---
type: "Bill"
title: "HLTH CARE PURCHASE GROUP ACT"
description: "HLTH CARE PURCHASE GROUP ACT"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "90th"
identifier: "HB 1311"
citation: "Illinois HB 1311 (90th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 30
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1997-03-04T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1997-08-08T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a703954-9bb1-41d9-b8a0-7aca712f20d0"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/90gatoc.html"
source_hash: "02b4b24869c207057cc72baab229925ad922e21a4f292120dba12219d8257b6c"
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 1311 (90th) — HLTH CARE PURCHASE GROUP ACT

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB1311** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/hbgroups/hb/900HB1311LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BUTLER — cosponsor (person)
- COULSON — cosponsor (person)
- FEIGENHOLTZ — cosponsor (person)
- HUGHES — cosponsor (person)
- KRAUSE — cosponsor (person)
- MCKEON — cosponsor (person)
- MULLIGAN — cosponsor (person)
- RADOGNO — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1997-03-04T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-03-04T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR COULSON
- **1997-03-04T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-03-05T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE HEALTH CARE `referral-committee`
- **1997-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR FEIGENHOLTZ
- **1997-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR HUGHES
- **1997-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 029-000-000 HCAA
- **1997-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1997-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-03-25T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MCKEON
- **1997-04-08T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 114-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1997-04-08T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MULLIGAN
- **1997-04-09T00:00:00-05:00** ARRIVE IN SENATE
- **1997-04-09T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING
- **1997-04-09T00:00:00-05:00** SENATE SPONSOR BUTLER
- **1997-04-09T00:00:00-05:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-04-09T00:00:00-05:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR RADOGNO
- **1997-04-30T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE INS & PENS. `referral-committee`
- **1997-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS 010-000-000 SINS
- **1997-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 97-05-12
- **1997-05-12T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1997-05-12T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 97-05-13
- **1997-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 057-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1997-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1997-06-11T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1997-08-08T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1997-08-08T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 98-01-01
- **1997-08-08T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0337

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5a703954-9bb1-41d9-b8a0-7aca712f20d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).