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Bill	HOSPITAL-INFANT FEEDING POLICY	Creates the Hospital Infant Feeding Act. Provides that every hospital that provides birthing services must adopt an infant feeding policy that promotes breastfeeding. Requires a hospital to routinely communicate the infant feeding policy to staff in the hospital's obstetric and neonatal areas; authorizes posting of the policy on the hospital's Internet or Intranet web site or on the Internet or Intranet web site of the health system of which the hospital is a part. Requires that the policy apply to all mother-infant couplets in the hospital's obstetric and neonatal areas. Effective January 1, 2013.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	HB 4968	Illinois HB 4968 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	40	2	2012-02-03	2012-06-28	openstates	ocd-bill/48243121-3a31-46fc-afdc-9181f04f7068	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4968&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=64860&SessionID=84&GA=97	c49b0cb7d819244b1ef7801607b7ec049c4a898cd0c1440b1686c7d2e1047df5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 4968 (97th) — HOSPITAL-INFANT FEEDING POLICY

Creates the Hospital Infant Feeding Act. Provides that every hospital that provides birthing services must adopt an infant feeding policy that promotes breastfeeding. Requires a hospital to routinely communicate the infant feeding policy to staff in the hospital's obstetric and neonatal areas; authorizes posting of the policy on the hospital's Internet or Intranet web site or on the Internet or Intranet web site of the health system of which the hospital is a part. Requires that the policy apply to all mother-infant couplets in the hospital's obstetric and neonatal areas. Effective January 1, 2013.

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 — 107–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 57–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Donne E. Trotter — cosponsor (person)
• Robyn Gabel — primary (person)
• William Delgado — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-02-03 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Robyn Gabel filing
• 2012-02-03 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-02-03 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2012-02-08 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kimberly du Buclet
• 2012-02-15 Assigned to Human Services Committee referral-committee
• 2012-02-22 Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-02-22 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-03-02 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Robyn Gabel amendment-introduction
• 2012-03-02 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2012-03-05 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-03-07 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
• 2012-03-09 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2012-03-09 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2012-03-09 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-03-21 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen May
• 2012-03-21 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 107-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2012-03-21 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Richard Morthland
• 2012-03-21 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Al Riley
• 2012-03-22 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2012-03-22 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2012-03-22 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Kwame Raoul
• 2012-03-22 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-03-22 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2012-03-27 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael Noland
• 2012-04-11 Assigned to Public Health referral-committee
• 2012-04-20 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson
• 2012-04-25 Postponed - Public Health
• 2012-04-30 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
• 2012-05-01 Do Pass Public Health; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-05-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 2, 2012
• 2012-05-01 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. William Delgado
• 2012-05-02 Second Reading reading-2
• 2012-05-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 3, 2012
• 2012-05-17 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Donne E. Trotter
• 2012-05-17 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2012-05-17 Passed Both Houses
• 2012-06-15 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2012-06-28 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2012-06-28 Effective Date January 1, 2013
• 2012-06-28 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0713 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/48243121-3a31-46fc-afdc-9181f04f7068. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).