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Bill	INS-SMALL EMPLYR INS POOL	Amends the Comprehensive Health Insurance Plan Act. Requires the Illinois Comprehensive Health Insurance Board to conduct a study pertaining to the feasibility of establishing a small employer health insurance pool in which employers may provide affordable health insurance coverage to their employees. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	93rd	HB 4478	Illinois HB 4478 (93rd)	bill		enacted		3	51	2	2004-02-03	2004-07-28	openstates	ocd-bill/547305d8-ad5d-4214-ac74-f2a88f31f820	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4478&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=8892&SessionID=3&GA=93	7e137495eb2596672b4084b1320018c5777899ab977e4f3d0c6acdf5d55d4b51	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 4478 (93rd) — INS-SMALL EMPLYR INS POOL

Amends the Comprehensive Health Insurance Plan Act. Requires the Illinois Comprehensive Health Insurance Board to conduct a study pertaining to the feasibility of establishing a small employer health insurance pool in which employers may provide affordable health insurance coverage to their employees. 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. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 55–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 115–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Karen May — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2004-02-03 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Karen May filing
• 2004-02-03 First Reading reading-1
• 2004-02-03 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2004-02-10 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
• 2004-02-10 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia Bailey
• 2004-02-10 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
• 2004-02-10 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carolyn H. Krause
• 2004-02-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
• 2004-02-18 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
• 2004-02-18 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen A. Ryg
• 2004-02-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rosemary Kurtz
• 2004-02-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry Osterman
• 2004-02-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
• 2004-02-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Angelo Saviano
• 2004-02-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elaine Nekritz
• 2004-02-25 Assigned to Insurance Committee referral-committee
• 2004-02-26 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert F. Flider
• 2004-03-02 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Careen Gordon
• 2004-03-03 Do Pass / Short Debate Insurance Committee; 012-000-000 committee-passage
• 2004-03-03 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2004-03-03 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John E. Bradley
• 2004-03-12 Fiscal Note Filed
• 2004-03-23 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Reitz
• 2004-03-23 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lisa M. Dugan
• 2004-03-23 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. William J. Grunloh
• 2004-03-23 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2004-03-23 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2004-03-23 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
• 2004-03-24 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Boland
• 2004-03-24 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. David E. Miller
• 2004-03-24 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Deborah L. Graham
• 2004-03-24 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
• 2004-03-24 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2004-03-25 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2004-03-25 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 26, 2004 reading-1
• 2004-03-25 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Susan Garrett
• 2004-03-25 First Reading reading-1
• 2004-03-25 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2004-04-15 Assigned to Insurance & Pensions referral-committee
• 2004-04-21 Do Pass Insurance & Pensions; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2004-04-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 22, 2004
• 2004-04-22 Second Reading reading-2
• 2004-04-22 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 27, 2004
• 2004-05-05 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. John M. Sullivan
• 2004-05-05 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Gary Forby
• 2004-05-05 Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2004-05-05 Passed Both Houses
• 2004-06-03 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2004-07-28 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2004-07-28 Effective Date July 28, 2004
• 2004-07-28 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0824 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/547305d8-ad5d-4214-ac74-f2a88f31f820. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).