---
type: "Bill"
title: "VITAL RECORDS-STILLBIRTH"
description: "Amends the Vital Records Act. Requires the State Registrar to prescribe and distribute a form for a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth. Requires a person who files a fetal death certificate to also prepare a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth. Requires that the certificate be filed as in the case of a certificate of live birth and be offered to the parent or parents of the stillborn child. Provides that a parent of a stillborn child who was born before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly may apply for a fetal death certificate. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "SB 1649"
citation: "Illinois SB 1649 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 46
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-02-20"
last_action: "2003-08-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/717d12eb-1f28-418d-a68d-39f7bedd56d1"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1649&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=4793&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "f156dda7c9870746f8e3578e1c020821a413eeb573c34b479ac0fa74a7a119b9"
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 1649 (93rd) — VITAL RECORDS-STILLBIRTH

Amends the Vital Records Act. Requires the State Registrar to prescribe and distribute a form for a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth. Requires a person who files a fetal death certificate to also prepare a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth. Requires that the certificate be filed as in the case of a certificate of live birth and be offered to the parent or parents of the stillborn child. Provides that a parent of a stillborn child who was born before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly may apply for a fetal death certificate. 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=09300SB1649&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=4793&DocNum=1649&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB1649eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=4793&DocNum=1649&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB1649enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=4793&DocNum=1649&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **54–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kathleen L. Wojcik — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-02-20** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kathleen L. Wojcik `filing`
- **2003-02-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-02-20** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-06** Assigned to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-12** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kathleen L. Wojcik `amendment-introduction`
- **2003-03-12** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-12** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Health & Human Services
- **2003-03-12** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2003-03-13** Do Pass as Amended Health & Human Services; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-03-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 18, 2003
- **2003-03-26** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kathleen L. Wojcik `amendment-introduction`
- **2003-03-26** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-26** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kathleen L. Wojcik `amendment-introduction`
- **2003-03-26** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-26** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Health & Human Services
- **2003-03-26** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Rules Refers to Health & Human Services
- **2003-04-02** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Be Adopted Health & Human Services; 011-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-02** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-04-02** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted; Wojcik `amendment-passage`
- **2003-04-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 3, 2003
- **2003-04-04** Third Reading Deadline Extended - Rule 2-10(e) to April 9, 2003. `reading-3`
- **2003-04-08** Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-04-08** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) `amendment-failure`
- **2003-04-08** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2003-04-08** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-04-09** Chief House Sponsor Rep. John J. Millner
- **2003-04-09** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
- **2003-04-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-04-09** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-10** Assigned to Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-02** Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-21** Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b); May 31, 2003
- **2003-05-21** Assigned to Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-28** Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 006-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-05-28** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-05-28** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2003-05-28** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2003-05-29** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2003-05-29** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-05-30** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Brady
- **2003-05-30** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-05-30** Passed Both Houses
- **2003-06-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2003-08-21** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2003-08-21** Effective Date August 21, 2003
- **2003-08-21** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0578 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/717d12eb-1f28-418d-a68d-39f7bedd56d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).