republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/100th/hb-5251.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "INS CD-LIFE HEALTH GUARANTY"
description: "Amends the of the Illinois Insurance Code. Merges the Health Maintenance Organization Guaranty Association Article of the Health Maintenance Organization Act into the Illinois Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association Law. Makes conforming changes. Provides that the rights, powers, privileges, assets, property, duties, debts, obligations, and liabilities of each association prior to merger shall remain with the members of the respective association. Provides the rights, powers, privileges, assets, property, debts, obligations, and liabilities of each association after the merger. Repeals the Health Maintenance Organization Guaranty Association Article of the Health Maintenance Organization Act. Makes other changes. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "100th"
identifier: "HB 5251"
citation: "Illinois HB 5251 (100th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-15"
last_action: "2018-08-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a3ecf2b-b498-44f4-9484-229b15232e39"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5251&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=110960&SessionID=91&GA=100"
source_hash: "2a2b3ff69f6d002b23a4ad8ca43e5d8107833e96329a2a12fffe27f075b394b0"
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 5251 (100th) — INS CD-LIFE HEALTH GUARANTY

Amends the of the Illinois Insurance Code. Merges the Health Maintenance Organization Guaranty Association Article of the Health Maintenance Organization Act into the Illinois Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association Law. Makes conforming changes. Provides that the rights, powers, privileges, assets, property, duties, debts, obligations, and liabilities of each association prior to merger shall remain with the members of the respective association. Provides the rights, powers, privileges, assets, property, debts, obligations, and liabilities of each association after the merger. Repeals the Health Maintenance Organization Guaranty Association Article of the Health Maintenance Organization Act. Makes other changes. 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=10000HB5251&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=110960&DocNum=5251&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB5251eng&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=110960&DocNum=5251&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB5251enr&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=110960&DocNum=5251&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **109–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Laura Fine — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-15** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Laura Fine `filing`
- **2018-02-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-02-16** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-23** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robyn Gabel
- **2018-02-23** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Gregory Harris
- **2018-02-23** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Deb Conroy
- **2018-02-26** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Natalie A. Manley
- **2018-02-26** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
- **2018-02-28** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Norine K. Hammond
- **2018-02-28** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit
- **2018-03-07** Assigned to Insurance: Health & Life Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-12** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Laura Fine `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-12** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Insurance: Health & Life Committee
- **2018-04-09** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Insurance: Health & Life Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-09** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Insurance: Health & Life Committee; 014-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-10** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2018-04-20** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2018-04-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2018-04-23** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 109-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-24** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-04-24** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-04-24** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John G. Mulroe
- **2018-04-24** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-04-24** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-01** Approved for Consideration Assignments
- **2018-05-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 2, 2018
- **2018-05-02** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-05-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 3, 2018
- **2018-05-18** Third Reading - Passed; 045-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-05-18** Passed Both Houses
- **2018-06-15** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-08-03** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2018-08-03** Effective Date August 3, 2018
- **2018-08-03** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0687 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6a3ecf2b-b498-44f4-9484-229b15232e39`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).