---
type: "Bill"
title: "HEALTH-TECH"
description: "Amends the Prenatal and Newborn Care Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "SB 937"
citation: "Illinois SB 937 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 50
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-02-08"
last_action: "2007-08-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9575d629-0d53-4393-8146-a7f2e092a53a"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=937&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=29060&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "7042c88c3e2fbfb9bedfe10ffe88fd89171143c40f6e4901422af27fda297bac"
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 937 (95th) — HEALTH-TECH

Amends the Prenatal and Newborn Care 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=09500SB0937&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=29060&DocNum=937&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB0937eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=29060&DocNum=937&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB0937enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=29060&DocNum=937&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **40–15** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carolyn H. Krause — cosponsor (person)
- Constance A. Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Cynthia Soto — cosponsor (person)
- Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson — primary (person)
- Elga L. Jefferies — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Fred Crespo — cosponsor (person)
- Karen A. Yarbrough — cosponsor (person)
- Maria Antonia Berrios — cosponsor (person)
- Michael K. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Rosemary Mulligan — cosponsor (person)
- Susana A Mendoza — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-08** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Susan Garrett `filing`
- **2007-02-08** Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, Jr.
- **2007-02-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-02-08** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-07** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-15** Do Pass Executive; 007-005-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-03-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 20, 2007
- **2007-03-22** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-03-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 27, 2007
- **2007-03-27** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson `amendment-introduction`
- **2007-03-27** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-27** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Public Health
- **2007-03-28** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Public Health; 008-000-000
- **2007-03-28** Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson
- **2007-03-30** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-03-30** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Halvorson `amendment-passage`
- **2007-03-30** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2007-03-30** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. James T. Meeks
- **2007-03-30** Third Reading - Passed; 040-015-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-04-02** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2007-04-02** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-04-02** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
- **2007-04-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-04-09** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-17** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
- **2007-04-18** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2007-04-30** Assigned to Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-02** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
- **2007-05-02** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
- **2007-05-02** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Rosemary Mulligan
- **2007-05-02** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Carolyn H. Krause
- **2007-05-08** Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-05-09** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-05-16** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Fred Crespo
- **2007-05-16** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
- **2007-05-17** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael K. Smith
- **2007-05-17** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Elga L. Jefferies
- **2007-05-24** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2007-05-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-05-29** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
- **2007-05-29** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Maria Antonia Berrios
- **2007-05-29** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Susana A Mendoza
- **2007-05-29** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough
- **2007-05-29** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Constance A. Howard
- **2007-05-29** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-05-29** Passed Both Houses
- **2007-06-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2007-08-24** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2007-08-24** Effective Date August 24, 2007
- **2007-08-24** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0422 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9575d629-0d53-4393-8146-a7f2e092a53a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).