---
type: "Bill"
title: "IDPH-NURSING HOME-PENALTY"
description: "Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that a notice of penalty sent to a facility must contain a detailed computation showing how the amount of the penalty was derived, including the number of days and the number of residents on which the penalty was based. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "SB 1917"
citation: "Illinois SB 1917 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-02-20"
last_action: "2009-08-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79a92f9a-2e0d-4513-990d-45554914f2dd"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1917&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=44804&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "d6980853091581882425eb856984d6b3def15425f002c66c1cd2a9b2bf1fe835"
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 1917 (96th) — IDPH-NURSING HOME-PENALTY

Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that a notice of penalty sent to a facility must contain a detailed computation showing how the amount of the penalty was derived, including the number of days and the number of residents on which the penalty was based. 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=09600SB1917&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=44804&DocNum=1917&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB1917eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=44804&DocNum=1917&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB1917enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=44804&DocNum=1917&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **59–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lisa M. Dugan — cosponsor (person)
- Marlow H. Colvin — cosponsor (person)
- William Delgado — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-20** Filed with Secretary by Sen. William Delgado `filing`
- **2009-02-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-02-20** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-04** Assigned to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-11** Do Pass Public Health; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-03-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 12, 2009
- **2009-03-24** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-03-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 25, 2009
- **2009-04-01** Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-04-01** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2009-04-01** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-01** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Kenneth Dunkin
- **2009-04-01** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-01** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-14** Assigned to Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-06** Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 005-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-05-06** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-05-19** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-05-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-05-22** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 29, 2009
- **2009-05-29** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2009
- **2009-05-30** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Lisa M. Dugan
- **2009-05-30** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Marlow H. Colvin
- **2009-05-30** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 117-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-05-30** Passed Both Houses
- **2009-06-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-25** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-25** Effective Date August 25, 2009
- **2009-08-25** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0729 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/79a92f9a-2e0d-4513-990d-45554914f2dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).