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Bill	DHS-DEPT AMBASSADORS	Amends the Department of Human Services Act to provide that, subject to appropriation, as part of a pilot program, the Department shall designate one or more officials or employees to serve as Department Ambassador. Provides that Department Ambassadors shall serve as a liaison between the Department and the public and shall have certain duties. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	HB 4579	Illinois HB 4579 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	27	2	2014-02-04	2014-08-26	openstates	ocd-bill/b2ae98c1-bcb4-4f51-864c-02bc11a26d67	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4579&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=79124&SessionID=85&GA=98	1acb4378b4e257c859ea91d185569008d37558ef43dfeac675fc5873642bb707	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 4579 (98th) — DHS-DEPT AMBASSADORS

Amends the Department of Human Services Act to provide that, subject to appropriation, as part of a pilot program, the Department shall designate one or more officials or employees to serve as Department Ambassador. Provides that Department Ambassadors shall serve as a liaison between the Department and the public and shall have certain duties. 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 — 61–51 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 42–8 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Camille Y. Lilly — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-02-04 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Camille Y. Lilly filing
• 2014-02-04 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-02-04 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2014-03-19 Assigned to Human Services Committee referral-committee
• 2014-03-26 Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 009-006-000 committee-passage
• 2014-03-26 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-04-01 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2014-04-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-04-02 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 061-051-000 reading-3, passage
• 2014-04-02 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2014-04-02 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 3, 2014 reading-1
• 2014-04-04 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John J. Cullerton
• 2014-04-07 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-04-07 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2014-04-23 Assigned to Human Services referral-committee
• 2014-04-29 Do Pass Human Services; 006-002-000 committee-passage
• 2014-04-29 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 30, 2014
• 2014-04-30 Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Don Harmon
• 2014-05-08 Second Reading reading-2
• 2014-05-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 12, 2014
• 2014-05-23 Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2014
• 2014-05-30 Third Reading - Passed; 042-008-000 reading-3, passage
• 2014-05-30 Passed Both Houses
• 2014-06-27 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-08-26 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2014-08-26 Effective Date August 26, 2014
• 2014-08-26 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-1065 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b2ae98c1-bcb4-4f51-864c-02bc11a26d67. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).