---
type: "Bill"
title: "HOSPITAL-BLOOD PRESSURE"
description: "Amends the Hospital Licensing Act and the University of Illinois Hospital Act. Requires every hospital to ensure that it has the proper instruments available for taking a pregnant woman's blood pressure. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall adopt rules for the implementation of the requirement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "101st"
identifier: "HB 2433"
citation: "Illinois HB 2433 (101st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-13"
last_action: "2019-07-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6e884eb-5946-49ac-bf41-685893166c66"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2433&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=118441&SessionID=108&GA=101"
source_hash: "709c092d4750ebf79dfe61f1f0838995ed8720ccd44504151365567742dff022"
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 2433 (101st) — HOSPITAL-BLOOD PRESSURE

Amends the Hospital Licensing Act and the University of Illinois Hospital Act. Requires every hospital to ensure that it has the proper instruments available for taking a pregnant woman's blood pressure. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall adopt rules for the implementation of the requirement.

## 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=10100HB2433&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=118441&DocNum=2433&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB2433eng&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=118441&DocNum=2433&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB2433enr&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=118441&DocNum=2433&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **111–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Anne Stava-Murray — cosponsor (person)
- Antonio Muñoz — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher Belt — primary (person)
- Debbie Meyers-Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Jacqueline Y. Collins — cosponsor (person)
- LaToya Greenwood — cosponsor (person)
- Mary E. Flowers — primary (person)
- Rita Mayfield — cosponsor (person)
- Sonya M. Harper — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-13** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Mary E. Flowers `filing`
- **2019-02-13** Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. LaToya Greenwood
- **2019-02-13** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-13** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-26** Assigned to Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06** Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 016-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-07** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-03-14** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
- **2019-03-15** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin
- **2019-03-19** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2019-03-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-03-27** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-002-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-03-27** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anne Stava-Murray
- **2019-03-27** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper
- **2019-03-27** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-03-27** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-27** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2019-03-27** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-27** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** Assigned to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-06** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Christopher Belt
- **2019-05-06** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2019-05-07** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Antonio Muñoz
- **2019-05-08** Do Pass Public Health; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 9, 2019
- **2019-05-14** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 15, 2019
- **2019-05-16** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-05-16** Passed Both Houses
- **2019-06-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-19** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-19** Effective Date January 1, 2020
- **2019-07-19** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0091 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f6e884eb-5946-49ac-bf41-685893166c66`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).