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Bill	VITAL RECORD CERTIFICATION	Amends the Vital Records Act. Authorizes certification or a certified copy of a birth certificate to be issued upon the specific written request of a State's Attorney for the purpose of a criminal prosecution. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	99th	SB 1688	Illinois SB 1688 (99th)	bill		enacted		3	26	2	2015-02-20	2015-07-21	openstates	ocd-bill/1477e329-2041-4a72-aeb8-3f5b5f01f60f	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1688&GAID=13&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=88426&SessionID=88&GA=99	cda70b1e6a8c94e595140bfeb9c239cb628d1501db487be2287ab2bce343a4a2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 1688 (99th) — VITAL RECORD CERTIFICATION

Amends the Vital Records Act. Authorizes certification or a certified copy of a birth certificate to be issued upon the specific written request of a State's Attorney for the purpose of a criminal prosecution. 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 — 49–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 85–14 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• William R. Haine — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-20 Filed with Secretary by Sen. William R. Haine filing
• 2015-02-20 First Reading reading-1
• 2015-02-20 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2015-03-11 Assigned to Criminal Law referral-committee
• 2015-03-18 Do Pass Criminal Law; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2015-03-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 19, 2015
• 2015-03-19 Second Reading reading-2
• 2015-03-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 24, 2015
• 2015-04-16 Third Reading - Passed; 049-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2015-04-16 Arrived in House introduction
• 2015-04-16 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Margo McDermed
• 2015-04-16 First Reading reading-1
• 2015-04-16 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2015-04-27 Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee referral-committee
• 2015-05-06 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2015-05-06 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2015-05-13 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2015-05-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2015-05-18 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 085-014-001 reading-3, passage
• 2015-05-18 Motion Filed to Reconsider Vote Rep. Jack D. Franks
• 2015-05-19 Motion to Reconsider Vote - Tabled withdrawal
• 2015-05-19 Passed Both Houses
• 2015-06-17 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2015-07-21 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2015-07-21 Effective Date July 21, 2015
• 2015-07-21 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0095 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1477e329-2041-4a72-aeb8-3f5b5f01f60f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).