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Bill	HOSPITALS-PATIENT RELIGION	Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that every hospital must adopt policies and procedures to ensure that, in making decisions concerning the treatment of a patient at the hospital, health care professionals must take into account the patient's religious beliefs.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	95th	HB 3604	Illinois HB 3604 (95th)	bill		enacted		3	32	2	2007-02-27	2007-08-14	openstates	ocd-bill/812aff64-44cd-4734-a479-af62f697a0ca	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3604&GAID=9&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=32481&SessionID=51&GA=95	2304983e6b9bfec2486023188f5f8f574b2053bb3d87913c7f284d24368fa638	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 3604 (95th) — HOSPITALS-PATIENT RELIGION

Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that every hospital must adopt policies and procedures to ensure that, in making decisions concerning the treatment of a patient at the hospital, health care professionals must take into account the patient's religious beliefs.

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 — 116–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 55–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Sara Feigenholtz — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2007-02-27 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Sara Feigenholtz filing
• 2007-02-28 First Reading reading-1
• 2007-02-28 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2007-03-01 Assigned to Human Services Committee referral-committee
• 2007-03-07 Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2007-03-07 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2007-03-13 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2007-03-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2007-04-19 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Sara Feigenholtz amendment-introduction
• 2007-04-19 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2007-04-23 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2007-04-24 Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2007-04-24 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2007-04-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2007-04-25 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2007-04-26 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2007-04-26 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2007-04-26 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
• 2007-04-26 First Reading reading-1
• 2007-04-26 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2007-05-02 Assigned to Public Health referral-committee
• 2007-05-03 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jeffrey M. Schoenberg
• 2007-05-15 Do Pass Public Health; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2007-05-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 16, 2007
• 2007-05-15 Second Reading reading-2
• 2007-05-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 16, 2007
• 2007-05-18 Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2007-05-18 Passed Both Houses
• 2007-06-15 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2007-08-14 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2007-08-14 Effective Date January 1, 2008
• 2007-08-14 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0181 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/812aff64-44cd-4734-a479-af62f697a0ca. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).