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Bill	VITAL RECORDS - HFS	Amends the Vital Records Act to provide that the electronic reporting system for death registrations shall be used to transfer information to the Department of Healthcare and Family Services not less often than once every 3-month period for the purpose of updating the roster of Medicaid recipients.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	HB 1259	Illinois HB 1259 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	35	2	2011-02-08	2011-07-14	openstates	ocd-bill/18d57f42-afe2-41d0-823c-8645c90a993e	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1259&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=57236&SessionID=84&GA=97	ac13c9012e3399c9804cda54ba9620f8ed01154b922f82f4ec5a5090a5ca0d6f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 1259 (97th) — VITAL RECORDS - HFS

Amends the Vital Records Act to provide that the electronic reporting system for death registrations shall be used to transfer information to the Department of Healthcare and Family Services not less often than once every 3-month period for the purpose of updating the roster of Medicaid recipients.

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 — 56–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 112–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• John G. Mulroe — cosponsor (person)
• Keith Farnham — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-08 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Keith Farnham filing
• 2011-02-08 Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman
• 2011-02-08 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-02-08 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-02-14 Assigned to Human Services Committee referral-committee
• 2011-02-23 Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-02-23 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-02-24 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2011-02-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-03-01 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-03-01 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
• 2011-03-01 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Chad Hays
• 2011-03-01 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Brady
• 2011-03-01 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Pam Roth
• 2011-03-01 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Watson
• 2011-03-01 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Wayne Rosenthal
• 2011-03-01 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Adam Brown
• 2011-03-01 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lisa M. Dugan
• 2011-03-02 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2011-03-02 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 3, 2011 reading-1
• 2011-03-02 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Michael Noland
• 2011-03-02 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-03-02 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2011-04-27 Assigned to Human Services referral-committee
• 2011-05-05 Do Pass Human Services; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-05-05 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 6, 2011
• 2011-05-06 Second Reading reading-2
• 2011-05-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 10, 2011
• 2011-05-12 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. John G. Mulroe
• 2011-05-12 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-05-12 Passed Both Houses
• 2011-06-10 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2011-07-14 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2011-07-14 Effective Date January 1, 2012
• 2011-07-14 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0111 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/18d57f42-afe2-41d0-823c-8645c90a993e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).