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Bill	VITAL REC ACT-BIRTH CERT	Amends the Vital Records Act. Provides that the word "DECEASED" and the date of death shall not appear on a copy of a birth certificate furnished to a parent of a child who died within 3 months of birth, provided no other copy of a birth certificate was furnished to the parent prior to the child's death. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	94th	SB 568	Illinois SB 568 (94th)	bill		enacted		3	65	2	2005-02-17	2005-06-06	openstates	ocd-bill/1762d095-86d5-46a5-88de-3d55edc9f3cd	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=568&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=17475&SessionID=50&GA=94	417f29511d18aa5c7897f40fa2ffafc3c343c635641e274aa532c8c268997943	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 568 (94th) — VITAL REC ACT-BIRTH CERT

Amends the Vital Records Act. Provides that the word "DECEASED" and the date of death shall not appear on a copy of a birth certificate furnished to a parent of a child who died within 3 months of birth, provided no other copy of a birth certificate was furnished to the parent prior to the child's death. 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 — 56–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 113–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Annazette Collins — cosponsor (person)
• Constance A. Howard — cosponsor (person)
• Cynthia Soto — cosponsor (person)
• Ed Sullivan, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Elaine Nekritz — cosponsor (person)
• Harry Osterman — cosponsor (person)
• Jack D. Franks — cosponsor (person)
• Joseph M. Lyons — cosponsor (person)
• Karen A. Yarbrough — cosponsor (person)
• Kathleen L. Wojcik — primary (person)
• Kevin A. McCarthy — cosponsor (person)
• Marlow H. Colvin — cosponsor (person)
• Mary E. Flowers — cosponsor (person)
• Michael Tryon — cosponsor (person)
• Monique D. Davis — cosponsor (person)
• Naomi D. Jakobsson — cosponsor (person)
• Patrick J Verschoore — cosponsor (person)
• Shane Cultra — cosponsor (person)
• Wyvetter H. Younge — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2005-02-17 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kathleen L. Wojcik filing
• 2005-02-17 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-02-17 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2005-02-23 Assigned to Health & Human Services referral-committee
• 2005-03-03 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
• 2005-03-03 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dale A. Righter
• 2005-03-08 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
• 2005-03-09 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. M. Maggie Crotty
• 2005-03-10 Do Pass Health & Human Services; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2005-03-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 15, 2005
• 2005-04-04 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan Rutherford
• 2005-04-06 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Edward D. Maloney
• 2005-04-06 Second Reading reading-2
• 2005-04-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 7, 2005
• 2005-04-07 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kathleen L. Wojcik amendment-introduction
• 2005-04-07 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2005-04-11 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Health & Human Services
• 2005-04-12 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. John J. Cullerton
• 2005-04-12 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Be Adopted Health & Human Services; 011-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2005-04-14 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
• 2005-04-14 Recalled to Second Reading reading-2
• 2005-04-14 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Wojcik amendment-passage
• 2005-04-14 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
• 2005-04-14 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2005-04-15 Arrived in House introduction
• 2005-04-15 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2005-04-15 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Karen May
• 2005-04-15 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-04-15 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2005-04-26 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J Verschoore
• 2005-04-26 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. John A. Fritchey
• 2005-04-27 Assigned to Human Services Committee referral-committee
• 2005-04-28 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
• 2005-05-02 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
• 2005-05-03 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
• 2005-05-03 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
• 2005-05-03 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry Osterman
• 2005-05-04 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Elaine Nekritz
• 2005-05-05 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Ed Sullivan, Jr.
• 2005-05-10 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Tryon
• 2005-05-10 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough
• 2005-05-11 Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2005-05-11 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
• 2005-05-11 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
• 2005-05-12 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-05-18 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2005-05-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-05-20 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Constance A. Howard
• 2005-05-20 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Annazette Collins
• 2005-05-20 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
• 2005-05-20 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Shane Cultra
• 2005-05-20 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Joseph M. Lyons
• 2005-05-20 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin A. McCarthy
• 2005-05-20 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Marlow H. Colvin
• 2005-05-20 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Wyvetter H. Younge
• 2005-05-20 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2005-05-20 Passed Both Houses
• 2005-05-20 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John A. Fritchey
• 2005-05-20 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
• 2005-05-20 Alternate Co-Sponsor Removed Rep. John A. Fritchey
• 2005-05-20 Alternate Co-Sponsor Removed Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
• 2005-05-25 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2005-06-06 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2005-06-06 Effective Date June 6, 2005
• 2005-06-06 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0007 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1762d095-86d5-46a5-88de-3d55edc9f3cd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).