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type: "Bill"
title: "CIV PRO-COPY MED RECORDS"
description: "Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that the exceptions to the physician-patient privilege against disclosure of information are expanded with a new class of exceptions (at present, there are 11 other exceptions) for information sought by subpoenas under the Medical Practice Act of 1987, the Illinois Dental Practice Act or the Nursing Home Administrators Licensing and Disciplinary Act. Provides that records of a health care facility shall be made available for examination or copying to the patient or the patient's legally authorized representative, his or her healthcare practitioner (at present, physician), authorized attorney, or any person, entity, or organization that presents a valid authorization for the release of records signed by the patient or the patient's legally authorized representative. Provides that a patient's records maintained by a health care practitioner shall be available to any person, entity, or organization presenting a valid authorization for the release of the records signed by the patient or the patient's legally authorized representative. Deletes reference in a Section concerning copying fees to a repealed Section."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "SB 472"
citation: "Illinois SB 472 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 46
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2007-02-08"
last_action: "2007-08-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/45dc23d4-ac5c-4a77-a137-ef7090ad48b2"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=472&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=28225&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "fc61e7b4902b2131bb31fdb6dc81ede3cc2ce686e26f11874d8df43e2675ceb0"
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 472 (95th) — CIV PRO-COPY MED RECORDS
Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that the exceptions to the physician-patient privilege against disclosure of information are expanded with a new class of exceptions (at present, there are 11 other exceptions) for information sought by subpoenas under the Medical Practice Act of 1987, the Illinois Dental Practice Act or the Nursing Home Administrators Licensing and Disciplinary Act. Provides that records of a health care facility shall be made available for examination or copying to the patient or the patient's legally authorized representative, his or her healthcare practitioner (at present, physician), authorized attorney, or any person, entity, or organization that presents a valid authorization for the release of records signed by the patient or the patient's legally authorized representative. Provides that a patient's records maintained by a health care practitioner shall be available to any person, entity, or organization presenting a valid authorization for the release of the records signed by the patient or the patient's legally authorized representative. Deletes reference in a Section concerning copying fees to a repealed Section.
## 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=09500SB0472&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=28225&DocNum=472&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB0472eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=28225&DocNum=472&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB0472enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=28225&DocNum=472&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **1122** (pass) · lower
- Concurrence — **553** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **580** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Chapin Rose — cosponsor (person)
- John J. Cullerton — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2007-02-08** Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton `filing`
- **2007-02-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-02-08** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-21** Assigned to Judiciary Civil Law `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-01** Held in Judiciary Civil Law
- **2007-03-08** Held in Judiciary Civil Law
- **2007-03-14** Do Pass Judiciary Civil Law; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-03-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 15, 2007
- **2007-03-22** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-03-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 27, 2007
- **2007-03-29** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-03-30** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2007-03-30** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-30** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
- **2007-04-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-04-09** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-26** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. George Scully, Jr.
- **2007-04-30** Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-08** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2007-05-08** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2007-05-08** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 011-001-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-05-09** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-05-18** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Fiscal Note Requested as Amended by Rep. Brent Hassert
- **2007-05-18** House Committee Amendment No. 1 State Mandates Fiscal Note Requested as Amended by Rep. Brent Hassert
- **2007-05-21** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Fiscal Note Requested as Amended - Withdrawn by Rep. Brent Hassert
- **2007-05-21** House Committee Amendment No. 1 State Mandates Fiscal Note Requested as Amended - Withdrawn by Rep. Brent Hassert
- **2007-05-21** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Fiscal Note Filed as Amended
- **2007-05-21** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Chapin Rose
- **2007-05-22** House Committee Amendment No. 1 State Mandates Fiscal Note Filed as Amended
- **2007-05-22** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2007-05-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-05-23** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-002-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-05-24** Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01
- **2007-05-24** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01 - May 25, 2007
- **2007-05-25** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Randall M. Hultgren
- **2007-05-30** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. John J. Cullerton `filing`
- **2007-05-30** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-30** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael Noland
- **2007-05-31** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Judiciary Civil Law `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-31** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Judiciary Civil Law; 007-002-001
- **2007-05-31** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 055-003-001
- **2007-05-31** Passed Both Houses
- **2007-06-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2007-08-27** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2007-08-27** Effective Date August 27, 2007
- **2007-08-27** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0478 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/45dc23d4-ac5c-4a77-a137-ef7090ad48b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).