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type: "Bill"
title: "VITAL RECORDS - HFS"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "HB 1259"
citation: "Illinois HB 1259 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-02-08"
last_action: "2011-07-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18d57f42-afe2-41d0-823c-8645c90a993e"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1259&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=57236&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "ac13c9012e3399c9804cda54ba9620f8ed01154b922f82f4ec5a5090a5ca0d6f"
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 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](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB1259&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=57236&DocNum=1259&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB1259eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=57236&DocNum=1259&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB1259enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=57236&DocNum=1259&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **560** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **1120** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/18d57f42-afe2-41d0-823c-8645c90a993e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).