---
type: "Bill"
title: "DENSE BREAST TISSUE ACT"
description: "Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law and the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Repeals a provision requiring the Department of Public Health to enforce provisions regarding the duty of providers of mammography services to provide specific notifications if a patient's mammogram demonstrates dense breast tissue and requires the Illinois Emergency management Agency to enforce the provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "101st"
identifier: "SB 1506"
citation: "Illinois SB 1506 (101st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 52
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-15"
last_action: "2019-08-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f339b156-4995-4db3-88d5-c9708ed03b4b"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1506&GAID=15&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=118425&SessionID=108&GA=101"
source_hash: "080fd7a72a3d78d47f50b68375f7130a5216faa8886d046c39445ddf3006396e"
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 1506 (101st) — DENSE BREAST TISSUE ACT

Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law and the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Repeals a provision requiring the Department of Public Health to enforce provisions regarding the duty of providers of mammography services to provide specific notifications if a patient's mammogram demonstrates dense breast tissue and requires the Illinois Emergency management Agency to enforce the provisions.

## 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=10100SB1506&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=118425&DocNum=1506&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100SB1506eng&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=118425&DocNum=1506&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100SB1506enr&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=118425&DocNum=1506&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **54–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurrence — **58–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dave Severin — cosponsor (person)
- Frances Ann Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- Grant Wehrli — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant — cosponsor (person)
- John G. Mulroe — primary (person)
- Mark Batinick — cosponsor (person)
- Michael P. McAuliffe — primary (person)
- Norine K. Hammond — cosponsor (person)
- Terra Costa Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Terri Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- Tony McCombie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-15** Filed with Secretary by Sen. John G. Mulroe `filing`
- **2019-02-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-15** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** Assigned to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** Postponed - Public Health
- **2019-03-12** Postponed - Public Health
- **2019-03-20** Do Pass Public Health; 012-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 21, 2019
- **2019-03-25** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John G. Mulroe `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-25** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Public Health
- **2019-04-04** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Public Health; 010-000-000
- **2019-04-04** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-04-04** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Mulroe `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 9, 2019
- **2019-04-10** Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-04-10** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2019-04-10** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe
- **2019-04-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-10** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** Assigned to Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-06** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-06** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-07** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Human Services Committee
- **2019-05-08** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Human Services Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-08** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-08** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-05-08** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Frances Ann Hurley
- **2019-05-08** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Norine K. Hammond
- **2019-05-16** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2019-05-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-05-16** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Terra Costa Howard
- **2019-05-22** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 118-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-05-22** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Terri Bryant
- **2019-05-22** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Severin
- **2019-05-22** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark Batinick
- **2019-05-22** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Tony McCombie
- **2019-05-22** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Grant Wehrli
- **2019-05-22** Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1
- **2019-05-22** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1 - May 23, 2019
- **2019-05-22** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. John G. Mulroe `filing`
- **2019-05-22** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-28** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-28** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Public Health; 007-000-000
- **2019-05-31** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant
- **2019-05-31** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 058-000-000
- **2019-05-31** Senate Concurs
- **2019-05-31** Passed Both Houses
- **2019-06-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-08-23** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2019-08-23** Effective Date January 1, 2020
- **2019-08-23** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0555 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f339b156-4995-4db3-88d5-c9708ed03b4b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).