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type: "Bill"
title: "HEALTHCARE SURROGATE-PHYSICIAN"
description: "Amends the Health Care Surrogate Act. Removes the requirement that an attending physician or qualified physician be licensed specifically in Illinois. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "102nd"
identifier: "HB 704"
citation: "Illinois HB 704 (102nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Debbie Meyers-Martin", "Michael E. Hastings"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-05"
last_action: "2021-07-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/28aac298-5035-4748-b45d-a33962209f99"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=704&GAID=16&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=129222&SessionID=110&GA=102"
source_hash: "ba057c2ec12955977f0998113cb3f5d68f5c2198c088e7b6b4c5595e7232e3d2"
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 704 (102nd) — HEALTHCARE SURROGATE-PHYSICIAN
Amends the Health Care Surrogate Act. Removes the requirement that an attending physician or qualified physician be licensed specifically in Illinois. Effective immediately.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB0704.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB0704eng.pdf)
3. **House Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB0704ham001.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB0704enr.pdf)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **1170** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **570** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Debbie Meyers-Martin — primary (person)
- Michael E. Hastings — primary (person)
- Carol Ammons — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-05** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin `filing`
- **2021-02-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-08** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02** Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-09** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-09** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Health Care Licenses Committee
- **2021-03-17** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Health Care Licenses Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-17** Do Pass as Amended / Consent Calendar Health Care Licenses Committee; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-18** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Consent Calendar
- **2021-04-07** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
- **2021-04-14** Second Reading - Consent Calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-04-14** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Consent Calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-04-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Consent Calendar
- **2021-04-16** Third Reading - Consent Calendar - First Day `reading-3`
- **2021-04-21** Third Reading - Consent Calendar - Passed 117-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-21** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-21** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 22, 2021 `reading-1`
- **2021-04-22** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Michael E. Hastings
- **2021-04-22** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-22** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-28** Assigned to Licensed Activities `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-06** Do Pass Licensed Activities; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 10, 2021
- **2021-05-13** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-05-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 14, 2021
- **2021-05-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** May 25, 2021
- **2021-05-27** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-27** Passed Both Houses
- **2021-06-23** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-30** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-30** Effective Date July 30, 2021
- **2021-07-30** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0182 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/28aac298-5035-4748-b45d-a33962209f99`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).