republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/99th/sb-2799.md

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Bill	EMPLOYMENT-NURSE AGENCY	Amends the Department of Employment Security Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois and the Department of Labor Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Employment Security rather than the Department of Labor shall monitor the employment progress of women and minorities in the workforce and report to the General Assembly. Amends the Nurse Agency Licensing Act. Requires the nurse agency to check the Health Care Worker Registry (rather than contact the Department of Public Health) before employing, assigning, or referring a certified nurse aide to verify that the certified nurse aide is eligible to be hired by health care employers or long-term care facilities pursuant to the Health Care Worker Background Check Act.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	99th	SB 2799	Illinois SB 2799 (99th)	bill		enacted		3	62	4	2016-02-17	2017-01-13	openstates	ocd-bill/399f8301-19d5-4d96-8323-5c8c926bc75f	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2799&GAID=13&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=96109&SessionID=88&GA=99	8bf141a6ee136d09f9e6cd98d1e6fd0f63bd7fc0085e4a361de6ed26f1c2ea53	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2799 (99th) — EMPLOYMENT-NURSE AGENCY

Amends the Department of Employment Security Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois and the Department of Labor Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Employment Security rather than the Department of Labor shall monitor the employment progress of women and minorities in the workforce and report to the General Assembly. Amends the Nurse Agency Licensing Act. Requires the nurse agency to check the Health Care Worker Registry (rather than contact the Department of Public Health) before employing, assigning, or referring a certified nurse aide to verify that the certified nurse aide is eligible to be hired by health care employers or long-term care facilities pursuant to the Health Care Worker Background Check Act.

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 — 56–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 113–0 (pass) · lower
• Concurrence, Amendment 2 — 56–0 (pass) · upper
• Concurrence — 56–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Jacqueline Y. Collins — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-17 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Dan Duffy filing
• 2016-02-17 First Reading reading-1
• 2016-02-17 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2016-03-01 Assigned to Labor referral-committee
• 2016-03-25 Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Karen McConnaughay
• 2016-04-06 Do Pass Labor; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2016-04-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 7, 2016
• 2016-04-06 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
• 2016-04-19 Second Reading reading-2
• 2016-04-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 20, 2016
• 2016-04-21 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2016-04-21 Arrived in House introduction
• 2016-04-21 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Peter Breen
• 2016-04-21 First Reading reading-1
• 2016-04-21 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2016-11-14 Assigned to Labor & Commerce Committee referral-committee
• 2016-11-15 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Peter Breen amendment-introduction
• 2016-11-15 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2016-11-28 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Labor & Commerce Committee
• 2016-11-29 Fiscal Note Requested by Rep. Lou Lang
• 2016-11-29 State Mandates Fiscal Note Requested by Rep. Lou Lang
• 2016-11-29 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Labor & Commerce Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2016-11-29 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Labor & Commerce Committee; 015-004-000 committee-passage
• 2016-11-29 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2016-11-29 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2016-11-29 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2016-11-30 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Fiscal Note Requested as Amended by Rep. Andrew F Skoog
• 2016-11-30 House Committee Amendment No. 1 State Mandates Fiscal Note Requested as Amended by Rep. Andrew F Skoog
• 2016-12-01 Fiscal Note Filed
• 2016-12-01 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Fiscal Note Filed as Amended
• 2017-01-03 Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2017-01-09 Fiscal Note Requested - Withdrawn by Rep. Lou Lang
• 2017-01-09 State Mandates Fiscal Note Requested - Withdrawn by Rep. Lou Lang
• 2017-01-09 Approved for Consideration Rules Committee; 004-000-000
• 2017-01-09 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2017-01-09 Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
• 2017-01-09 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Peter Breen amendment-introduction
• 2017-01-09 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2017-01-09 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Labor & Commerce Committee
• 2017-01-09 House Committee Amendment No. 1 State Mandates Fiscal Note Requested as Amended - Withdrawn by Rep. Andrew F Skoog
• 2017-01-09 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Labor & Commerce Committee; 024-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-01-10 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2017-01-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2017-01-10 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2017-01-10 Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1, 2
• 2017-01-10 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1, 2 - January 10, 2017
• 2017-01-10 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins filing
• 2017-01-10 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2017-01-10 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins filing
• 2017-01-10 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2017-01-10 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Be Approved for Consideration Assignments
• 2017-01-10 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Be Approved for Consideration Assignments
• 2017-01-10 3/5 Vote Required
• 2017-01-10 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 056-000-000
• 2017-01-10 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Senate Concurs 056-000-000
• 2017-01-10 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
• 2017-01-10 Senate Concurs
• 2017-01-10 Passed Both Houses
• 2017-01-12 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-01-13 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2017-01-13 Effective Date January 13, 2017
• 2017-01-13 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0921 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/399f8301-19d5-4d96-8323-5c8c926bc75f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).