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Bill	INSUR-MNTL HLTH PARITY-SUNSET	Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. In provisions requiring an insurer that provides coverage for hospital or medical expenses under a group policy of accident and health insurance or health care plan to provide coverage under the policy for treatment of serious mental illness under the same terms and conditions as coverage for hospital or medical expenses related to other illnesses and diseases (commonly referred to as "mental health parity"), eliminates the December 31, 2005 sunset date that applies to those provisions. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	94th	HB 59	Illinois HB 59 (94th)	bill		enacted		3	55	2	2005-01-06	2005-08-02	openstates	ocd-bill/f76cc2b8-c131-4ef5-a190-6c1b0db2fda1	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=59&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=14202&SessionID=50&GA=94	05c6b78f09e1d577fce31325ddd271d60e3a1a3445ca0214d75465715346236a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 59 (94th) — INSUR-MNTL HLTH PARITY-SUNSET

Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. In provisions requiring an insurer that provides coverage for hospital or medical expenses under a group policy of accident and health insurance or health care plan to provide coverage under the policy for treatment of serious mental illness under the same terms and conditions as coverage for hospital or medical expenses related to other illnesses and diseases (commonly referred to as "mental health parity"), eliminates the December 31, 2005 sunset date that applies to those provisions. 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 — 114–1 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 58–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Arthur J. Wilhelmi — cosponsor (person)
• Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson — cosponsor (person)
• Don Harmon — cosponsor (person)
• Ira I. Silverstein — cosponsor (person)
• Jacqueline Y. Collins — cosponsor (person)
• James F. Clayborne, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• John M. Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
• Lou Lang — primary (person)
• Mattie Hunter — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2005-01-06 Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Lou Lang filing
• 2005-01-12 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-01-12 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2005-01-26 Assigned to Insurance Committee referral-committee
• 2005-01-27 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
• 2005-01-31 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
• 2005-01-31 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Boland
• 2005-02-01 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John A. Fritchey
• 2005-02-01 Do Pass / Short Debate Insurance Committee; 012-004-000 committee-passage
• 2005-02-02 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-02-02 Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
• 2005-02-02 Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough
• 2005-02-02 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2005-02-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-02-03 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack McGuire
• 2005-02-03 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen A. Ryg
• 2005-02-03 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Deborah L. Graham
• 2005-02-03 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
• 2005-02-03 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Larry McKeon
• 2005-02-03 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elaine Nekritz
• 2005-02-03 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Julie Hamos
• 2005-02-03 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
• 2005-02-03 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Susana A Mendoza
• 2005-02-03 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J Verschoore
• 2005-02-03 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
• 2005-02-03 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2005-02-03 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-001-000 reading-3, passage
• 2005-02-15 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2005-02-15 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2005-02-15 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Deanna Demuzio
• 2005-02-15 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-02-15 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2005-03-01 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Terry Link
• 2005-03-02 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jeffrey M. Schoenberg
• 2005-03-08 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kwame Raoul
• 2005-04-13 Assigned to Insurance referral-committee
• 2005-04-20 Do Pass Insurance; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2005-04-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 21, 2005
• 2005-04-21 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. M. Maggie Crotty
• 2005-05-04 Second Reading reading-2
• 2005-05-04 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 5, 2005
• 2005-05-05 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
• 2005-05-17 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2005-05-17 Passed Both Houses
• 2005-05-27 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. John M. Sullivan
• 2005-05-28 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr.
• 2005-05-28 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
• 2005-05-28 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
• 2005-05-29 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
• 2005-05-29 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Arthur J. Wilhelmi
• 2005-05-29 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson
• 2005-06-15 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2005-08-02 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2005-08-02 Effective Date August 2, 2005
• 2005-08-02 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0402 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f76cc2b8-c131-4ef5-a190-6c1b0db2fda1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).