** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 090-020-005 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-04-26** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2007-04-26** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading May 1, 2007 `reading-1`
- **2007-05-02** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Mike Jacobs
- **2007-05-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-05-02** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-03** Assigned to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-08** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. John J. Millner
- **2007-05-10** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Kwame Raoul
- **2007-05-15** Do Pass Public Health; 009-000-001 `committee-passage`
- **2007-05-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 16, 2007
- **2007-05-15** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-05-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 16, 2007
- **2007-05-17** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-05-17** Passed Both Houses
- **2007-06-15** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2007-08-14** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2007-08-14** Effective Date August 14, 2007
- **2007-08-14** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0159 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/584bd098-ee11-4d17-90cd-45c43d07bda1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).