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Bill	FUNERAL DIRECTORS LICENSING	Amends the Funeral Directors and Embalmers Licensing Code. Provides that the Act shall not preclude an owner, as defined within the Act, from having personal contact with consumers while a licensed funeral director is present. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	HB 2616	Illinois HB 2616 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	33	2	2013-02-21	2013-08-16	openstates	ocd-bill/9d22ba53-514c-41ca-a744-ce1b3f2097f9	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2616&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=74422&SessionID=85&GA=98	79c33f9e0f9e458a7754b8ebedd6e1826c4844450f4b7eda98b87bac40112a79	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 2616 (98th) — FUNERAL DIRECTORS LICENSING

Amends the Funeral Directors and Embalmers Licensing Code. Provides that the Act shall not preclude an owner, as defined within the Act, from having personal contact with consumers while a licensed funeral director is present. 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 — 117–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 57–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Jil Tracy — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-21 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jil Tracy filing
• 2013-02-21 First Reading reading-1
• 2013-02-21 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2013-03-04 Assigned to Business & Occupational Licenses Committee referral-committee
• 2013-03-14 To Business Licenses Subcommittee
• 2013-03-20 Do Pass / Short Debate Business & Occupational Licenses Committee; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2013-03-21 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2013-04-10 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2013-04-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2013-04-11 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jil Tracy amendment-introduction
• 2013-04-11 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2013-04-11 Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2013-04-11 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2013-04-15 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-04-15 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2013-04-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2013-04-16 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 117-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2013-04-17 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2013-04-17 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2013-04-17 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. David S. Luechtefeld
• 2013-04-17 First Reading reading-1
• 2013-04-17 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2013-04-24 Assigned to Licensed Activities and Pensions referral-committee
• 2013-05-01 Do Pass Licensed Activities and Pensions; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2013-05-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 2, 2013
• 2013-05-20 Second Reading reading-2
• 2013-05-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 21, 2013
• 2013-05-22 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2013-05-22 Passed Both Houses
• 2013-06-19 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-08-16 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2013-08-16 Effective Date January 1, 2014
• 2013-08-16 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0432 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9d22ba53-514c-41ca-a744-ce1b3f2097f9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).