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Bill	DEATH CERTIFICATE-MRSA	Amends the Vital Records Act. Provides that the person responsible for completing the medical certification of cause of death for a death certificate must note the presence of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus if it is a contributing factor to or the cause of death. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	HB 1658	Illinois HB 1658 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	37	2	2011-02-15	2011-08-15	openstates	ocd-bill/5318e547-1a08-4ffa-8d8a-5104b17fdca8	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1658&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=58814&SessionID=84&GA=97	f030096e1c66b26822ac523258664d188065d3153ea27c1e5f432c35ecd713fa	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 1658 (97th) — DEATH CERTIFICATE-MRSA

Amends the Vital Records Act. Provides that the person responsible for completing the medical certification of cause of death for a death certificate must note the presence of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus if it is a contributing factor to or the cause of death. Effective immediately.

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 — 102–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 54–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• John J. Cullerton — cosponsor (person)
• Patricia R. Bellock — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-15 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Patricia R. Bellock filing
• 2011-02-15 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-02-15 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-02-22 Assigned to Human Services Committee referral-committee
• 2011-02-22 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
• 2011-03-15 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Patricia R. Bellock amendment-introduction
• 2011-03-15 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-03-16 Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-03-16 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-03-16 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40 amendment-failure
• 2011-03-18 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Patricia R. Bellock amendment-introduction
• 2011-03-18 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-03-28 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Human Services Committee
• 2011-03-31 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Human Services Committee; 011-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-04-01 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2011-04-01 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2011-04-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-04-05 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandy Cole
• 2011-04-05 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 102-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-04-06 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2011-04-06 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2011-04-06 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Christine Radogno
• 2011-04-06 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Susan Garrett
• 2011-04-07 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-04-07 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2011-04-27 Assigned to Public Health referral-committee
• 2011-05-04 Do Pass Public Health; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-05-04 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 5, 2011
• 2011-05-12 Second Reading reading-2
• 2011-05-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2011
• 2011-05-18 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. John J. Cullerton
• 2011-05-18 Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-05-18 Passed Both Houses
• 2011-06-16 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2011-08-15 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2011-08-15 Effective Date August 15, 2011
• 2011-08-15 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0376 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5318e547-1a08-4ffa-8d8a-5104b17fdca8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).