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type: "Bill"
title: "IDPH-NURS HOME-3RD PARTY REVEW"
description: "Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Requires the Department of Public Health to adopt rules to establish a process for independent third party investigation of a long-term care facility's complaint about Department employees or individuals acting on behalf of the Department in making an inspection, survey, or evaluation under the Act. Requires the rules to include necessary and appropriate protections to ensure that a person filing a complaint in good faith does not suffer any adverse effect on account of having done so. Effective January 1, 2013."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "HB 5134"
citation: "Illinois HB 5134 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2012-02-08"
last_action: "2012-07-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d1f89e0-0001-40c2-abda-5d97cf7637ff"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5134&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=65227&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "a60a31120d0771f65609d521da176d59a852a129be93df7505a5974717647902"
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 5134 (97th) — IDPH-NURS HOME-3RD PARTY REVEW
Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Requires the Department of Public Health to adopt rules to establish a process for independent third party investigation of a long-term care facility's complaint about Department employees or individuals acting on behalf of the Department in making an inspection, survey, or evaluation under the Act. Requires the rules to include necessary and appropriate protections to ensure that a person filing a complaint in good faith does not suffer any adverse effect on account of having done so. Effective January 1, 2013.
## 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=09700HB5134&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=65227&DocNum=5134&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB5134eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=65227&DocNum=5134&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB5134enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=65227&DocNum=5134&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **540** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **1090** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Michael Unes — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2012-02-08** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. David R. Leitch `filing`
- **2012-02-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-02-08** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2012-02-21** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Unes
- **2012-02-27** Assigned to Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-07** Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 006-003-000 `committee-passage`
- **2012-03-07** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2012-03-09** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2012-03-09** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2012-03-27** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Michael Unes `amendment-introduction`
- **2012-03-27** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-28** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Human Services Committee
- **2012-03-28** Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Michael Unes
- **2012-03-28** Remove Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Unes
- **2012-03-29** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Human Services Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-03-29** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2012-03-29** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2012-03-29** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 109-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2012-03-30** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2012-03-30** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-03-30** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Darin M. LaHood
- **2012-03-30** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-03-30** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-11** Assigned to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-25** Do Pass Public Health; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2012-04-25** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 26, 2012
- **2012-05-10** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2012-05-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 15, 2012
- **2012-05-25** Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2012-05-25** Passed Both Houses
- **2012-06-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2012-07-30** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2012-07-30** Effective Date January 1, 2013
- **2012-07-30** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0863 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5d1f89e0-0001-40c2-abda-5d97cf7637ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).