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Bill	PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES	Amends the Statute on Statutes, the Disabled Persons Rehabilitation Act, the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act, the Illinois Public Aid Code, and other various Acts. Changes all occurrences of "the physically handicapped" to "persons with physical disabilities", changes all occurrences of "the handicapped" or "handicapped persons" or "handicapped individuals" to "persons with disabilities", and changes all occurrences of "handicapping condition" to "disabling condition". Changes all occurrences of "disabled persons" to "persons with disabilities" and changes all occurrences of "the mentally and developmentally disabled" to "persons with mental and developmental disabilities". Changes the title of the "Disabled Persons Rehabilitation Act" and all references to that Act to the "Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities Act". Changes the title of other Acts and the names of certain funds. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	99th	HB 4049	Illinois HB 4049 (99th)	bill		enacted		3	35	2	2015-02-27	2015-07-27	openstates	ocd-bill/3329cdc6-6a25-4e1c-b163-844fec1c1238	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4049&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=90263&SessionID=88&GA=99	b17dd6a1466d295bc76a746ecbd408306aaaa0d0e8ab46fa6e1313a42415ce0f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 4049 (99th) — PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

Amends the Statute on Statutes, the Disabled Persons Rehabilitation Act, the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act, the Illinois Public Aid Code, and other various Acts. Changes all occurrences of "the physically handicapped" to "persons with physical disabilities", changes all occurrences of "the handicapped" or "handicapped persons" or "handicapped individuals" to "persons with disabilities", and changes all occurrences of "handicapping condition" to "disabling condition". Changes all occurrences of "disabled persons" to "persons with disabilities" and changes all occurrences of "the mentally and developmentally disabled" to "persons with mental and developmental disabilities". Changes the title of the "Disabled Persons Rehabilitation Act" and all references to that Act to the "Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities Act". Changes the title of other Acts and the names of certain funds. 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 — 58–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 110–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Dave Syverson — cosponsor (person)
• John M. Cabello — primary (person)
• Julie A. Morrison — cosponsor (person)
• Mattie Hunter — cosponsor (person)
• Tim Bivins — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-27 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. John M. Cabello filing
• 2015-02-27 First Reading reading-1
• 2015-02-27 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2015-03-16 Assigned to Human Services Committee referral-committee
• 2015-03-25 Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 014-000-000 committee-passage
• 2015-03-25 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2015-03-30 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Zalewski
• 2015-04-07 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lou Lang
• 2015-04-07 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dwight Kay
• 2015-04-17 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2015-04-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2015-04-20 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2015-04-20 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
• 2015-04-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
• 2015-04-21 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2015-04-21 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 22, 2015 reading-1
• 2015-04-22 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Terry Link
• 2015-04-23 First Reading reading-1
• 2015-04-23 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2015-04-23 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Tim Bivins
• 2015-04-27 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Steve Stadelman
• 2015-04-28 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Dave Syverson
• 2015-04-29 Assigned to Human Services referral-committee
• 2015-05-06 Do Pass Human Services; 005-000-000 committee-passage
• 2015-05-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 7, 2015
• 2015-05-18 Second Reading reading-2
• 2015-05-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 19, 2015
• 2015-05-18 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison
• 2015-05-20 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
• 2015-05-20 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2015-05-20 Passed Both Houses
• 2015-06-18 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2015-07-27 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2015-07-27 Effective Date July 27, 2015
• 2015-07-27 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0143 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3329cdc6-6a25-4e1c-b163-844fec1c1238. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).