republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/96th/hb-6231.md

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Bill	WHISTLEBLOWER-EMPLOYEE-DEFINE	Amends the Whistleblower Act. Provides that "employee" means any individual who is employed on a full-time, part-time, or contractual basis by an employer and also includes a licensed physician who practices his or her profession, in whole or in part, at a hospital, nursing home, clinic, or any medical facility that is a health care facility funded, in whole or in part, by the State (instead of any individual who is employed on a full-time, part-time, or contractual basis by an employer).	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	HB 6231	Illinois HB 6231 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	29	2	2010-02-11	2010-07-23	openstates	ocd-bill/a327d134-5072-44e4-8205-763060d4e9fd	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=6231&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=52221&SessionID=76&GA=96	05a3cfc8164fb4f18a98e2bcb35e18ad5bb701714df9775b8f4a0faa5bea09e5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 6231 (96th) — WHISTLEBLOWER-EMPLOYEE-DEFINE

Amends the Whistleblower Act. Provides that "employee" means any individual who is employed on a full-time, part-time, or contractual basis by an employer and also includes a licensed physician who practices his or her profession, in whole or in part, at a hospital, nursing home, clinic, or any medical facility that is a health care facility funded, in whole or in part, by the State (instead of any individual who is employed on a full-time, part-time, or contractual basis by an employer).

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 — 114–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 53–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Elaine Nekritz — primary (person)
• Mattie Hunter — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2010-02-11 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Elaine Nekritz filing
• 2010-02-11 First Reading reading-1
• 2010-02-11 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2010-02-22 Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee referral-committee
• 2010-03-03 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 017-000-000 committee-passage
• 2010-03-03 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2010-03-03 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael G. Connelly
• 2010-03-03 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen May
• 2010-03-11 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2010-03-11 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2010-03-17 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2010-03-17 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
• 2010-03-17 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2010-03-17 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 18, 2010 reading-1
• 2010-03-24 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Kirk W. Dillard
• 2010-03-24 First Reading reading-1
• 2010-03-24 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2010-04-06 Assigned to Executive referral-committee
• 2010-04-15 Do Pass Executive; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2010-04-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 20, 2010
• 2010-04-27 Second Reading reading-2
• 2010-04-27 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 28, 2010
• 2010-04-29 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
• 2010-04-29 Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2010-04-29 Passed Both Houses
• 2010-05-28 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2010-07-23 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2010-07-23 Effective Date January 1, 2011
• 2010-07-23 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1253 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a327d134-5072-44e4-8205-763060d4e9fd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).