republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/93rd/sb-200.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "MENTAL HLTH COMMITMNT TRAINING"
description: "Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Provides that the Department of Human Services must develop and present annually at least one training event for judges, state's attorneys, public defenders, private attorneys, law enforcement personnel persons with mental illness, social workers, and certain health care professionals and personnel regarding mental illness, the standards for civil commitment and involuntary treatment, completing documentation, and changes in the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code and the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act. Provides that the Department may provide multiple training events, regional training events, or training events by professional discipline. Provides that the training events must be developed in cooperation with certain organizations. Provides that the Department shall report annually the number of persons attending the training events. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "SB 200"
citation: "Illinois SB 200 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-02-05"
last_action: "2003-07-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9b1cd7d-cb8f-4051-8c33-a5ddbbd4f492"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=200&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=1788&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "2ebda2c709f80e90c4b70be1e3540094c1158eb99887aadafe96e348a96eb1df"
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 200 (93rd) — MENTAL HLTH COMMITMNT TRAINING

Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Provides that the Department of Human Services must develop and present annually at least one training event for judges, state's attorneys, public defenders, private attorneys, law enforcement personnel persons with mental illness, social workers, and certain health care professionals and personnel regarding mental illness, the standards for civil commitment and involuntary treatment, completing documentation, and changes in the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code and the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act. Provides that the Department may provide multiple training events, regional training events, or training events by professional discipline. Provides that the training events must be developed in cooperation with certain organizations. Provides that the Department shall report annually the number of persons attending the training events. Effective immediately.

## 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=09300SB0200&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=1788&DocNum=200&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB0200eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=1788&DocNum=200&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB0200enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=1788&DocNum=200&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Frank C. Watson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-02-05** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Frank C. Watson `filing`
- **2003-02-05** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-02-05** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-06** Assigned to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-27** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Larry K. Bomke
- **2003-02-27** Postponed - Health & Human Services
- **2003-03-06** Do Pass Health & Human Services; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-03-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 11, 2003
- **2003-03-13** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-03-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 18, 2003
- **2003-03-19** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. M. Maggie Crotty
- **2003-04-03** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-04-03** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2003-04-03** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-04-04** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Lee A. Daniels
- **2003-04-04** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-04-04** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-08** Assigned to Developmental Disabilities and Mental Illness Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-16** Do Pass / Short Debate Developmental Disabilities and Mental Illness Committee; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-04-16** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-05-01** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2003-05-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-05-07** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-05-07** Passed Both Houses
- **2003-06-05** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2003-07-24** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-24** Effective Date July 24, 2003
- **2003-07-24** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0376 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c9b1cd7d-cb8f-4051-8c33-a5ddbbd4f492`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).