---
type: "Bill"
title: "NURSING HM-DEV DISABILITY"
description: "Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Deletes facilities for persons with a developmental disability from the provision requiring the Department of Public Health to consult with the Department of Human Services in developing minimum standards for certain facilities. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "SB 1894"
citation: "Illinois SB 1894 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-02-10"
last_action: "2011-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7de6c6cc-78c5-42a9-9f0b-6f2ecd2edfc7"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1894&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=58012&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "519cbacdef3c15db50d8b04e05127eaafb9a7f0d1c430d35f2d1893121574c59"
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 1894 (97th) — NURSING HM-DEV DISABILITY

Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Deletes facilities for persons with a developmental disability from the provision requiring the Department of Public Health to consult with the Department of Human Services in developing minimum standards for certain facilities. 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=09700SB1894&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=58012&DocNum=1894&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB1894eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=58012&DocNum=1894&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB1894enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=58012&DocNum=1894&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mattie Hunter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-10** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mattie Hunter `filing`
- **2011-02-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-02-10** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-02** Assigned to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-09** Do Pass Public Health; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-03-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 10, 2011
- **2011-03-14** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-03-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 15, 2011
- **2011-04-08** Third Reading - Passed; 051-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-04-08** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2011-04-11** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-11** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
- **2011-04-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-11** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-12** Assigned to Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **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
- **2011-05-06** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
- **2011-06-03** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2011-06-28** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2011-06-28** Effective Date June 28, 2011
- **2011-06-28** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0052 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7de6c6cc-78c5-42a9-9f0b-6f2ecd2edfc7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).