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type: "Bill"
title: "FREE HEALTH BENEFITS APP ASST"
description: "Amends the Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Act. Provides that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall permit private employers, as defined in the Day and Temporary Labor Services Act and doing business in Illinois, to enroll as unpaid application agents. Effective January 1, 2010."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "SB 1449"
citation: "Illinois SB 1449 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-02-18"
last_action: "2009-08-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a0b721a-bde0-4e13-baf9-a47113810869"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1449&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=42903&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "2db91e541e1fbae21cdb8926209f95f4effbef67d98a328abd59520f816175b2"
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 SB 1449 (96th) — FREE HEALTH BENEFITS APP ASST
Amends the Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Act. Provides that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall permit private employers, as defined in the Day and Temporary Labor Services Act and doing business in Illinois, to enroll as unpaid application agents. 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=09600SB1449&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=42903&DocNum=1449&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB1449eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=42903&DocNum=1449&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB1449enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=42903&DocNum=1449&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **1140** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **458** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Mike Jacobs — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2009-02-18** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mike Jacobs `filing`
- **2009-02-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-02-18** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-25** Assigned to Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-05** Do Pass Human Services; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-03-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 6, 2009
- **2009-03-25** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mike Jacobs `amendment-introduction`
- **2009-03-25** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-30** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Human Services
- **2009-03-31** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Human Services; 008-001-000
- **2009-03-31** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Heather Steans
- **2009-03-31** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-03-31** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Jacobs `amendment-passage`
- **2009-03-31** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 1, 2009
- **2009-04-02** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- **2009-04-02** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Donne E. Trotter
- **2009-04-02** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III
- **2009-04-02** Third Reading - Passed; 045-008-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-04-02** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2009-04-02** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-06** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Susana A. Mendoza
- **2009-04-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-06** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-20** Assigned to Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-29** Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-04-29** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-04-30** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-04-30** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-05-06** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William B. Black
- **2009-05-06** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Deborah L. Graham
- **2009-05-14** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-05-14** Passed Both Houses
- **2009-06-12** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-11** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-11** Effective Date August 11, 2009
- **2009-08-11** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0326 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8a0b721a-bde0-4e13-baf9-a47113810869`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).