republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/98th/hb-5935.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "DHS-HOME HEALTH WORKERS"
description: "Amends the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act. Removes all references to personal care attendants. Amends the Disabled Persons Rehabilitation Act. In provisions concerning the Department of Human Services' Home Services Program, removes the changes made to those provisions by Public Acts 97-732 and 97-1158 and reinserts and reconciles those changes with the changes made by Public Act 97-1019 as follows: Removes references to personal care attendants. Requires the Department to set rates and fees under the Home Services Program in a fair and equitable manner and to pay the same rate for services identical to those offered by the Department on Aging. Provides that home care and home health workers who function as personal assistants and individual maintenance home health workers under the Department's Home Services Program shall be considered public employees under the Illinois Public Relations Act. Requires the State to engage in collective bargaining with an exclusive representative of home care and home health workers who function as personal assistants and individual maintenance home health workers working under the Home Services Program. Makes other changes. Transfers provisions concerning the Home Services Medicaid Trust Fund from the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act to the Disabled Persons Rehabilitation Act. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "HB 5935"
citation: "Illinois HB 5935 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2014-02-14"
last_action: "2014-08-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/46e0554d-2d68-4fe7-baa3-6ee1a2bd0aac"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5935&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=81242&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "2763e2d07d7bfdd73c8d6c85d5c4ae671f9d2bb24f6de1d8daa8fc4eff64f51a"
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 5935 (98th) — DHS-HOME HEALTH WORKERS

Amends the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act. Removes all references to personal care attendants. Amends the Disabled Persons Rehabilitation Act. In provisions concerning the Department of Human Services' Home Services Program, removes the changes made to those provisions by Public Acts 97-732 and 97-1158 and reinserts and reconciles those changes with the changes made by Public Act 97-1019 as follows: Removes references to personal care attendants. Requires the Department to set rates and fees under the Home Services Program in a fair and equitable manner and to pay the same rate for services identical to those offered by the Department on Aging. Provides that home care and home health workers who function as personal assistants and individual maintenance home health workers under the Department's Home Services Program shall be considered public employees under the Illinois Public Relations Act. Requires the State to engage in collective bargaining with an exclusive representative of home care and home health workers who function as personal assistants and individual maintenance home health workers working under the Home Services Program. Makes other changes. Transfers provisions concerning the Home Services Medicaid Trust Fund from the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act to the Disabled Persons Rehabilitation Act. 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=09800HB5935&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=81242&DocNum=5935&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB5935eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=81242&DocNum=5935&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB5935enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=81242&DocNum=5935&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **45–7** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Donne E. Trotter — cosponsor (person)
- Robyn Gabel — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-14** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Robyn Gabel `filing`
- **2014-02-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-02-14** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-02-27** Assigned to Labor & Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-05** Do Pass / Short Debate Labor & Commerce Committee; 017-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-03-06** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-03-19** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2014-03-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-03-21** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-03-21** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2014-03-21** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 25, 2014 `reading-1`
- **2014-04-02** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
- **2014-04-03** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-04-03** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-30** Assigned to Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-07** Do Pass Labor and Commerce; 009-004-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-05-07** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 8, 2014
- **2014-05-12** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2014-05-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2014
- **2014-05-20** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Donne E. Trotter
- **2014-05-23** Third Reading - Passed; 045-007-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-05-23** Passed Both Houses
- **2014-06-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-08-18** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2014-08-18** Effective Date August 18, 2014
- **2014-08-18** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-1004 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/46e0554d-2d68-4fe7-baa3-6ee1a2bd0aac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).