republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/101st/sb-1965.md

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Bill	HEALTH CARE WORKER BACKGROUND	Amends the Health Care Worker Background Check Act. Provides that an individual otherwise qualified for and intending to apply for a direct care position who has a disqualifying conviction may initiate a fingerprint-based criminal history record check where a conditional offer of employment has not been made and such a background check has not been previously conducted, and allows those individuals to request a waiver of the prohibition of employment. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	101st	SB 1965	Illinois SB 1965 (101st)	bill		enacted		3	36	2	2019-02-15	2019-07-31	openstates	ocd-bill/47b6712f-bb72-4313-8bd1-5fada9534077	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1965&GAID=15&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=119886&SessionID=108&GA=101	ecdb5bf78d66ebef977fbb86b989324322734f507c769df8c210fd9ee80426ac	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 1965 (101st) — HEALTH CARE WORKER BACKGROUND

Amends the Health Care Worker Background Check Act. Provides that an individual otherwise qualified for and intending to apply for a direct care position who has a disqualifying conviction may initiate a fingerprint-based criminal history record check where a conditional offer of employment has not been made and such a background check has not been previously conducted, and allows those individuals to request a waiver of the prohibition of employment. Effective immediately.

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 — 54–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 77–35 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Elgie R. Sims, Jr. — primary (person)
• Justin Slaughter — primary (person)
• Michael P. McAuliffe — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-15 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr. filing
• 2019-02-15 First Reading reading-1
• 2019-02-15 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2019-03-05 Assigned to Public Health referral-committee
• 2019-03-12 Postponed - Public Health
• 2019-03-15 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr. amendment-introduction
• 2019-03-15 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2019-03-15 Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr. amendment-introduction
• 2019-03-15 Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2019-03-19 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Public Health
• 2019-03-19 Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Public Health
• 2019-03-19 Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Postponed - Public Health
• 2019-03-19 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2019-03-20 Do Pass as Amended Public Health; 012-000-000 committee-passage
• 2019-03-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 21, 2019
• 2019-03-22 Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2019-03-26 Second Reading reading-2
• 2019-03-26 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 27, 2019
• 2019-03-27 Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2019-03-27 Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) amendment-failure
• 2019-03-27 Arrived in House introduction
• 2019-03-27 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Justin Slaughter
• 2019-03-27 First Reading reading-1
• 2019-03-27 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2019-04-09 Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee referral-committee
• 2019-04-10 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe
• 2019-05-01 Do Pass / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee; 014-000-000 committee-passage
• 2019-05-02 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 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 077-035-000 reading-3, passage
• 2019-05-23 Passed Both Houses
• 2019-06-06 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-07-31 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2019-07-31 Effective Date July 31, 2019
• 2019-07-31 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0176 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/47b6712f-bb72-4313-8bd1-5fada9534077. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).