---
type: "Bill"
title: "FUNERAL DIRECTORS LICENSING"
description: "Amends the Funeral Directors and Embalmers Licensing Code. Provides that the Act shall not preclude an owner, as defined within the Act, from having personal contact with consumers while a licensed funeral director is present. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "HB 2616"
citation: "Illinois HB 2616 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-02-21"
last_action: "2013-08-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d22ba53-514c-41ca-a744-ce1b3f2097f9"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2616&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=74422&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "79c33f9e0f9e458a7754b8ebedd6e1826c4844450f4b7eda98b87bac40112a79"
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 2616 (98th) — FUNERAL DIRECTORS LICENSING

Amends the Funeral Directors and Embalmers Licensing Code. Provides that the Act shall not preclude an owner, as defined within the Act, from having personal contact with consumers while a licensed funeral director is present. 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=09800HB2616&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=74422&DocNum=2616&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB2616eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=74422&DocNum=2616&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB2616enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=74422&DocNum=2616&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jil Tracy — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-21** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jil Tracy `filing`
- **2013-02-21** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-02-21** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-04** Assigned to Business & Occupational Licenses Committee `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-14** To Business Licenses Subcommittee
- **2013-03-20** Do Pass / Short Debate Business & Occupational Licenses Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2013-03-21** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2013-04-10** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2013-04-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2013-04-11** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jil Tracy `amendment-introduction`
- **2013-04-11** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-11** Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2013-04-11** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2013-04-15** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-15** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2013-04-16** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 117-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2013-04-17** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2013-04-17** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-17** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. David S. Luechtefeld
- **2013-04-17** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-17** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-24** Assigned to Licensed Activities and Pensions `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-01** Do Pass Licensed Activities and Pensions; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2013-05-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 2, 2013
- **2013-05-20** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 21, 2013
- **2013-05-22** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2013-05-22** Passed Both Houses
- **2013-06-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-08-16** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2013-08-16** Effective Date January 1, 2014
- **2013-08-16** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0432 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9d22ba53-514c-41ca-a744-ce1b3f2097f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).