---
type: "Bill"
title: "OPEN MEETINGS-ELDER ABUSE"
description: "Amends the Open Meetings Act. Permits a closed meeting for an elder abuse fatality review team's review of a death in which abuse or neglect is alleged, suspected, or substantiated. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "HB 4928"
citation: "Illinois HB 4928 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2010-01-13"
last_action: "2010-08-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2800e660-2668-4208-9f8c-6f650566d0a1"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4928&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=49416&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "a25c7adf6210968df2818b9411117d0872c51cc579e3611cab898d8fcd89aea3"
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 4928 (96th) — OPEN MEETINGS-ELDER ABUSE

Amends the Open Meetings Act. Permits a closed meeting for an elder abuse fatality review team's review of a death in which abuse or neglect is alleged, suspected, or substantiated. 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=09600HB4928&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=49416&DocNum=4928&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB4928eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=49416&DocNum=4928&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB4928enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=49416&DocNum=4928&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **61–48** (pass) · lower
- Concurrence, Amendment 1 — **112–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Elizabeth Hernandez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-01-13** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez `filing`
- **2010-01-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-01-15** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-02** Assigned to State Government Administration Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-10** Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 015-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-03-10** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-03-18** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2010-03-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-03-19** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 061-048-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-03-23** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2010-03-23** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 24, 2010 `reading-1`
- **2010-03-24** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. William Delgado
- **2010-03-24** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-03-24** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-06** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-14** Postponed - Judiciary
- **2010-04-20** Do Pass Judiciary; 006-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-04-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 21, 2010
- **2010-04-21** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2010-04-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 22, 2010
- **2010-04-29** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. William Delgado `amendment-introduction`
- **2010-04-29** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-03** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
- **2010-05-04** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Judiciary; 009-000-000
- **2010-05-05** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2010-05-05** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Delgado `amendment-passage`
- **2010-05-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2010-05-05** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-05-05** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2010-05-05** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
- **2010-05-07** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
- **2010-05-07** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-07** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-001-000
- **2010-05-26** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 112-000-000
- **2010-05-26** Passed Both Houses
- **2010-06-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2010-08-11** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2010-08-11** Effective Date August 11, 2010
- **2010-08-11** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1428 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2800e660-2668-4208-9f8c-6f650566d0a1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).