---
type: "Bill"
title: "HEALTH CARE FACILITY EXEMPTION"
description: "Amends the Illinois Health Care Facilities Planning Act. Exempts construction and renovation of certain long-term care \"campus facilities\" from the Act's application. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "HB 5983"
citation: "Illinois HB 5983 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 57
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2008-02-22"
last_action: "2008-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11981960-0c6c-41c8-aafb-cb7eef545182"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5983&GAID=9&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=37815&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "018c1eb3d065282de2beda5838cdbdddd74ac5b69d3100e24e1be1272b471a76"
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 5983 (95th) — HEALTH CARE FACILITY EXEMPTION

Amends the Illinois Health Care Facilities Planning Act. Exempts construction and renovation of certain long-term care "campus facilities" from the Act's application. Effective immediately.

## 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=09500HB5983&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=37815&DocNum=5983&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB5983eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=37815&DocNum=5983&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB5983enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=37815&DocNum=5983&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **54–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **107–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dan Cronin — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Kotowski — cosponsor (person)
- Heather Steans — cosponsor (person)
- Ira I. Silverstein — cosponsor (person)
- Iris Y. Martinez — cosponsor (person)
- James D. Brosnahan — primary (person)
- Jeffrey M. Schoenberg — cosponsor (person)
- John J. Millner — cosponsor (person)
- Linda Holmes — cosponsor (person)
- M. Maggie Crotty — cosponsor (person)
- Matt Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Noland — cosponsor (person)
- Randall M. Hultgren — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-02-22** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. James D. Brosnahan `filing`
- **2008-02-22** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin Joyce
- **2008-02-22** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin A. McCarthy
- **2008-02-22** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Durkin
- **2008-02-22** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Joseph M. Lyons
- **2008-02-22** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe
- **2008-02-22** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Angelo Saviano
- **2008-02-22** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John D'Amico
- **2008-02-22** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry Osterman
- **2008-02-25** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-02-25** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2008-02-26** Assigned to Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2008-02-28** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
- **2008-03-04** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
- **2008-03-05** Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2008-03-05** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2008-03-05** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
- **2008-03-13** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2008-03-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2008-04-01** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Greg Harris
- **2008-04-03** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maria Antonia Berrios
- **2008-04-03** Removed from Short Debate Status
- **2008-04-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Standard Debate
- **2008-04-03** Third Reading - Standard Debate - Passed 107-001-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2008-04-03** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John A. Fritchey
- **2008-04-08** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2008-04-08** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-04-08** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John J. Cullerton
- **2008-04-08** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. James A. DeLeo
- **2008-04-08** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Edward D. Maloney
- **2008-04-08** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kirk W. Dillard
- **2008-04-08** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Louis S. Viverito
- **2008-04-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-04-08** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-08** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Heather Steans
- **2008-04-08** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan Cronin
- **2008-04-09** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
- **2008-04-09** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. John J. Millner
- **2008-04-15** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan Kotowski
- **2008-04-21** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Jeffrey M. Schoenberg
- **2008-04-30** Assigned to Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-08** Do Pass Human Services; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2008-05-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 13, 2008
- **2008-05-13** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2008-05-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 14, 2008
- **2008-05-16** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Randall M. Hultgren
- **2008-05-20** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
- **2008-05-20** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
- **2008-05-20** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. M. Maggie Crotty
- **2008-05-20** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Matt Murphy
- **2008-05-20** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael Noland
- **2008-05-20** Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2008-05-20** Passed Both Houses
- **2008-06-18** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2008-06-30** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2008-06-30** Effective Date June 30, 2008
- **2008-06-30** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0727 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/11981960-0c6c-41c8-aafb-cb7eef545182`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).