---
type: "Bill"
title: "HOSPITAL-INFANT FEEDING POLICY"
description: "Creates the Hospital Infant Feeding Act. Provides that every hospital that provides birthing services must adopt an infant feeding policy that promotes breastfeeding. Requires a hospital to routinely communicate the infant feeding policy to staff in the hospital's obstetric and neonatal areas; authorizes posting of the policy on the hospital's Internet or Intranet web site or on the Internet or Intranet web site of the health system of which the hospital is a part. Requires that the policy apply to all mother-infant couplets in the hospital's obstetric and neonatal areas. Effective January 1, 2013."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "HB 4968"
citation: "Illinois HB 4968 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 40
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2012-02-03"
last_action: "2012-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48243121-3a31-46fc-afdc-9181f04f7068"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4968&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=64860&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "c49b0cb7d819244b1ef7801607b7ec049c4a898cd0c1440b1686c7d2e1047df5"
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 4968 (97th) — HOSPITAL-INFANT FEEDING POLICY

Creates the Hospital Infant Feeding Act. Provides that every hospital that provides birthing services must adopt an infant feeding policy that promotes breastfeeding. Requires a hospital to routinely communicate the infant feeding policy to staff in the hospital's obstetric and neonatal areas; authorizes posting of the policy on the hospital's Internet or Intranet web site or on the Internet or Intranet web site of the health system of which the hospital is a part. Requires that the policy apply to all mother-infant couplets in the hospital's obstetric and neonatal areas. Effective January 1, 2013.

## 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=09700HB4968&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=64860&DocNum=4968&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB4968eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=64860&DocNum=4968&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB4968enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=64860&DocNum=4968&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **107–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Donne E. Trotter — cosponsor (person)
- Robyn Gabel — primary (person)
- William Delgado — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-03** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Robyn Gabel `filing`
- **2012-02-03** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-02-03** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2012-02-08** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kimberly du Buclet
- **2012-02-15** Assigned to Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2012-02-22** Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2012-02-22** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2012-03-02** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Robyn Gabel `amendment-introduction`
- **2012-03-02** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-05** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-03-07** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
- **2012-03-09** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2012-03-09** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2012-03-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2012-03-21** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen May
- **2012-03-21** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 107-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2012-03-21** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Richard Morthland
- **2012-03-21** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Al Riley
- **2012-03-22** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2012-03-22** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-03-22** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Kwame Raoul
- **2012-03-22** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-03-22** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-27** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael Noland
- **2012-04-11** Assigned to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-20** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson
- **2012-04-25** Postponed - Public Health
- **2012-04-30** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
- **2012-05-01** Do Pass Public Health; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2012-05-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 2, 2012
- **2012-05-01** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. William Delgado
- **2012-05-02** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2012-05-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 3, 2012
- **2012-05-17** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Donne E. Trotter
- **2012-05-17** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2012-05-17** Passed Both Houses
- **2012-06-15** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2012-06-28** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2012-06-28** Effective Date January 1, 2013
- **2012-06-28** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0713 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/48243121-3a31-46fc-afdc-9181f04f7068`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).