republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/93rd/hb-4980.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "IHFPB-HOSPITAL SRVC REDUCTION"
description: "Amends the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act. Provides that if a hospital reduces any service it offers by 50% or more according to rules adopted by the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board, then within 30 days after reducing the service, the hospital must give written notice of the reduction in service to the Board, the Department of Public Health, and the State Senator and 2 State Representatives serving the legislative district in which the hospital is located. Requires the Board to adopt rules to implement these provisions, subject to appropriations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "HB 4980"
citation: "Illinois HB 4980 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2004-02-05"
last_action: "2004-08-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7807e137-9e45-402a-beb8-47b25e5ba6cc"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4980&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=9754&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "0b294e2191e0475d03804584710b46da2433f7ba985e01686a5725aa0d714c9b"
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 4980 (93rd) — IHFPB-HOSPITAL SRVC REDUCTION

Amends the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act. Provides that if a hospital reduces any service it offers by 50% or more according to rules adopted by the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board, then within 30 days after reducing the service, the hospital must give written notice of the reduction in service to the Board, the Department of Public Health, and the State Senator and 2 State Representatives serving the legislative district in which the hospital is located. Requires the Board to adopt rules to implement these provisions, subject to appropriations.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB4980&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=9754&DocNum=4980&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB4980eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=9754&DocNum=4980&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB4980enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=9754&DocNum=4980&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Harry Osterman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-02-05** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Harry Osterman `filing`
- **2004-02-05** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2004-02-05** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-18** Assigned to Health Care Availability and Access Committee `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-25** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Health Care Availability and Access Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2004-02-25** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Health Care Availability and Access Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2004-02-25** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Health Care Availability and Access Committee; 020-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2004-02-25** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2004-02-25** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
- **2004-02-25** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
- **2004-02-25** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
- **2004-02-25** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Washington
- **2004-03-02** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2004-03-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2004-03-23** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. David E. Miller
- **2004-03-23** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough
- **2004-03-23** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Deborah L. Graham
- **2004-03-23** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-003 `reading-3, passage`
- **2004-03-24** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2004-03-24** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 25, 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 Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-21** Postponed - Health & Human Services
- **2004-04-28** Do Pass Health & Human Services; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2004-04-28** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 29, 2004
- **2004-04-29** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2004-04-29** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 4, 2004
- **2004-05-13** Third Reading Deadline Extended - Rule 2-10, extended to January 11, 2005. `reading-3`
- **2004-05-19** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2004-05-19** Passed Both Houses
- **2004-06-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2004-08-13** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2004-08-13** Effective Date January 1, 2005
- **2004-08-13** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0940 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7807e137-9e45-402a-beb8-47b25e5ba6cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).