---
type: "Bill"
title: "HOSPITALS-PATIENT RELIGION"
description: "Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that every hospital must adopt policies and procedures to ensure that, in making decisions concerning the treatment of a patient at the hospital, health care professionals must take into account the patient's religious beliefs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "HB 3604"
citation: "Illinois HB 3604 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-02-27"
last_action: "2007-08-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/812aff64-44cd-4734-a479-af62f697a0ca"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3604&GAID=9&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=32481&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "2304983e6b9bfec2486023188f5f8f574b2053bb3d87913c7f284d24368fa638"
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 3604 (95th) — HOSPITALS-PATIENT RELIGION

Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that every hospital must adopt policies and procedures to ensure that, in making decisions concerning the treatment of a patient at the hospital, health care professionals must take into account the patient's religious beliefs.

## 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=09500HB3604&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=32481&DocNum=3604&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB3604eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=32481&DocNum=3604&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB3604enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=32481&DocNum=3604&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sara Feigenholtz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-27** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Sara Feigenholtz `filing`
- **2007-02-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-02-28** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-01** Assigned to Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-07** Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-03-07** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-03-13** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2007-03-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-04-19** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Sara Feigenholtz `amendment-introduction`
- **2007-04-19** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-23** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-24** Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2007-04-24** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2007-04-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-04-25** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-04-26** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2007-04-26** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-04-26** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
- **2007-04-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-04-26** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-02** Assigned to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-03** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jeffrey M. Schoenberg
- **2007-05-15** Do Pass Public Health; 007-000-000 `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
- **2007-05-18** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-05-18** Passed Both Houses
- **2007-06-15** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2007-08-14** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2007-08-14** Effective Date January 1, 2008
- **2007-08-14** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0181 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/812aff64-44cd-4734-a479-af62f697a0ca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).