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Bill	CNA EXAM IN SPANISH	Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall adopt rules requiring the nursing assistant certification exam to be offered in both English and Spanish. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	103rd	HB 5218	Illinois HB 5218 (103rd)	bill		enacted	Barbara Hernández Karina Villa	4	42	4	2024-02-08	2024-07-19	openstates	ocd-bill/5125f242-cb88-4454-9390-84c0126f6efe	https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=5218&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=153424&SessionID=112	2d77dad202d2997955dceb3348f7df192790de511721313ff015752ec3507dc1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 5218 (103rd) — CNA EXAM IN SPANISH

Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall adopt rules requiring the nursing assistant certification exam to be offered in both English and Spanish. 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. House Amendment 001 (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Health Care Licenses — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• Licensed Activities — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 51–6 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 106–8 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Barbara Hernández — primary (person)
• Karina Villa — primary (person)
• Anne Stava-Murray — cosponsor (person)
• Dagmara Avelar — cosponsor (person)
• Edgar González, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Elizabeth "Lisa" Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
• Eva-Dina Delgado — cosponsor (person)
• Javier L. Cervantes — cosponsor (person)
• Lakesia Collins — cosponsor (person)
• Mary Edly-Allen — cosponsor (person)
• Maura Hirschauer — cosponsor (person)
• Norine K. Hammond — cosponsor (person)
• Ryan Spain — cosponsor (person)
• Tony M. McCombie — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-08 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Barbara Hernández filing
• 2024-02-09 First Reading reading-1
• 2024-02-09 Referred to Rules Committee
• 2024-02-28 Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee referral-committee
• 2024-02-28 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Barbara Hernández amendment-introduction
• 2024-02-28 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
• 2024-03-05 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Health Care Licenses Committee
• 2024-03-06 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dagmara Avelar
• 2024-03-06 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Health Care Licenses Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2024-03-06 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee; 011-000-000
• 2024-03-06 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2024-03-26 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth "Lisa" Hernandez
• 2024-04-11 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2024-04-11 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2024-04-17 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maura Hirschauer
• 2024-04-17 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anne Stava-Murray
• 2024-04-17 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 106-008-000 passage, reading-3
• 2024-04-17 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Eva-Dina Delgado
• 2024-04-17 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Edgar González, Jr.
• 2024-04-17 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tony M. McCombie
• 2024-04-17 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Norine K. Hammond
• 2024-04-17 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ryan Spain
• 2024-04-18 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2024-04-18 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2024-04-18 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Karina Villa
• 2024-04-18 First Reading reading-1
• 2024-04-18 Referred to Assignments
• 2024-04-24 Assigned to Licensed Activities referral-committee
• 2024-04-30 Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 10, 2024
• 2024-05-01 Do Pass Licensed Activities; 007-000-000
• 2024-05-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 7, 2024 reading-2
• 2024-05-02 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Javier L. Cervantes
• 2024-05-08 Second Reading reading-2
• 2024-05-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 8, 2024
• 2024-05-16 Third Reading - Passed; 051-006-000 passage, reading-3
• 2024-05-16 Passed Both Houses
• 2024-05-16 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen
• 2024-05-17 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
• 2024-06-13 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-07-19 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2024-07-19 Effective Date July 19, 2024
• 2024-07-19 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0695 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5125f242-cb88-4454-9390-84c0126f6efe. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).