---
type: "Bill"
title: "DPH - INFECTIONS REPORT"
description: "Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. In the provision concerning Multidrug-Resistant Organisms (MDROs), requires the Department to publish a yearly report regarding certain MDRO infections based on a surveillance system substantially similar to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's National Healthcare Safety Network surveillance system (instead of the Hospital Discharge Dataset)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "SB 1805"
citation: "Illinois SB 1805 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-02-09"
last_action: "2011-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f0c0bbd5-c93d-40a9-9bbb-dee6bfcbb085"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1805&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=57859&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "0dd7c841eeab88897a25ce76139fb1988775a483324996b4dc516794ee491434"
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 1805 (97th) — DPH - INFECTIONS REPORT

Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. In the provision concerning Multidrug-Resistant Organisms (MDROs), requires the Department to publish a yearly report regarding certain MDRO infections based on a surveillance system substantially similar to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's National Healthcare Safety Network surveillance system (instead of the Hospital Discharge Dataset).

## 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=09700SB1805&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=57859&DocNum=1805&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB1805eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=57859&DocNum=1805&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB1805enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=57859&DocNum=1805&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **59–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pamela J. Althoff — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-09** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Pamela J. Althoff `filing`
- **2011-02-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-02-09** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-23** Assigned to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-01** Postponed - Public Health
- **2011-03-07** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Pamela J. Althoff `amendment-introduction`
- **2011-03-07** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-09** Postponed - Public Health
- **2011-03-09** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Public Health
- **2011-03-15** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2011-03-15** Do Pass as Amended Public Health; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-03-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 16, 2011
- **2011-04-08** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-04-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 11, 2011
- **2011-04-14** Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-04-14** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2011-04-15** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-15** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
- **2011-04-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-15** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-21** Assigned to Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-27** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
- **2011-04-27** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
- **2011-04-27** Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-04-27** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-05-03** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2011-05-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-05-06** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-05-06** Passed Both Houses
- **2011-06-03** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2011-06-28** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2011-06-28** Effective Date January 1, 2012
- **2011-06-28** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0049 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f0c0bbd5-c93d-40a9-9bbb-dee6bfcbb085`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).