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Bill	HOSPTL MED STAFF-ATTY REPRESNT	Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that the minimum procedures, with respect to medical staff and clinical privilege determinations concerning current medical members of the medical staff, shall include the right to be represented by a personal attorney. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	HB 5548	Illinois HB 5548 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	26	2	2012-02-14	2012-08-17	openstates	ocd-bill/865f12da-aaaa-4bb3-b246-a8609e792dd4	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5548&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=66003&SessionID=84&GA=97	79ee90094353c64dd82c2d2c9c7043da72fbd7aed630064c2b340370f8ee9f4b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 5548 (97th) — HOSPTL MED STAFF-ATTY REPRESNT

Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that the minimum procedures, with respect to medical staff and clinical privilege determinations concerning current medical members of the medical staff, shall include the right to be represented by a personal attorney. 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 — 57–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 109–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Timothy L. Schmitz — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-02-14 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Timothy L. Schmitz filing
• 2012-02-15 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-02-15 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2012-02-27 Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee referral-committee
• 2012-03-07 Do Pass / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-03-07 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-03-07 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Zalewski
• 2012-03-21 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2012-03-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-03-22 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 109-001-000 reading-3, passage
• 2012-03-22 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2012-03-22 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 23, 2012 reading-1
• 2012-03-22 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Susan Garrett
• 2012-03-23 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-03-23 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2012-04-11 Assigned to Licensed Activities referral-committee
• 2012-04-18 Do Pass Licensed Activities; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-04-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 19, 2012
• 2012-05-02 Second Reading reading-2
• 2012-05-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 3, 2012
• 2012-05-22 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2012-05-22 Passed Both Houses
• 2012-06-20 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2012-08-17 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2012-08-17 Effective Date August 17, 2012
• 2012-08-17 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-1006 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/865f12da-aaaa-4bb3-b246-a8609e792dd4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).