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type: "Bill"
title: "AGING-TELEPHONE REASSURANCE"
description: "Amends the Department of State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department of State Police to establish and administer, as a pilot program in 10 zip codes within the State, an automated wellness-check system. Provides that, under the system, senior citizens and individuals with a disability or illness may register with the Department to receive automated calls at an agreed-upon time and, if the dispatcher is unable to reach the registered person by telephone after 3 attempts in a 5-minute span, then a State or local law-enforcement officer will be sent to the person's home to check on his or her welfare. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "HB 1351"
citation: "Illinois HB 1351 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-02-20"
last_action: "2008-08-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/701b1130-6c31-42a0-8369-b516fa2b6872"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1351&GAID=9&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=30121&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "6d3cc98400444c54225769cea99a3be48edffb58f8dae34ce8307eaa0d90bff8"
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 1351 (95th) — AGING-TELEPHONE REASSURANCE
Amends the Department of State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department of State Police to establish and administer, as a pilot program in 10 zip codes within the State, an automated wellness-check system. Provides that, under the system, senior citizens and individuals with a disability or illness may register with the Department to receive automated calls at an agreed-upon time and, if the dispatcher is unable to reach the registered person by telephone after 3 attempts in a 5-minute span, then a State or local law-enforcement officer will be sent to the person's home to check on his or her welfare. 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=09500HB1351&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=30121&DocNum=1351&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB1351eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=30121&DocNum=1351&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB1351enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=30121&DocNum=1351&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **1121** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **580** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Gary Forby — cosponsor (person)
- Ira I. Silverstein — cosponsor (person)
- Kenneth Dunkin — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2007-02-20** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Kenneth Dunkin `filing`
- **2007-02-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-02-20** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-21** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. LaShawn K. Ford
- **2007-02-22** Assigned to Aging Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-22** Do Pass / Short Debate Aging Committee; 011-001-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-03-22** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-03-27** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Kenneth Dunkin `amendment-introduction`
- **2007-03-27** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-27** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2007-03-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-03-27** Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2007-03-27** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2007-03-28** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-27** Third Reading/Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 3, 2007 `reading-3`
- **2007-05-02** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2007-05-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-05-03** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-001-002 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-05-03** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Boland
- **2007-05-03** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack McGuire
- **2007-05-03** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
- **2007-05-03** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2007-05-03** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading May 8, 2007 `reading-1`
- **2007-05-09** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
- **2007-05-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-05-15** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-17** Assigned to Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-30** Held in Human Services
- **2008-05-08** Held in Human Services
- **2008-05-14** Do Pass Human Services; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2008-05-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 15, 2008
- **2008-05-15** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2008-05-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 20, 2008
- **2008-05-20** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Gary Forby
- **2008-05-20** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
- **2008-05-20** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2008-05-20** Passed Both Houses
- **2008-06-18** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2008-08-13** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2008-08-13** Effective Date January 1, 2009
- **2008-08-13** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0808 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/701b1130-6c31-42a0-8369-b516fa2b6872`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).