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| Bill | CORONER-SUDDEN INFANT DEATH | Amends Coroner Division of the Counties Code. Requires an autopsy of an infant under one year of age (rather than 2 years of age) who has died suddenly and unexpectedly and the circumstances concerning the death are unexplained following investigation (rather than just unexplained). Replaces references to sudden infant death syndrome with references to both sudden unexpected infant death and sudden infant death syndrome in provisions about reporting suspected cases and identification on the death certificate. Provides that if the cause of death is listed as sudden unexpected infant death, environmental factors, such as the condition of the infant's sleep environment, shall be noted on the death certificate when available. | us/states/il | Illinois General Assembly | 101st | SB 1568 | Illinois SB 1568 (101st) |
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enacted | 3 | 37 | 2 | 2019-02-15 | 2019-08-09 | openstates | ocd-bill/85f0ceda-e84d-4d4e-8893-50ee7a81b653 | http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1568&GAID=15&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=118566&SessionID=108&GA=101 | c1bbc6fc852edbd0a31a0fc5aff7af6db457b80aee84812e2f16f514cc59c322 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Illinois SB 1568 (101st) — CORONER-SUDDEN INFANT DEATH
Amends Coroner Division of the Counties Code. Requires an autopsy of an infant under one year of age (rather than 2 years of age) who has died suddenly and unexpectedly and the circumstances concerning the death are unexplained following investigation (rather than just unexplained). Replaces references to sudden infant death syndrome with references to both sudden unexpected infant death and sudden infant death syndrome in provisions about reporting suspected cases and identification on the death certificate. Provides that if the cause of death is listed as sudden unexpected infant death, environmental factors, such as the condition of the infant's sleep environment, shall be noted on the death certificate when available.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Third Reading — 117–0 (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — 58–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Chris Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Keith P. Sommer — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Mussman — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie A. Kifowit — cosponsor (person)
- Sue Rezin — primary (person)
- Thomas M. Bennett — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2019-02-15 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Sue Rezin
filing - 2019-02-15 First Reading
reading-1 - 2019-02-15 Referred to Assignments
referral-committee - 2019-02-27 Assigned to Local Government
referral-committee - 2019-03-06 Postponed - Local Government
- 2019-03-13 Postponed - Local Government
- 2019-03-20 Do Pass Local Government; 009-000-000
committee-passage - 2019-03-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 21, 2019
- 2019-03-26 Second Reading
reading-2 - 2019-03-26 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 27, 2019
- 2019-04-05 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Sue Rezin
amendment-introduction - 2019-04-05 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
referral-committee - 2019-04-09 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Local Government
- 2019-04-10 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Local Government; 009-000-000
- 2019-04-10 Recalled to Second Reading
reading-2 - 2019-04-10 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Rezin
amendment-passage - 2019-04-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- 2019-04-10 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2019-04-11 Arrived in House
introduction - 2019-04-11 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Thomas M. Bennett
- 2019-04-11 First Reading
reading-1 - 2019-04-11 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2019-04-30 Assigned to Adoption & Child Welfare Committee
referral-committee - 2019-05-07 Do Pass / Short Debate Adoption & Child Welfare 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. Keith P. Sommer
- 2019-05-08 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Chris Miller
- 2019-05-08 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman
- 2019-05-08 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit
- 2019-05-16 Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2019-05-16 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- 2019-05-23 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 117-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2019-05-23 Passed Both Houses
- 2019-06-21 Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt - 2019-08-09 Governor Approved
executive-signature - 2019-08-09 Effective Date January 1, 2020
- 2019-08-09 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0338
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/85f0ceda-e84d-4d4e-8893-50ee7a81b653. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).