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type: "Bill"
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title: "DO NOT RESUSCTATE-LIFE SUSTAIN"
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
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legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
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session: "96th"
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identifier: "SB 2256"
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citation: "Illinois SB 2256 (96th)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 51
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2009-02-20"
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last_action: "2009-08-25"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/40878c59-7390-4014-8b94-b03c18a75454"
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source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2256&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=45216&SessionID=76&GA=96"
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source_hash: "397d760d9d1630278f81256668f1d166350af1a197381ebc7545ddafe74fed28"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
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---
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# Illinois SB 2256 (96th) — DO NOT RESUSCTATE-LIFE SUSTAIN
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB2256&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=45216&DocNum=2256&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB2256eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=45216&DocNum=2256&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB2256enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=45216&DocNum=2256&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
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## Votes
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- Concurrence, Amendment 1 — **57–0** (pass) · upper
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- Third Reading — **83–30** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **54–5** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- A. J. Wilhelmi — primary (person)
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- William B. Black — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2009-02-20** Filed with Secretary by Sen. A. J. Wilhelmi `filing`
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- **2009-02-20** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2009-02-20** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
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- **2009-02-27** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
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- **2009-03-04** Assigned to Public Health `referral-committee`
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- **2009-03-11** Do Pass Public Health; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2009-03-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 12, 2009
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- **2009-03-25** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. A. J. Wilhelmi `amendment-introduction`
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- **2009-03-25** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
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- **2009-03-30** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Public Health
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- **2009-03-31** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Public Health; 009-000-000
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- **2009-03-31** Second Reading `reading-2`
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- **2009-03-31** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Wilhelmi `amendment-passage`
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- **2009-03-31** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 1, 2009
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- **2009-04-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** April 2, 2009
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- **2009-04-02** Third Reading - Passed; 054-005-000 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2009-04-03** Arrived in House `introduction`
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- **2009-04-03** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2009-04-03** Chief House Sponsor Rep. André M. Thapedi
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- **2009-04-06** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2009-04-06** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2009-04-20** Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2009-04-22** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen May
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- **2009-04-23** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. JoAnn D. Osmond
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- **2009-04-23** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
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- **2009-04-24** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. William B. Black
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- **2009-04-29** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 013-001-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2009-04-29** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2009-04-30** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2009-04-30** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2009-05-14** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. André M. Thapedi `amendment-introduction`
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- **2009-05-14** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2009-05-14** Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2009-05-14** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2009-05-18** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee
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- **2009-05-20** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 011-002-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2009-05-22** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2009-05-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2009-05-22** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 083-030-001 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2009-05-22** Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1
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- **2009-05-22** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1 - May 26, 2009
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- **2009-05-26** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. A. J. Wilhelmi `filing`
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- **2009-05-26** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
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- **2009-05-27** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
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- **2009-05-28** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Public Health; 008-000-000
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- **2009-05-29** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 057-000-000
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- **2009-05-29** Passed Both Houses
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- **2009-06-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2009-08-25** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
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- **2009-08-25** Effective Date January 1, 2010
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- **2009-08-25** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0765 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/40878c59-7390-4014-8b94-b03c18a75454`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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