republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/96th/hb-3767.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "OBESITY PREVENTION INITIATIVE"
description: "Creates the Obesity Prevention Initiative Act. Provides that, within 90 days after the effective date of the Act, the Department of Public Health shall implement the Obesity Prevention Initiative."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "HB 3767"
citation: "Illinois HB 3767 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 45
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2009-02-25"
last_action: "2009-08-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7fc458b6-56b0-4374-9840-1dd64af42c46"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3767&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=46563&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "fec2e60b1bb34c570d9d08ffd8fc1b8ebe245f26b0f2bff11464de934fdafa5c"
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 3767 (96th) — OBESITY PREVENTION INITIATIVE

Creates the Obesity Prevention Initiative Act. Provides that, within 90 days after the effective date of the Act, the Department of Public Health shall implement the Obesity Prevention Initiative.

## 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=09600HB3767&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=46563&DocNum=3767&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB3767eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=46563&DocNum=3767&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB3767enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=46563&DocNum=3767&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **51–2** (pass) · upper
- Concurrence — **117–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Elizabeth Coulson — primary (person)
- William Delgado — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-25** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Elizabeth Coulson `filing`
- **2009-02-25** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-02-25** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-03** Assigned to Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Constance A. Howard
- **2009-03-11** Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-03-11** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-03-26** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Elizabeth Coulson `amendment-introduction`
- **2009-03-26** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-30** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Human Services Committee
- **2009-03-31** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Human Services Committee; 006-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-31** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-03-31** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-04-01** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2009-04-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-04-02** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-04-15** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2009-04-15** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-15** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Jeffrey M. Schoenberg
- **2009-04-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-15** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-22** Assigned to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-29** Postponed - Public Health
- **2009-05-04** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Jeffrey M. Schoenberg `amendment-introduction`
- **2009-05-04** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-05** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Public Health
- **2009-05-05** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2009-05-06** Do Pass as Amended Public Health; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 7, 2009
- **2009-05-07** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- **2009-05-07** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. William Delgado
- **2009-05-18** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-05-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 19, 2009
- **2009-05-21** Third Reading - Passed; 051-002-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-05-21** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2009-05-21** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
- **2009-05-22** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
- **2009-05-22** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-26** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000
- **2009-05-30** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 117-000-000
- **2009-05-30** Passed Both Houses
- **2009-06-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-07** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-07** Effective Date August 7, 2009
- **2009-08-07** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0155 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7fc458b6-56b0-4374-9840-1dd64af42c46`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).