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Bill DO NOT RESUSCTATE-LIFE SUSTAIN Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code, Nursing Home Care Act, Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act, Hospital Licensing Act, and Health Care Surrogate Act to refer to life sustaining treatment (instead of do not resuscitate) advance directive orders. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall publish (instead of adopt, by rule, and publish) Spanish language versions of specified health care directive forms. Amends the Health Care Surrogate Act to require that a life sustaining treatment advance directive be witnessed by one individual (instead of 2 individuals) 18 years of age or older. us/states/il Illinois General Assembly 96th SB 2256 Illinois SB 2256 (96th)
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Illinois SB 2256 (96th) — DO NOT RESUSCTATE-LIFE SUSTAIN

Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code, Nursing Home Care Act, Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act, Hospital Licensing Act, and Health Care Surrogate Act to refer to life sustaining treatment (instead of do not resuscitate) advance directive orders. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall publish (instead of adopt, by rule, and publish) Spanish language versions of specified health care directive forms. Amends the Health Care Surrogate Act to require that a life sustaining treatment advance directive be witnessed by one individual (instead of 2 individuals) 18 years of age or older.

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

  • Concurrence, Amendment 1 — 570 (pass) · upper
  • Third Reading — 8330 (pass) · lower
  • Third Reading — 545 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • A. J. Wilhelmi — primary (person)
  • William B. Black — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2009-02-20 Filed with Secretary by Sen. A. J. Wilhelmi filing
  • 2009-02-20 First Reading reading-1
  • 2009-02-20 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
  • 2009-02-27 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
  • 2009-03-04 Assigned to Public Health referral-committee
  • 2009-03-11 Do Pass Public Health; 009-000-000 committee-passage
  • 2009-03-11 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 12, 2009
  • 2009-03-25 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. A. J. Wilhelmi 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 Public Health
  • 2009-03-31 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Public Health; 009-000-000
  • 2009-03-31 Second Reading reading-2
  • 2009-03-31 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Wilhelmi amendment-passage
  • 2009-03-31 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 1, 2009
  • 2009-04-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** April 2, 2009
  • 2009-04-02 Third Reading - Passed; 054-005-000 reading-3, passage
  • 2009-04-03 Arrived in House introduction
  • 2009-04-03 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
  • 2009-04-03 Chief House Sponsor Rep. André M. Thapedi
  • 2009-04-06 First Reading reading-1
  • 2009-04-06 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
  • 2009-04-20 Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee referral-committee
  • 2009-04-22 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen May
  • 2009-04-23 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. JoAnn D. Osmond
  • 2009-04-23 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
  • 2009-04-24 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. William B. Black
  • 2009-04-29 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 013-001-000 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
  • 2009-05-14 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. André M. Thapedi amendment-introduction
  • 2009-05-14 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
  • 2009-05-14 Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
  • 2009-05-14 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
  • 2009-05-18 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee
  • 2009-05-20 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 011-002-000 committee-passage-favorable
  • 2009-05-22 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote amendment-passage
  • 2009-05-22 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
  • 2009-05-22 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 083-030-001 reading-3, passage
  • 2009-05-22 Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1
  • 2009-05-22 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1 - May 26, 2009
  • 2009-05-26 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. A. J. Wilhelmi filing
  • 2009-05-26 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments referral-committee
  • 2009-05-27 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Public Health referral-committee
  • 2009-05-28 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Public Health; 008-000-000
  • 2009-05-29 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 057-000-000
  • 2009-05-29 Passed Both Houses
  • 2009-06-26 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
  • 2009-08-25 Governor Approved executive-signature
  • 2009-08-25 Effective Date January 1, 2010
  • 2009-08-25 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0765 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/40878c59-7390-4014-8b94-b03c18a75454. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).