---
type: "Bill"
title: "EMS-DEFINITIONS"
description: "Amends the Alternative Health Care Delivery Act. Makes a technical change in the Section concerning definitions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "99th"
identifier: "SB 2704"
citation: "Illinois SB 2704 (99th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2016-02-16"
last_action: "2016-07-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6e46732-c17a-40b2-9d2d-686e8a1f2a4f"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2704&GAID=13&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=96011&SessionID=88&GA=99"
source_hash: "cf9533bb921dcb2b989be05e6cc2e132653016d69970b133692f71f385769d11"
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 2704 (99th) — EMS-DEFINITIONS

Amends the Alternative Health Care Delivery Act. Makes a technical change in the Section concerning definitions.

## 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=09900SB2704&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=96011&DocNum=2704&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB2704eng&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=96011&DocNum=2704&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB2704enr&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=96011&DocNum=2704&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chapin Rose — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-16** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Christine Radogno `filing`
- **2016-02-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-02-16** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-30** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-06** Do Pass Executive; 015-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2016-04-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading
- **2016-04-06** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-04-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 7, 2016
- **2016-04-06** Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Chapin Rose
- **2016-04-07** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Chapin Rose `amendment-introduction`
- **2016-04-07** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-12** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Public Health
- **2016-04-13** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Public Health; 005-000-000
- **2016-04-20** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-04-20** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Rose `amendment-passage`
- **2016-04-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2016-04-20** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2016-04-21** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2016-04-21** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
- **2016-04-21** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-04-21** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-02** Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-03** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
- **2016-05-11** Do Pass / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2016-05-11** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2016-05-17** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2016-05-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2016-05-25** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2016-05-25** Passed Both Houses
- **2016-06-23** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2016-07-28** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2016-07-28** Effective Date January 1, 2017
- **2016-07-28** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0661 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f6e46732-c17a-40b2-9d2d-686e8a1f2a4f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).