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type: "Bill"
title: "PUB HLTH-CNTY CLERK DEATH CERT"
description: "Amends the Vital Records Act. Provides that upon the State Registrar's establishment of an electronic reporting system for death registrations, the county clerk in the county in which a death occurred or the county clerk of the county where a decedent last resided shall be authorized to issue certifications of death records from the system and the State Registrar shall cause the system to provide for such capability. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "SB 1527"
citation: "Illinois SB 1527 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-02-18"
last_action: "2009-08-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/beb037b1-36f6-4c78-bca7-36771df960fe"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1527&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=43906&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "40fa9ce2403aa35343d853720e43c6894279d460d476aaf56d860ff129fb47e5"
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 1527 (96th) — PUB HLTH-CNTY CLERK DEATH CERT
Amends the Vital Records Act. Provides that upon the State Registrar's establishment of an electronic reporting system for death registrations, the county clerk in the county in which a death occurred or the county clerk of the county where a decedent last resided shall be authorized to issue certifications of death records from the system and the State Registrar shall cause the system to provide for such capability. Effective immediately.
## 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=09600SB1527&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=43906&DocNum=1527&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB1527eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=43906&DocNum=1527&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB1527enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=43906&DocNum=1527&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **1140** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **570** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- John M. Sullivan — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2009-02-18** Filed with Secretary by Sen. John M. Sullivan `filing`
- **2009-02-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-02-18** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-25** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-03** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John M. Sullivan `amendment-introduction`
- **2009-03-03** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-04** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Local Government
- **2009-03-05** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2009-03-05** Do Pass as Amended Local Government; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-03-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 6, 2009
- **2009-03-24** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-03-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 25, 2009
- **2009-03-26** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-03-26** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2009-03-26** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-26** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Jil Tracy
- **2009-03-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-26** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-14** Assigned to Counties & Townships Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-23** Do Pass / Short Debate Counties & Townships Committee; 006-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-04-23** 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
- **2009-05-14** 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 . . . . . . . . . 96-0327 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/beb037b1-36f6-4c78-bca7-36771df960fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).