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type: "Bill"
title: "HOSPTL MED STAFF-ATTY REPRESNT"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "HB 5548"
citation: "Illinois HB 5548 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2012-02-14"
last_action: "2012-08-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/865f12da-aaaa-4bb3-b246-a8609e792dd4"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5548&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=66003&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "79ee90094353c64dd82c2d2c9c7043da72fbd7aed630064c2b340370f8ee9f4b"
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 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](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB5548&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=66003&DocNum=5548&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB5548eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=66003&DocNum=5548&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB5548enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=66003&DocNum=5548&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **570** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **1091** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/865f12da-aaaa-4bb3-b246-a8609e792dd4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).