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Bill	DHS-FOLIC ACID-PUBLIC EDUCATN	Amends the Department of Human Services Act. Requires the Department of Human Services, in consultation with the Department of Public Health, to conduct a public information campaign to (i) educate women about the benefits of consuming folic acid before and during pregnancy to improve their chances of having a healthy baby and (ii) increase the consumption of folic acid by women of child-bearing age.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	93rd	HB 275	Illinois HB 275 (93rd)	bill		enacted		3	52	2	2003-01-23	2003-07-02	openstates	ocd-bill/1be3d7f5-0a6e-4400-b23b-a533dfecf4d7	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=275&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=600&SessionID=3&GA=93	b27ccae861b7384bf11dfa337582080f2e2151b41319d4f863699e0845df7050	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 275 (93rd) — DHS-FOLIC ACID-PUBLIC EDUCATN

Amends the Department of Human Services Act. Requires the Department of Human Services, in consultation with the Department of Public Health, to conduct a public information campaign to (i) educate women about the benefits of consuming folic acid before and during pregnancy to improve their chances of having a healthy baby and (ii) increase the consumption of folic acid by women of child-bearing age.

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 — 111–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 56–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Antonio Munoz — cosponsor (person)
• Cynthia Soto — primary (person)
• Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson — cosponsor (person)
• Donne E. Trotter — cosponsor (person)
• George P. Shadid — cosponsor (person)
• Ira I. Silverstein — cosponsor (person)
• Jacqueline Y. Collins — cosponsor (person)
• James T. Meeks — cosponsor (person)
• M. Maggie Crotty — cosponsor (person)
• Martin A. Sandoval — cosponsor (person)
• Terry Link — cosponsor (person)
• William R. Haine — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2003-01-23 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Cynthia Soto filing
• 2003-01-23 Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough
• 2003-01-23 Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William Delgado
• 2003-01-23 Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Rosemary Mulligan
• 2003-01-23 Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. David A. Wirsing
• 2003-01-23 First Reading reading-1
• 2003-01-23 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2003-01-29 Assigned to Human Services Committee referral-committee
• 2003-02-05 Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2003-02-05 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2003-02-06 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2003-02-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2003-02-19 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Washington
• 2003-02-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert S. Molaro
• 2003-02-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ralph C. Capparelli
• 2003-02-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Richard T. Bradley
• 2003-02-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
• 2003-02-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elaine Nekritz
• 2003-02-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert Rita
• 2003-02-28 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2003-02-28 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
• 2003-03-04 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2003-03-04 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 5, 2003 reading-1
• 2003-03-06 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
• 2003-03-06 First Reading reading-1
• 2003-03-06 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2003-03-19 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Barack Obama
• 2003-04-03 Assigned to Health & Human Services referral-committee
• 2003-04-11 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. George P. Shadid
• 2003-04-16 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Christine Radogno
• 2003-04-16 Do Pass Health & Human Services; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2003-04-16 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 29, 2003
• 2003-04-16 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Susan Garrett
• 2003-04-30 Second Reading reading-2
• 2003-04-30 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 1, 2003
• 2003-05-01 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Antonio Munoz
• 2003-05-07 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
• 2003-05-07 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
• 2003-05-07 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
• 2003-05-07 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2003-05-07 Passed Both Houses
• 2003-05-16 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson
• 2003-05-16 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. James T. Meeks
• 2003-05-16 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. William R. Haine
• 2003-05-16 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Terry Link
• 2003-05-16 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. M. Maggie Crotty
• 2003-05-19 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
• 2003-05-20 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Donne E. Trotter
• 2003-06-05 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2003-07-02 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2003-07-02 Effective Date January 1, 2004
• 2003-07-02 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0084 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1be3d7f5-0a6e-4400-b23b-a533dfecf4d7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).