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type: "Bill"
title: "SURGICAL SMOKE EVACUATION"
description: "Amends the University of Illinois Hospital Act, the Ambulatory Surgical Treatment Center Act, and the Hospital Licensing Act. Requires hospitals organized under the University of Illinois Hospital Act or licensed under the Hospital Licensing Act and ambulatory surgical treatment centers licensed under the Ambulatory Surgical Treatment Center Act to: adopt policies to ensure the elimination of surgical smoke plume by use of a surgical smoke plume evacuation system for each procedure that generates surgical smoke plume from the use of energy-based devices, including electrosurgery and lasers; and report to the Department of Public Health within 90 days after the amendatory Act's effective date that the policies have been adopted."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "102nd"
identifier: "SB 1908"
citation: "Illinois SB 1908 (102nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar", "Julie A. Morrison"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-26"
last_action: "2021-08-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/00c670db-58cc-4b4c-be3a-6e0502ec3124"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1908&GAID=16&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=134562&SessionID=110&GA=102"
source_hash: "00a822c239db5606ca04977d26da42eca4dcd4b75bf0b50684b57e78fc397daf"
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 SB 1908 (102nd) — SURGICAL SMOKE EVACUATION
Amends the University of Illinois Hospital Act, the Ambulatory Surgical Treatment Center Act, and the Hospital Licensing Act. Requires hospitals organized under the University of Illinois Hospital Act or licensed under the Hospital Licensing Act and ambulatory surgical treatment centers licensed under the Ambulatory Surgical Treatment Center Act to: adopt policies to ensure the elimination of surgical smoke plume by use of a surgical smoke plume evacuation system for each procedure that generates surgical smoke plume from the use of energy-based devices, including electrosurgery and lasers; and report to the Department of Public Health within 90 days after the amendatory Act's effective date that the policies have been adopted.
## 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/SB/PDF/10200SB1908.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB1908eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB1908enr.pdf)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **580** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **1093** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar — primary (person)
- Julie A. Morrison — primary (person)
- Laura M. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Natalie A. Manley — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-26** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Julie A. Morrison `filing`
- **2021-02-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-26** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-15** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
- **2021-03-16** Assigned to Health `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** To Subcommittee on Public Health
- **2021-04-06** Reported Back To Health; 005-000-000
- **2021-04-14** Do Pass Health; 014-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 15, 2021
- **2021-04-20** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-04-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** April 21, 2021
- **2021-04-23** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-26** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2021-04-26** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Bob Morgan
- **2021-04-27** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-27** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-30** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar
- **2021-05-04** Assigned to Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-12** Do Pass / Consent Calendar Human Services Committee; 015-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-12** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Consent Calendar
- **2021-05-13** Second Reading - Consent Calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-05-13** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Consent Calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-05-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Consent Calendar
- **2021-05-18** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Natalie A. Manley
- **2021-05-21** Third Reading - Consent Calendar - First Day `reading-3`
- **2021-05-26** Third Reading - Consent Calendar - Passed 109-003-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-26** Passed Both Houses
- **2021-06-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-08-20** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2021-08-20** Effective Date January 1, 2022
- **2021-08-20** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0533 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/00c670db-58cc-4b4c-be3a-6e0502ec3124`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).