---
type: "Bill"
title: "WHISTLEBLOWER-EMPLOYEE-DEFINE"
description: "Amends the Whistleblower Act. Provides that \"employee\" means any individual who is employed on a full-time, part-time, or contractual basis by an employer and also includes a licensed physician who practices his or her profession, in whole or in part, at a hospital, nursing home, clinic, or any medical facility that is a health care facility funded, in whole or in part, by the State (instead of any individual who is employed on a full-time, part-time, or contractual basis by an employer)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "HB 6231"
citation: "Illinois HB 6231 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2010-02-11"
last_action: "2010-07-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a327d134-5072-44e4-8205-763060d4e9fd"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=6231&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=52221&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "05a3cfc8164fb4f18a98e2bcb35e18ad5bb701714df9775b8f4a0faa5bea09e5"
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 6231 (96th) — WHISTLEBLOWER-EMPLOYEE-DEFINE

Amends the Whistleblower Act. Provides that "employee" means any individual who is employed on a full-time, part-time, or contractual basis by an employer and also includes a licensed physician who practices his or her profession, in whole or in part, at a hospital, nursing home, clinic, or any medical facility that is a health care facility funded, in whole or in part, by the State (instead of any individual who is employed on a full-time, part-time, or contractual basis by an employer).

## 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=09600HB6231&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=52221&DocNum=6231&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB6231eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=52221&DocNum=6231&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB6231enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=52221&DocNum=6231&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **53–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Elaine Nekritz — primary (person)
- Mattie Hunter — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-02-11** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Elaine Nekritz `filing`
- **2010-02-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-02-11** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-02-22** Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-03** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 017-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-03-03** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-03-03** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael G. Connelly
- **2010-03-03** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen May
- **2010-03-11** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2010-03-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-03-17** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-03-17** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
- **2010-03-17** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2010-03-17** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 18, 2010 `reading-1`
- **2010-03-24** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Kirk W. Dillard
- **2010-03-24** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-03-24** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-06** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-15** Do Pass Executive; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-04-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 20, 2010
- **2010-04-27** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2010-04-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 28, 2010
- **2010-04-29** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- **2010-04-29** Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-04-29** Passed Both Houses
- **2010-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2010-07-23** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-23** Effective Date January 1, 2011
- **2010-07-23** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1253 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a327d134-5072-44e4-8205-763060d4e9fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).