republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/96th/hb-185.md

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Bill	STATE FACILITY-MRSA SCREENING	Creates the MRSA Screening, Prevention, and Reporting Act for State Residential Facilities. Requires State residential facilities to establish MRSA control procedures. Defines "State residential facility" to mean: (i) Department of Human Services operated residential facilities, including State mental health hospitals and other facilities; (ii) Department of Corrections operated correctional centers, work camps or boot camps, and adult transition centers; and (iii) Department of Juvenile Justice operated juvenile centers and boot camps. Sets forth required MRSA control procedures, including screening and surveillance, reporting, prevention, infection control, and treatment. Includes requirements for education of employees and others. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	HB 185	Illinois HB 185 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	40	2	2009-01-13	2009-08-14	openstates	ocd-bill/28923aca-e400-42fa-9d54-780e7a3fe90b	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=185&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=40203&SessionID=76&GA=96	a00adcd8fc768062cf01a6163a13914706776021bf25326c3e69a716b8ddcf79	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 185 (96th) — STATE FACILITY-MRSA SCREENING

Creates the MRSA Screening, Prevention, and Reporting Act for State Residential Facilities. Requires State residential facilities to establish MRSA control procedures. Defines "State residential facility" to mean: (i) Department of Human Services operated residential facilities, including State mental health hospitals and other facilities; (ii) Department of Corrections operated correctional centers, work camps or boot camps, and adult transition centers; and (iii) Department of Juvenile Justice operated juvenile centers and boot camps. Sets forth required MRSA control procedures, including screening and surveillance, reporting, prevention, infection control, and treatment. Includes requirements for education of employees and others. 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 — 58–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 114–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Kirk W. Dillard — cosponsor (person)
• Patricia R. Bellock — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-01-13 Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Patricia R. Bellock filing
• 2009-01-14 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-01-14 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2009-02-04 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
• 2009-02-04 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandy Cole
• 2009-02-04 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rosemary Mulligan
• 2009-02-04 Assigned to Human Services Committee referral-committee
• 2009-02-19 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lou Lang
• 2009-02-25 Remove Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lou Lang
• 2009-02-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lou Lang
• 2009-03-11 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Human Services Committee amendment-introduction
• 2009-03-11 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Human Services Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2009-03-11 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-03-11 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-03-11 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
• 2009-03-11 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
• 2009-03-11 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert Rita
• 2009-03-23 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2009-03-23 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2009-03-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-03-24 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
• 2009-03-24 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-03-25 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2009-03-25 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 26, 2009 reading-1
• 2009-03-25 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Christine Radogno
• 2009-03-26 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-03-26 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2009-04-02 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Susan Garrett
• 2009-04-15 Assigned to Public Health referral-committee
• 2009-04-22 Do Pass Public Health; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-04-22 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 23, 2009
• 2009-05-15 Second Reading reading-2
• 2009-05-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** May 18, 2009
• 2009-05-19 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Kirk W. Dillard
• 2009-05-19 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-05-19 Passed Both Houses
• 2009-06-17 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2009-08-14 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2009-08-14 Effective Date August 14, 2009
• 2009-08-14 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0438 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/28923aca-e400-42fa-9d54-780e7a3fe90b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).