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Bill	EQUITY IN HEALTH CARE ACT	Creates the Equity and Representation in Health Care Act. Contains the findings of the General Assembly. Creates the Equity and Representation in Health Care Workforce Repayment Program and the Equity and Representation in Health Care Workforce Scholarship Program to be administered by the Department of Public Health. Provides that a health care professional, medical facility, or behavioral health provider may apply to the Department for loan repayment assistance under the Program. Provides that, in order to be eligible for loan repayment under the Act, the health care professional or behavioral health provider shall comply with specified requirements. Requires the Department to submit an annual report with specified requirements to the General Assembly and the Governor. Contains provisions regarding the adoption of rules by the Department. Contains other provisions.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	102nd	HB 4645	Illinois HB 4645 (102nd)	bill		enacted	LaToya Greenwood Mattie Hunter	6	71	3	2022-01-20	2022-05-27	openstates	ocd-bill/bf8b02af-0af2-4fd4-a2bc-5ae44f5bd6e1	https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4645&GAID=16&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=138675&SessionID=110&GA=102	c8679317a2e32cfc71df2a6c3f26ef441e9800271d9821fc98aefd93af6a0c6c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 4645 (102nd) — EQUITY IN HEALTH CARE ACT

Creates the Equity and Representation in Health Care Act. Contains the findings of the General Assembly. Creates the Equity and Representation in Health Care Workforce Repayment Program and the Equity and Representation in Health Care Workforce Scholarship Program to be administered by the Department of Public Health. Provides that a health care professional, medical facility, or behavioral health provider may apply to the Department for loan repayment assistance under the Program. Provides that, in order to be eligible for loan repayment under the Act, the health care professional or behavioral health provider shall comply with specified requirements. Requires the Department to submit an annual report with specified requirements to the General Assembly and the Governor. Contains provisions regarding the adoption of rules by the Department. Contains other provisions.

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. House Amendment 001 (committee substitute) — source
4. House Amendment 002 (committee substitute) — source
5. Senate Amendment 001 (committee substitute) — source
6. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 54–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 102–0 (pass) · lower
• Concurrence — 112–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• LaToya Greenwood — primary (person)
• Mattie Hunter — primary (person)
• Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar — cosponsor (person)
• Antonio Muñoz — cosponsor (person)
• Camille Y. Lilly — cosponsor (person)
• Celina Villanueva — cosponsor (person)
• Cristina Castro — cosponsor (person)
• Dagmara Avelar — cosponsor (person)
• Delia C. Ramirez — cosponsor (person)
• Emanuel Chris Welch — cosponsor (person)
• Jacqueline Y. Collins — cosponsor (person)
• Kambium Buckner — cosponsor (person)
• Laura M. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
• Marcus C. Evans, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Maura Hirschauer — cosponsor (person)
• Maurice A. West, II — cosponsor (person)
• Mike Simmons — cosponsor (person)
• Napoleon Harris, III — cosponsor (person)
• Nicholas K. Smith — cosponsor (person)
• Omar Aquino — cosponsor (person)
• Patricia Van Pelt — cosponsor (person)
• Ram Villivalam — cosponsor (person)
• Robert Peters — cosponsor (person)
• Robyn Gabel — cosponsor (person)
• Sara Feigenholtz — cosponsor (person)
• Sonya M. Harper — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-20 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. LaToya Greenwood filing
• 2022-01-21 First Reading reading-1
• 2022-01-21 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2022-02-09 Assigned to Health Care Availability & Accessibility Committee referral-committee
• 2022-02-15 Do Pass / Short Debate Health Care Availability & Accessibility Committee; 012-000-000 committee-passage
• 2022-02-16 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2022-02-18 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. LaToya Greenwood amendment-introduction
• 2022-02-18 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2022-02-22 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Health Care Availability & Accessibility Committee
• 2022-02-22 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kambium Buckner
• 2022-02-22 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
• 2022-02-22 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar
• 2022-02-22 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dagmara Avelar
• 2022-02-22 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper
• 2022-02-22 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicholas K. Smith
• 2022-02-22 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Delia C. Ramirez
• 2022-02-22 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robyn Gabel
• 2022-02-22 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.
• 2022-03-01 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. LaToya Greenwood amendment-introduction
• 2022-03-01 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2022-03-02 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Health Care Availability & Accessibility Committee
• 2022-03-02 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2022-03-02 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2022-03-03 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Health Care Availability & Accessibility Committee; 012-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-03-03 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch
• 2022-03-04 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2022-03-04 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2022-03-04 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 102-000-000 passage, reading-3
• 2022-03-04 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40 amendment-failure
• 2022-03-04 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maura Hirschauer
• 2022-03-07 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2022-03-07 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2022-03-07 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
• 2022-03-07 First Reading reading-1
• 2022-03-07 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2022-03-09 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert Peters
• 2022-03-09 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Patricia Van Pelt
• 2022-03-09 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Antonio Muñoz
• 2022-03-10 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro
• 2022-03-10 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Celina Villanueva
• 2022-03-15 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
• 2022-03-16 Assigned to Healthcare Access and Availability referral-committee
• 2022-03-17 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Napoleon Harris, III
• 2022-03-21 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mattie Hunter amendment-introduction
• 2022-03-21 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2022-03-22 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Healthcare Access and Availability
• 2022-03-22 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Sara Feigenholtz
• 2022-03-22 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2022-03-23 Do Pass as Amended Healthcare Access and Availability; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2022-03-23 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading
• 2022-03-23 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
• 2022-03-23 Second Reading reading-2
• 2022-03-23 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 24, 2022
• 2022-03-24 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Omar Aquino
• 2022-03-25 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Ram Villivalam
• 2022-03-30 Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 passage, reading-3
• 2022-03-30 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Simmons
• 2022-03-30 Arrived in House introduction
• 2022-03-30 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
• 2022-03-31 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maurice A. West, II
• 2022-04-06 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. LaToya Greenwood
• 2022-04-06 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2022-04-06 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Health Care Availability & Accessibility Committee referral-committee
• 2022-04-07 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Health Care Availability & Accessibility Committee; 013-000-000
• 2022-04-07 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 112-000-000
• 2022-04-07 House Concurs
• 2022-04-07 Passed Both Houses
• 2022-05-06 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2022-05-27 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2022-05-27 Effective Date January 1, 2023
• 2022-05-27 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0942 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bf8b02af-0af2-4fd4-a2bc-5ae44f5bd6e1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).