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Bill	HIV TESTING-WESTERN BLOT ASSAY	Amends various Acts to eliminate references to the Western Blot Assay test as a confirmatory test for HIV. Provides that the confirmatory test for HIV shall be based upon recommendations of the United States Centers for Disease Control. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	HB 204	Illinois HB 204 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	29	2	2011-01-18	2011-08-04	openstates	ocd-bill/c6d56858-426d-44be-96bf-4cc7098cc0eb	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=204&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=54804&SessionID=84&GA=97	5a1da0a550a0f7aa74b59e8e51918c6ef1b40097d02d0ba038f2489774fb3716	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 204 (97th) — HIV TESTING-WESTERN BLOT ASSAY

Amends various Acts to eliminate references to the Western Blot Assay test as a confirmatory test for HIV. Provides that the confirmatory test for HIV shall be based upon recommendations of the United States Centers for Disease Control. 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 — 56–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 114–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• La Shawn K. Ford — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-01-18 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford filing
• 2011-01-21 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-01-21 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-02-08 Assigned to Human Services Committee referral-committee
• 2011-02-15 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford amendment-introduction
• 2011-02-15 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-02-16 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Human Services Committee
• 2011-02-23 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Human Services Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2011-02-23 Do Pass as Amended / 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
• 2011-03-03 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-03-09 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2011-03-09 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2011-03-09 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Christine Radogno
• 2011-03-09 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-03-09 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
• 2011-05-13 Second Reading reading-2
• 2011-05-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 16, 2011
• 2011-05-17 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-05-17 Passed Both Houses
• 2011-06-15 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2011-08-04 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2011-08-04 Effective Date August 4, 2011
• 2011-08-04 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0244 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c6d56858-426d-44be-96bf-4cc7098cc0eb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).