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Bill	EMERGENCY PHONE ACT-DISABLED	Amends the Emergency Telephone System Act. Provides that in order to enable access to a 9-1-1 system for cognitively-impaired, disabled, or special needs persons, the installation or connection of any automatic alarm, automatic alerting device, or mechanical dialer shall be allowed. Provides that the device shall be used only in an emergency situation reported by a caregiver after initiating a missing person's report. Sets forth the requirements for the device.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	HB 1610	Illinois HB 1610 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	47	2	2011-02-15	2011-07-06	openstates	ocd-bill/b3ec3362-6793-40f2-a507-5c3566c7e23a	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1610&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=58763&SessionID=84&GA=97	2843b9f15e7d16e2546c5abbc6ca6d2c1e927af2a1697ed0b866e084a0ff64df	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 1610 (97th) — EMERGENCY PHONE ACT-DISABLED

Amends the Emergency Telephone System Act. Provides that in order to enable access to a 9-1-1 system for cognitively-impaired, disabled, or special needs persons, the installation or connection of any automatic alarm, automatic alerting device, or mechanical dialer shall be allowed. Provides that the device shall be used only in an emergency situation reported by a caregiver after initiating a missing person's report. Sets forth the requirements for the device.

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 — 111–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 38–4 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Don Harmon — cosponsor (person)
• Edward D. Maloney — cosponsor (person)
• Ira I. Silverstein — cosponsor (person)
• John G. Mulroe — cosponsor (person)
• Karen May — primary (person)
• Martin A. Sandoval — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-15 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Karen May filing
• 2011-02-15 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-02-15 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-02-22 Assigned to Telecommunications referral-committee
• 2011-03-02 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jehan A. Gordon
• 2011-03-02 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin A. McCarthy
• 2011-03-02 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Winters
• 2011-03-02 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael W. Tryon
• 2011-03-02 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
• 2011-03-02 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol A. Sente
• 2011-03-02 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Zalewski
• 2011-03-03 Do Pass / Short Debate Telecommunications; 013-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-03-03 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-03-03 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook
• 2011-03-03 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Randy Ramey, Jr.
• 2011-03-08 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2011-03-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-03-10 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-03-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
• 2011-03-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith Farnham
• 2011-03-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2011-03-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
• 2011-03-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. David Harris
• 2011-03-14 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2011-03-14 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2011-03-14 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. David Koehler
• 2011-03-14 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-03-14 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2011-04-07 Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. John J. Millner
• 2011-05-04 Assigned to Executive referral-committee
• 2011-05-10 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. David S. Luechtefeld
• 2011-05-11 Do Pass Executive; 012-001-000 committee-passage
• 2011-05-11 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 12, 2011
• 2011-05-12 Second Reading reading-2
• 2011-05-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2011
• 2011-05-12 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. M. Maggie Crotty
• 2011-05-17 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Edward D. Maloney
• 2011-05-18 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
• 2011-05-19 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. John G. Mulroe
• 2011-05-19 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
• 2011-05-22 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
• 2011-05-22 Third Reading - Passed; 038-004-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-05-22 Passed Both Houses
• 2011-05-30 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2011-07-06 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2011-07-06 Effective Date January 1, 2012
• 2011-07-06 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0082 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b3ec3362-6793-40f2-a507-5c3566c7e23a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).