---
type: "Bill"
title: "HEALTH FACILITY-PUBLIC HEARING"
description: "Amends the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act. Requires the State Board to publish legal notice for change of ownership of a health care facility, discontinuation of a health care facility, or discontinuation of a category of service on 5 consecutive days (rather than one day or 3 consecutive days) in a newspaper of general circulation in the area or community to be affected. Provides that upon a finding that an application to close a health care facility is complete, the State Board shall hold a hearing (rather than merely afford an opportunity to request a hearing). Provides that upon a finding that an application to discontinue a category of service is complete, the State Board shall hold a public hearing before an exemption is issued. Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "99th"
identifier: "HB 4964"
citation: "Illinois HB 4964 (99th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2016-02-05"
last_action: "2016-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/785ff0ac-031a-4531-b43c-7abc5b66edbe"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4964&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=94263&SessionID=88&GA=99"
source_hash: "a3410a920b33cda1103e7f2c40fd8c9e52e412fa9b0e1b288343e6f2a033e5f1"
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 4964 (99th) — HEALTH FACILITY-PUBLIC HEARING

Amends the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act. Requires the State Board to publish legal notice for change of ownership of a health care facility, discontinuation of a health care facility, or discontinuation of a category of service on 5 consecutive days (rather than one day or 3 consecutive days) in a newspaper of general circulation in the area or community to be affected. Provides that upon a finding that an application to close a health care facility is complete, the State Board shall hold a hearing (rather than merely afford an opportunity to request a hearing). Provides that upon a finding that an application to discontinue a category of service is complete, the State Board shall hold a public hearing before an exemption is issued. Makes conforming changes. 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=09900HB4964&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=94263&DocNum=4964&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900HB4964eng&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=94263&DocNum=4964&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900HB4964enr&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=94263&DocNum=4964&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Litesa E. Wallace — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-05** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Litesa E. Wallace `filing`
- **2016-02-05** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-02-05** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-23** Assigned to Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-05** Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 014-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2016-04-05** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2016-04-06** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
- **2016-04-07** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2016-04-07** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2016-04-07** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Litesa E. Wallace `amendment-introduction`
- **2016-04-07** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-12** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-04-12** Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2016-04-12** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2016-04-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2016-04-14** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2016-04-14** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2016-04-14** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 18, 2016 `reading-1`
- **2016-04-14** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Steve Stadelman
- **2016-04-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-04-18** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-27** Assigned to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-03** Do Pass Public Health; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2016-05-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 4, 2016
- **2016-05-10** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-05-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 11, 2016
- **2016-05-24** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2016-05-24** Passed Both Houses
- **2016-06-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2016-07-15** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2016-07-15** Effective Date July 15, 2016
- **2016-07-15** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0551 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/785ff0ac-031a-4531-b43c-7abc5b66edbe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).