---
type: "Bill"
title: "HEALTH-TECH"
description: "Amends the Prenatal and Newborn Care Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Act's short title."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "HB 1843"
citation: "Illinois HB 1843 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 62
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-02-11"
last_action: "2003-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f053a03-5880-4b66-805b-58776dfc4a36"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1843&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=2598&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "0da8da27e20bc3c2ac4b12d809197f65062cff0aadfbb80ce92c387d9d17f0a1"
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 1843 (93rd) — HEALTH-TECH

Amends the Prenatal and Newborn Care Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Act's short title.

## 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=09300HB1843&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=2598&DocNum=1843&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB1843eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=2598&DocNum=1843&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB1843enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=2598&DocNum=1843&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **54–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- David R. Leitch — primary (person)
- Martin A. Sandoval — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-02-11** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Tom Cross `filing`
- **2003-02-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-02-11** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-19** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-12** Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-03-12** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-03-17** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. David R. Leitch `amendment-introduction`
- **2003-03-17** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-17** Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. David R. Leitch
- **2003-03-18** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2003-03-18** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2003-03-25** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. David R. Leitch `amendment-introduction`
- **2003-03-25** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-28** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Human Services Committee
- **2003-03-28** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Frank J. Mautino
- **2003-03-28** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carolyn H. Krause
- **2003-03-28** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
- **2003-03-28** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
- **2003-03-28** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Julie Hamos
- **2003-03-28** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rosemary Mulligan
- **2003-03-28** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
- **2003-03-28** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry L. Mitchell
- **2003-03-28** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lee A. Daniels
- **2003-03-28** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
- **2003-03-28** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Constance A. Howard
- **2003-03-28** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Susana Mendoza
- **2003-04-01** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Human Services Committee; 008-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-01** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
- **2003-04-01** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Brady
- **2003-04-01** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. William Delgado
- **2003-04-01** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Sacia
- **2003-04-01** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ronald A. Wait
- **2003-04-01** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rosemary Kurtz
- **2003-04-01** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook
- **2003-04-01** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2003-04-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-04-01** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Joseph M. Lyons
- **2003-04-01** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia Bailey
- **2003-04-01** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40(a) `amendment-failure`
- **2003-04-01** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 118-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-04-02** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2003-04-02** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 3, 2003 `reading-1`
- **2003-04-02** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Carol Ronen
- **2003-04-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-04-02** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-03** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan Rutherford
- **2003-04-10** Assigned to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-01** Do Pass Health & Human Services; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-05-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 6, 2003
- **2003-05-08** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Dale E. Risinger
- **2003-05-08** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-05-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 9, 2003
- **2003-05-08** Sponsor Removed Sen. Dale E. Risinger
- **2003-05-08** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dale E. Risinger
- **2003-05-09** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Donne E. Trotter
- **2003-05-09** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
- **2003-05-09** Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-05-09** Passed Both Houses
- **2003-06-06** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2003-07-10** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-10** Effective Date January 1, 2004
- **2003-07-10** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0143 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7f053a03-5880-4b66-805b-58776dfc4a36`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).