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type: "Bill"
title: "MH/DD RECORD DISCLOSURE-SCOPE"
description: "Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act. Provides that unless otherwise expressly provided for in the Act, records and communications made or created in the course of providing mental health or developmental disabilities services shall be protected from disclosure regardless of whether the records and communications are made or created in the course of a therapeutic relationship."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "99th"
identifier: "SB 818"
citation: "Illinois SB 818 (99th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-02-05"
last_action: "2015-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df46d43a-0f65-4bae-a8df-c6026f9c4a7b"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=818&GAID=13&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=86160&SessionID=88&GA=99"
source_hash: "96363ae324ab54d740b7e227afdecbfd15a0c9bdce71dd9dcd5476fd1a416f59"
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 SB 818 (99th) — MH/DD RECORD DISCLOSURE-SCOPE
Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act. Provides that unless otherwise expressly provided for in the Act, records and communications made or created in the course of providing mental health or developmental disabilities services shall be protected from disclosure regardless of whether the records and communications are made or created in the course of a therapeutic relationship.
## 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=09900SB0818&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=86160&DocNum=818&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB0818eng&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=86160&DocNum=818&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB0818enr&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=86160&DocNum=818&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **1110** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **530** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Chris Nybo — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2015-02-05** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Chris Nybo `filing`
- **2015-02-05** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-02-05** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2015-02-17** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-03** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Thomas Cullerton
- **2015-03-10** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
- **2015-03-10** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Chris Nybo `amendment-introduction`
- **2015-03-10** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-11** Postponed - Judiciary
- **2015-03-17** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
- **2015-03-17** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2015-03-18** Do Pass as Amended Judiciary; 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
- **2015-03-26** Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2015-03-27** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2015-03-27** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi
- **2015-04-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-14** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-20** Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-28** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2015-04-29** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2015-05-06** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2015-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2015-05-07** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2015-05-07** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
- **2015-05-07** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert Martwick
- **2015-05-07** Passed Both Houses
- **2015-06-05** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-07-10** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2015-07-10** Effective Date January 1, 2016
- **2015-07-10** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0028 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/df46d43a-0f65-4bae-a8df-c6026f9c4a7b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).