---
type: "Bill"
title: "PUB HEALTH-COPD STAFF"
description: "Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department of Public Health to designate a staff person to handle issues related to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Specifies the staff person's duties. Imposes conditions on any rulemaking authority. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "HB 404"
citation: "Illinois HB 404 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 44
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2009-02-03"
last_action: "2009-08-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6222e0c-eda3-453d-872e-7b868f409a6a"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=404&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=40704&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "b41842aaab1de00a850b0b004150c6709a9e1a18aff7eccd5eb097dd8a433ec3"
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 404 (96th) — PUB HEALTH-COPD STAFF

Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department of Public Health to designate a staff person to handle issues related to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Specifies the staff person's duties. Imposes conditions on any rulemaking authority. 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=09600HB0404&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=40704&DocNum=404&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB0404eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=40704&DocNum=404&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB0404enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=40704&DocNum=404&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Concurrence — **110–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- William Davis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-03** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. William Davis `filing`
- **2009-02-03** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-02-03** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-09** Assigned to Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-19** Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-02-19** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-02-20** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2009-02-24** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-02-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-03-04** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
- **2009-03-04** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
- **2009-03-04** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. LaShawn K. Ford
- **2009-03-04** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Deborah L. Graham
- **2009-03-04** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-03-05** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2009-03-05** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 6, 2009 `reading-1`
- **2009-03-05** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Heather Steans
- **2009-03-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-06** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-22** Assigned to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-23** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2009-04-29** Postponed - Public Health
- **2009-04-29** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Donne E. Trotter
- **2009-05-04** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Heather Steans `amendment-introduction`
- **2009-05-04** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-05** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Public Health
- **2009-05-05** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2009-05-06** Do Pass as Amended Public Health; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 7, 2009
- **2009-05-07** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-05-07** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 12, 2009
- **2009-05-13** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
- **2009-05-13** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-05-14** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2009-05-14** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
- **2009-05-19** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. William Davis
- **2009-05-19** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-20** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 005-000-000
- **2009-05-22** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 110-000-000
- **2009-05-22** Passed Both Houses
- **2009-06-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-18** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-18** Effective Date August 18, 2009
- **2009-08-18** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0589 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a6222e0c-eda3-453d-872e-7b868f409a6a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).