republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/99th/hb-3552.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	DISPOSITION REMAINS-DIRECTIONS	Amends the Disposition of Remains Act. Provides that the directions a person may provide under the Act may include instructions regarding gender identity, including, but not limited to, instructions with respect to appearance, chosen name, and gender pronouns, regardless of whether the person has obtained a court-ordered name change, changed the gender marker on any identification document, or undergone any transition-related medical treatment.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	99th	HB 3552	Illinois HB 3552 (99th)	bill		enacted		3	34	2	2015-02-26	2015-08-20	openstates	ocd-bill/cbe3966f-c5b7-4e6f-b6ed-8cc91f280871	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3552&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=89741&SessionID=88&GA=99	d3a6985795355c47ad967974df6e47810537b4c1965fc0a0b28c1967a7964b1a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 3552 (99th) — DISPOSITION REMAINS-DIRECTIONS

Amends the Disposition of Remains Act. Provides that the directions a person may provide under the Act may include instructions regarding gender identity, including, but not limited to, instructions with respect to appearance, chosen name, and gender pronouns, regardless of whether the person has obtained a court-ordered name change, changed the gender marker on any identification document, or undergone any transition-related medical treatment.

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 — 49–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 79–34 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Will Guzzardi — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-26 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Will Guzzardi filing
• 2015-02-26 First Reading reading-1
• 2015-02-26 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2015-03-10 Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee referral-committee
• 2015-03-18 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2015-03-18 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2015-03-26 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2015-03-26 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2015-04-14 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 079-034-000 reading-3, passage
• 2015-04-14 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
• 2015-04-14 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Arthur Turner
• 2015-04-14 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Pamela Reaves-Harris
• 2015-04-14 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Silvana Tabares
• 2015-04-14 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
• 2015-04-14 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2015-04-14 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 15, 2015 reading-1
• 2015-04-14 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. William Delgado
• 2015-04-15 First Reading reading-1
• 2015-04-15 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2015-04-15 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
• 2015-04-22 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2015-04-29 Postponed - Judiciary
• 2015-05-06 Postponed - Judiciary
• 2015-05-13 Do Pass Judiciary; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2015-05-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 14, 2015
• 2015-05-19 Second Reading reading-2
• 2015-05-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 20, 2015
• 2015-05-22 Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2015 reading-3
• 2015-05-26 Third Reading - Passed; 049-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2015-05-26 Passed Both Houses
• 2015-06-24 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2015-08-20 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2015-08-20 Effective Date January 1, 2016
• 2015-08-20 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0417 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cbe3966f-c5b7-4e6f-b6ed-8cc91f280871. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).