---
type: "Bill"
title: "UNIFORM HLTH BENEFIT CARD"
description: "UNIFORM HLTH BENEFIT CARD"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "92nd"
identifier: "HB 1901"
citation: "Illinois HB 1901 (92nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 38
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2001-02-16T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "2001-07-20T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8efcfa62-5617-42ec-b276-733823380725"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/92gatoc.html"
source_hash: "da0d22278dd84fb47493c1aa8abd47f321cb7f5c0e4d2462c56d28f6980bf0c0"
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 1901 (92nd) — UNIFORM HLTH BENEFIT CARD

## Version chain

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

1. **HB1901** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/hbgroups/hb/920HB1901LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BUGIELSKI — cosponsor (person)
- CAPPARELLI — cosponsor (person)
- MAY — cosponsor (person)
- PETERSON — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-02-16T00:00:00-06:00** FILED WITH CLERK `introduction`
- **2001-02-16T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2001-02-16T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-21T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE HEALTH CARE `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-14T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 009-000-001 HHCA
- **2001-03-14T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2001-03-15T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **2001-03-15T00:00:00-06:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2001-03-16T00:00:00-06:00** FISCAL NOTE FILED
- **2001-03-16T00:00:00-06:00** CALENDAR ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2001-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR CAPPARELLI
- **2001-03-28T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MAY
- **2001-03-29T00:00:00-06:00** RECALLED TO SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2001-03-29T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-BUGIELSKI
- **2001-03-29T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL
- **2001-03-29T00:00:00-06:00** HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE
- **2001-04-02T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-BUGIELSKI
- **2001-04-02T00:00:00-05:00** RECOMMENDS BE ADOPTED HRUL/005-000-000
- **2001-04-02T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-BUGIELSKI
- **2001-04-02T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **2001-04-02T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2001-04-02T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 105-000-000 `reading-3`
- **2001-04-03T00:00:00-05:00** ARRIVE IN SENATE
- **2001-04-03T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING 01-04-04
- **2001-04-03T00:00:00-05:00** CHIEF SPONSOR PETERSON
- **2001-04-04T00:00:00-05:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2001-04-04T00:00:00-05:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-18T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE INS & PENS. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-24T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS 009-000-000 SINS
- **2001-04-24T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 01-04-25
- **2001-04-25T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **2001-04-25T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 01-04-26
- **2001-05-01T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 054-000-000 `reading-3`
- **2001-05-01T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **2001-05-30T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2001-07-20T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **2001-07-20T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 02-01-01
- **2001-07-20T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 92-0106

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8efcfa62-5617-42ec-b276-733823380725`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).