---
type: "Bill"
title: "PERTUSSIS VACCINE ACT-NEWBORNS"
description: "Amends the Pertussis Vaccine Act. Provides that parents or guardians and immediate family members of a newborn child in a neonatal intensive care unit shall be offered an opportunity to receive the pertussis vaccine to minimize the chances that the disease will be communicated to the newborn child. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "SB 1623"
citation: "Illinois SB 1623 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-02-13"
last_action: "2013-08-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f536c05-2dea-4d87-958e-ecd941de485e"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1623&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=72475&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "8a02fa79ff0da6cf3c0b3d83f23db625b00622e8454be9d82b27038f2558a7c2"
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 1623 (98th) — PERTUSSIS VACCINE ACT-NEWBORNS

Amends the Pertussis Vaccine Act. Provides that parents or guardians and immediate family members of a newborn child in a neonatal intensive care unit shall be offered an opportunity to receive the pertussis vaccine to minimize the chances that the disease will be communicated to the newborn child. 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=09800SB1623&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=72475&DocNum=1623&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB1623eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=72475&DocNum=1623&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB1623enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=72475&DocNum=1623&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Andy Manar — primary (person)
- Camille Y. Lilly — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-13** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Andy Manar `filing`
- **2013-02-13** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-02-13** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-27** Assigned to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-05** Postponed - Public Health
- **2013-03-12** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Andy Manar `amendment-introduction`
- **2013-03-12** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-12** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Public Health
- **2013-03-12** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2013-03-12** Do Pass as Amended Public Health; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2013-03-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 13, 2013
- **2013-03-21** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-03-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 10, 2013
- **2013-04-10** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. John G. Mulroe
- **2013-04-10** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2013-04-10** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2013-04-10** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Esther Golar
- **2013-04-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-11** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-12** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robyn Gabel
- **2013-04-15** 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
- **2013-05-08** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 117-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2013-05-08** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
- **2013-05-08** Passed Both Houses
- **2013-06-06** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-08-05** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2013-08-05** Effective Date August 5, 2013
- **2013-08-05** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0184 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9f536c05-2dea-4d87-958e-ecd941de485e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).