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Bill	INS CD-PREEXISTING CONDITION	Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that no policy of individual or group accident and health insurance issued, amended, delivered, or renewed on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act may impose any preexisting condition exclusion with respect to that plan or coverage.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	100th	HB 2959	Illinois HB 2959 (100th)	bill		enacted		3	91	3	2017-02-09	2017-08-25	openstates	ocd-bill/e75c8edc-e494-4cb9-a209-acc105d879f7	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2959&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=104478&SessionID=91&GA=100	7f60e63e20c3358d71248c72b6636fbefde8485ca624bf2769d71ae40edef389	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 2959 (100th) — INS CD-PREEXISTING CONDITION

Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that no policy of individual or group accident and health insurance issued, amended, delivered, or renewed on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act may impose any preexisting condition exclusion with respect to that plan or coverage.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 46–5 (pass) · upper
• Concurrence, Amendment 1 — 87–26 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 75–33 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Donne E. Trotter — cosponsor (person)
• John G. Mulroe — cosponsor (person)
• Laura Fine — primary (person)
• Laura M. Murphy — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-09 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Laura Fine filing
• 2017-02-09 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-02-09 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2017-02-22 Assigned to Insurance: Health & Life Committee referral-committee
• 2017-03-07 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sam Yingling
• 2017-03-09 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart
• 2017-03-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Halpin
• 2017-03-23 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
• 2017-03-28 Re-assigned to Consumer Protection Committee referral-committee
• 2017-03-28 Motion Filed to Suspend Rule 21 Consumer Protection Committee; Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
• 2017-03-28 Motion to Suspend Rule 21 - Prevailed
• 2017-03-28 Do Pass / Short Debate Consumer Protection Committee; 003-002-000 committee-passage
• 2017-03-29 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2017-03-29 Fiscal Note Requested by Rep. Tom Demmer
• 2017-03-29 State Mandates Fiscal Note Requested by Rep. Tom Demmer
• 2017-03-29 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2017-03-31 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Theresa Mah
• 2017-04-03 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Deb Conroy
• 2017-04-03 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
• 2017-04-03 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
• 2017-04-03 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. André Thapedi
• 2017-04-03 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen Willis
• 2017-04-03 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Burke
• 2017-04-03 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit
• 2017-04-03 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Martin J. Moylan
• 2017-04-03 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Silvana Tabares
• 2017-04-03 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lawrence Walsh, Jr.
• 2017-04-04 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman
• 2017-04-04 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Thaddeus Jones
• 2017-04-04 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
• 2017-04-04 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Melissa Conyears-Ervin
• 2017-04-05 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel J. Burke
• 2017-04-05 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Luis Arroyo
• 2017-04-05 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
• 2017-04-06 State Mandates Fiscal Note Filed
• 2017-04-06 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John C. D'Amico
• 2017-04-06 Fiscal Note Filed
• 2017-04-06 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Sente
• 2017-04-17 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch
• 2017-04-21 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jay Hoffman
• 2017-04-24 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Litesa E. Wallace
• 2017-04-24 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.
• 2017-04-26 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2017-04-26 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2017-04-28 Removed from Short Debate Status
• 2017-04-28 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Standard Debate
• 2017-04-28 Third Reading - Standard Debate - Passed 075-033-000 reading-3, passage
• 2017-04-28 Motion Filed to Reconsider Vote Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
• 2017-04-28 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. LaToya Greenwood
• 2017-04-28 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
• 2017-04-28 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Scott Drury
• 2017-05-02 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
• 2017-05-08 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ann M. Williams
• 2017-05-18 Motion to Reconsider Vote - Withdrawn Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
• 2017-05-18 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2017-05-18 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2017-05-18 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Daniel Biss
• 2017-05-18 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Scott M. Bennett
• 2017-05-18 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-05-18 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2017-05-24 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kwame Raoul
• 2017-05-24 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
• 2017-05-24 Assigned to Insurance referral-committee
• 2017-05-24 Waive Posting Notice
• 2017-05-25 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
• 2017-05-25 Do Pass Insurance; 011-006-000 committee-passage
• 2017-05-25 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading
• 2017-05-25 Second Reading reading-2
• 2017-05-25 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 26, 2017
• 2017-05-25 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Daniel Biss amendment-introduction
• 2017-05-25 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2017-05-26 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Be Approved for Consideration Assignments
• 2017-05-26 Recalled to Second Reading reading-2
• 2017-05-26 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Biss amendment-passage
• 2017-05-26 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
• 2017-05-26 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Donne E. Trotter
• 2017-05-26 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
• 2017-05-26 Third Reading - Passed; 046-005-000 reading-3, passage
• 2017-05-28 Arrived in House introduction
• 2017-05-28 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
• 2017-05-28 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Laura Fine
• 2017-05-28 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2017-05-29 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 005-000-000
• 2017-05-31 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. John G. Mulroe
• 2017-05-31 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 087-026-000
• 2017-05-31 House Concurs
• 2017-05-31 Passed Both Houses
• 2017-06-29 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-08-25 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2017-08-25 Effective Date January 1, 2018
• 2017-08-25 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0386 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e75c8edc-e494-4cb9-a209-acc105d879f7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).