---
type: "Bill"
title: "VITAL RECORDS ACT-INFO"
description: "Amends the Vital Records Act. Provides that an incomplete Record of Foreign Birth shall be completed only upon the receipt of a certified order from the circuit court in Illinois providing the additional information. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "SB 180"
citation: "Illinois SB 180 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 44
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2003-02-04"
last_action: "2003-12-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1009fa8b-8c02-4dba-a8b2-ad40493adc1d"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=180&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=1666&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "c7ada78b98b950b335ad32a74ba4c58c60828b3490e78374753aade4c0143243"
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 180 (93rd) — VITAL RECORDS ACT-INFO

Amends the Vital Records Act. Provides that an incomplete Record of Foreign Birth shall be completed only upon the receipt of a certified order from the circuit court in Illinois providing the additional information. 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=09300SB0180&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=1666&DocNum=180&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB0180eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=1666&DocNum=180&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Re-Enrolled** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB0180ren&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=1666&DocNum=180&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB0180enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=1666&DocNum=180&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Motion — **57–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion — **113–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dave Sullivan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-02-04** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Dave Sullivan `filing`
- **2003-02-04** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-02-04** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-06** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-14** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Dave Sullivan `amendment-introduction`
- **2003-02-14** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-18** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary
- **2003-02-18** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2003-02-19** Do Pass as Amended Judiciary; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-02-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 26, 2003
- **2003-03-05** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-03-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 6, 2003
- **2003-04-03** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-04-03** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2003-04-03** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-04-04** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
- **2003-04-04** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-04-04** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-08** Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-16** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 016-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-04-16** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-04-30** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith P. Sommer
- **2003-05-08** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2003-05-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-05-13** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 118-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-05-13** Passed Both Houses
- **2003-06-11** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2003-08-07** Governor Amendatory Veto `executive-veto`
- **2003-10-23** Placed on Calendar Amendatory Veto November 4, 2003
- **2003-11-04** Amendatory Veto Motion - Motion Filed Accept Amendatory Veto Sen. Dave Sullivan
- **2003-11-04** Amendatory Veto Motion - Motion Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2003-11-04** Amendatory Veto Motion - Approved for Consideration Rules
- **2003-11-04** Accept Amendatory Veto - Senate Passed 057-000-000
- **2003-11-06** Placed on Calendar Amendatory Veto November 18, 2003
- **2003-11-06** Amendatory Veto Motion - Motion Filed Accept Amendatory Veto Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
- **2003-11-06** Amendatory Veto Motion - Motion Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-11-18** Amendatory Veto Motion - Rules Refers to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee
- **2003-11-18** Amendatory Veto Motion - Accept Motion Recommends Be Adopted Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 014-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-11-20** Accept Amendatory Veto - House Passed 113-000-000
- **2003-11-20** Both Houses Accepted Amendatory Veto
- **2003-12-09** Returned to Governor for Certification
- **2003-12-31** Governor Certifies Changes
- **2003-12-31** Effective Date December 31, 2003
- **2003-12-31** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0645 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1009fa8b-8c02-4dba-a8b2-ad40493adc1d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).