---
type: "Bill"
title: "DPH-PUB HLTH EMERGENCIES"
description: "Amends the Department of Public Health Act and various other Acts concerning public health emergencies. Contains provisions relating to: quarantine and isolation; physical examinations, tests, and specimen collection; vaccines and medications; destruction of animals and property; access to medical records; syndromic data collection; information sharing; medical disaster plans; emergency personnel; immunity; and other matters. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "HB 5164"
citation: "Illinois HB 5164 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2004-02-05"
last_action: "2004-07-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/05aeb86d-3626-4c09-9fa7-2e0eec14dfc7"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5164&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=9999&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "ba829963c921364822c45db9e606f7a560623fabe011bcd7c993025c5c5f8d73"
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 5164 (93rd) — DPH-PUB HLTH EMERGENCIES

Amends the Department of Public Health Act and various other Acts concerning public health emergencies. Contains provisions relating to: quarantine and isolation; physical examinations, tests, and specimen collection; vaccines and medications; destruction of animals and property; access to medical records; syndromic data collection; information sharing; medical disaster plans; emergency personnel; immunity; and other matters. 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=09300HB5164&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=9999&DocNum=5164&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB5164eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=9999&DocNum=5164&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB5164enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=9999&DocNum=5164&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **53–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sara Feigenholtz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-02-05** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Sara Feigenholtz `filing`
- **2004-02-05** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2004-02-05** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-20** Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
- **2004-02-24** Assigned to Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2004-03-04** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Human Services Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2004-03-04** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Human Services Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2004-03-04** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 007-000-001 `committee-passage`
- **2004-03-04** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2004-03-23** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Sara Feigenholtz `amendment-introduction`
- **2004-03-23** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2004-03-31** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2004-03-31** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2004-04-01** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2004-04-01** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2004-04-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2004-04-02** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
- **2004-04-02** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry Osterman
- **2004-04-02** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Deborah L. Graham
- **2004-04-02** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
- **2004-04-02** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robin Kelly
- **2004-04-02** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen May
- **2004-04-02** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia Bailey
- **2004-04-02** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 117-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2004-04-06** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2004-04-06** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 20, 2004 `reading-1`
- **2004-04-14** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Barack Obama
- **2004-04-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2004-04-15** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-21** Assigned to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-27** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Donne E. Trotter
- **2004-04-28** Do Pass Health & Human Services; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2004-04-28** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 29, 2004
- **2004-04-29** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2004-04-29** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 4, 2004
- **2004-05-11** Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2004-05-11** Passed Both Houses
- **2004-06-09** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2004-07-28** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2004-07-28** Effective Date July 28, 2004
- **2004-07-28** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0829 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/05aeb86d-3626-4c09-9fa7-2e0eec14dfc7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).