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Bill	DISABLED-CROHN'S/COLITIS	Amends the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Females, and Persons with Disabilities Act. In the definition of "disabled", adds Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis to the list of conditions that may lead to a severe physical or mental disability and, thus, qualify under the definition. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	HB 986	Illinois HB 986 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	30	2	2009-02-10	2009-08-14	openstates	ocd-bill/d0b2ac4f-08dd-4a6f-b40c-44800bbea0a0	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=986&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=42568&SessionID=76&GA=96	67fe4be2a3d22cbd9f2efe77e68e9ab83fde43731e11c36f6cd100de3692dcdf	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 986 (96th) — DISABLED-CROHN'S/COLITIS

Amends the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Females, and Persons with Disabilities Act. In the definition of "disabled", adds Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis to the list of conditions that may lead to a severe physical or mental disability and, thus, qualify under the definition. 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 — 114–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 58–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Kevin A. McCarthy — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-02-10 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Kevin A. McCarthy filing
• 2009-02-10 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-02-10 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2009-02-18 Assigned to State Government Administration Committee referral-committee
• 2009-02-20 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lou Lang
• 2009-02-25 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Boland
• 2009-02-25 Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 013-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-02-26 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-03-17 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2009-03-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 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
• 2009-03-27 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John J. Cullerton
• 2009-03-27 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
• 2009-03-30 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-03-30 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2009-04-15 Assigned to State Government and Veterans Affairs referral-committee
• 2009-04-21 Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. M. Maggie Crotty
• 2009-04-23 Do Pass State Government and Veterans Affairs; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-04-23 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 28, 2009
• 2009-05-12 Second Reading reading-2
• 2009-05-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** May 18, 2009
• 2009-05-19 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
• 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 . . . . . . . . . 96-0453 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d0b2ac4f-08dd-4a6f-b40c-44800bbea0a0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).