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Bill	COUNTY JAIL-MEDICAL EXPENSES	Amends the County Jail Act. Provides that an arresting authority shall be responsible for any qualified (rather than incurred) medical expenses relating to the arrestee until such time as the arrestee is placed in the custody of the sheriff. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	HB 6178	Illinois HB 6178 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	26	2	2010-02-11	2010-07-26	openstates	ocd-bill/dfd1d885-b7b0-4be6-a218-f492d3c632c8	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=6178&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=52165&SessionID=76&GA=96	069f0a064018f3c5a40ad18f84339079342294b802e3f85e09466b5f9290b0dc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 6178 (96th) — COUNTY JAIL-MEDICAL EXPENSES

Amends the County Jail Act. Provides that an arresting authority shall be responsible for any qualified (rather than incurred) medical expenses relating to the arrestee until such time as the arrestee is placed in the custody of the sheriff. 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 — 54–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 109–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Rich Brauer — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2010-02-11 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Rich Brauer filing
• 2010-02-11 First Reading reading-1
• 2010-02-11 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2010-02-17 Assigned to Counties & Townships Committee referral-committee
• 2010-03-04 Do Pass / Short Debate Counties & Townships Committee; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2010-03-04 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2010-03-11 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2010-03-11 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2010-03-18 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 109-001-000 reading-3, passage
• 2010-03-23 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2010-03-23 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2010-03-23 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Larry K. Bomke
• 2010-03-23 First Reading reading-1
• 2010-03-23 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2010-04-06 Assigned to Local Government referral-committee
• 2010-04-14 Do Pass Local Government; 006-000-000 committee-passage
• 2010-04-14 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 15, 2010
• 2010-04-15 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
• 2010-04-22 Second Reading reading-2
• 2010-04-22 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 23, 2010
• 2010-04-30 Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2010-04-30 Passed Both Houses
• 2010-05-28 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2010-07-26 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2010-07-26 Effective Date July 26, 2010
• 2010-07-26 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1280 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dfd1d885-b7b0-4be6-a218-f492d3c632c8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).