---
type: "Bill"
title: "NURSING HOME-ALTERNATIVE PLACE"
description: "Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "SB 134"
citation: "Illinois SB 134 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-01-30"
last_action: "2009-08-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d50b3fb9-af07-4a2d-8b60-fe028bba35af"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=134&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=40550&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "25c0810b9ada43ffe3ce5f0052792a702975e2265e9be9bdf7315957fb8218ac"
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 134 (96th) — NURSING HOME-ALTERNATIVE PLACE

Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. 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=09600SB0134&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=40550&DocNum=134&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB0134eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=40550&DocNum=134&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB0134enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=40550&DocNum=134&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **59–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Don Harmon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-01-30** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Don Harmon `filing`
- **2009-01-30** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-01-30** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-05** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-12** Do Pass Executive; 012-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-03-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 17, 2009
- **2009-03-12** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Don Harmon `amendment-introduction`
- **2009-03-12** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-18** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-03-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 19, 2009
- **2009-03-18** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Public Health
- **2009-03-19** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Public Health; 007-000-000
- **2009-04-01** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-04-01** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Harmon `amendment-passage`
- **2009-04-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** April 2, 2009
- **2009-04-02** Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-04-03** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2009-04-03** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-03** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Deborah L. Graham
- **2009-04-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-06** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-20** Assigned to Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-29** Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-04-29** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-05-12** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-05-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-05-14** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough
- **2009-05-19** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. LaShawn K. Ford
- **2009-05-19** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Marlow H. Colvin
- **2009-05-19** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-05-19** Passed Both Houses
- **2009-05-19** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jehan A. Gordon
- **2009-06-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-14** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-14** Effective Date August 14, 2009
- **2009-08-14** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0477 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d50b3fb9-af07-4a2d-8b60-fe028bba35af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).