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type: "Bill"
title: "PUB HLTH-SEX ASSAULT EVID"
description: "Amends the Sexual Assault Survivors Emergency Treatment Act. Provides that any person (instead of minor) who is a sexual assault survivor who seeks emergency hospital services and forensic services or follow-up healthcare under the Act shall be provided such services without the consent of any parent, guardian, custodian, surrogate, or agent. Provides that if the survivor is an adult who has a guardian of the person, a health care surrogate, or an agent acting under a health care power of attorney, then consent of the guardian, surrogate, or agent is not required to release evidence and information concerning the sexual assault. Provides that if the adult is unable to provide consent for the release of evidence and information and a guardian, surrogate, or agent under a health care power of attorney is unavailable or unwilling to release the information, then an investigating law enforcement officer may authorize the release. Effective January 1, 2010."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "HB 4081"
citation: "Illinois HB 4081 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-02-27"
last_action: "2009-08-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4a4ad142-d078-4407-89e5-a5430b991f16"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4081&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=46929&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "46fe2d01e934e7ebdbed0b5935d8a1e68e9fb781fd14d12345b051b47c920bb5"
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 4081 (96th) — PUB HLTH-SEX ASSAULT EVID
Amends the Sexual Assault Survivors Emergency Treatment Act. Provides that any person (instead of minor) who is a sexual assault survivor who seeks emergency hospital services and forensic services or follow-up healthcare under the Act shall be provided such services without the consent of any parent, guardian, custodian, surrogate, or agent. Provides that if the survivor is an adult who has a guardian of the person, a health care surrogate, or an agent acting under a health care power of attorney, then consent of the guardian, surrogate, or agent is not required to release evidence and information concerning the sexual assault. Provides that if the adult is unable to provide consent for the release of evidence and information and a guardian, surrogate, or agent under a health care power of attorney is unavailable or unwilling to release the information, then an investigating law enforcement officer may authorize the release. Effective January 1, 2010.
## 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=09600HB4081&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=46929&DocNum=4081&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB4081eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=46929&DocNum=4081&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB4081enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=46929&DocNum=4081&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **1131** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **540** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Dan Kotowski — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen A. Ryg — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2009-02-27** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Kathleen A. Ryg `filing`
- **2009-02-27** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-02-27** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-04** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore
- **2009-03-04** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
- **2009-03-04** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
- **2009-03-04** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2009-03-04** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
- **2009-03-04** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Randy Ramey, Jr.
- **2009-03-04** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dennis M. Reboletti
- **2009-03-04** Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-12** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-03-12** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-03-12** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Esther Golar
- **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** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-001-000 `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`
- **2009-03-26** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- **2009-03-30** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-30** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-15** Assigned to Criminal Law `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-22** Do Pass Criminal Law; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-04-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 23, 2009
- **2009-04-22** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan Kotowski
- **2009-05-13** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-05-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 14, 2009
- **2009-05-15** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
- **2009-05-15** Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-05-15** Passed Both Houses
- **2009-06-12** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-11** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-11** Effective Date January 1, 2010
- **2009-08-11** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0318 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4a4ad142-d078-4407-89e5-a5430b991f16`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).