---
type: "Bill"
title: "NURSING HM CARE-REPRESENTATIVE"
description: "Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Removes the parent of a minor resident for whom no guardian has been appointed from the definition of \"resident's representative\". Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "SB 1373"
citation: "Illinois SB 1373 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-02-05"
last_action: "2013-08-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/883f9aa5-1605-4a66-a787-5a4942dac990"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1373&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=71912&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "c2a98edf338952c1b7fd3f09c0ad16d43e2b40e5fb94102cfba54cbb9601d6dd"
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 1373 (98th) — NURSING HM CARE-REPRESENTATIVE

Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Removes the parent of a minor resident for whom no guardian has been appointed from the definition of "resident's representative". 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=09800SB1373&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=71912&DocNum=1373&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB1373eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=71912&DocNum=1373&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB1373enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=71912&DocNum=1373&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mike Jacobs — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-05** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mike Jacobs `filing`
- **2013-02-05** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-02-05** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-14** Assigned to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-27** Do Pass Public Health; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2013-02-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 28, 2013
- **2013-02-27** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. John G. Mulroe
- **2013-02-28** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-02-28** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 1, 2013
- **2013-03-13** Third Reading - Passed; 051-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2013-03-13** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2013-03-13** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Dan Brady
- **2013-03-13** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-03-13** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-08** Assigned to Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-01** Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 015-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2013-05-01** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2013-05-02** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2013-05-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2013-05-02** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Anthony DeLuca
- **2013-05-07** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2013-05-07** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
- **2013-05-07** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
- **2013-05-07** Passed Both Houses
- **2013-06-05** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-08-02** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2013-08-02** Effective Date August 2, 2013
- **2013-08-02** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0149 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/883f9aa5-1605-4a66-a787-5a4942dac990`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).