---
type: "Bill"
title: "BLOOD BANK-DESIGNATE DONOR"
description: "Amends the Illinois Clinical Laboratory and Blood Bank Act. Provides that each blood bank may (instead of shall) allow a recipient of blood to designate a donor of his choice, for the purpose of receiving red cells, under certain conditions. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "HB 1463"
citation: "Illinois HB 1463 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-02-10"
last_action: "2011-08-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cdb55e62-ab35-437c-8565-aa774aced7d0"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1463&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=58220&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "87d3a95c2d1616a97a4fe4b4b09366beff938d539c03aebe97fd275c5c2fed67"
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 1463 (97th) — BLOOD BANK-DESIGNATE DONOR

Amends the Illinois Clinical Laboratory and Blood Bank Act. Provides that each blood bank may (instead of shall) allow a recipient of blood to designate a donor of his choice, for the purpose of receiving red cells, under certain conditions. 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=09700HB1463&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=58220&DocNum=1463&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB1463eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=58220&DocNum=1463&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB1463enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=58220&DocNum=1463&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Daniel J. Burke — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-10** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Daniel J. Burke `filing`
- **2011-02-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-02-14** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-15** Assigned to Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-02** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
- **2011-03-02** Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-03-02** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-03-08** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2011-03-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-03-09** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-03-10** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2011-03-10** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 14, 2011 `reading-1`
- **2011-03-16** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. William Delgado
- **2011-03-23** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-23** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-27** Assigned to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-04** Postponed - Public Health
- **2011-05-10** Do Pass Public Health; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-05-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 11, 2011
- **2011-05-12** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-05-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2011
- **2011-05-17** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-05-17** Passed Both Houses
- **2011-06-15** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2011-08-05** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2011-08-05** Effective Date August 5, 2011
- **2011-08-05** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0264 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cdb55e62-ab35-437c-8565-aa774aced7d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).