republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/100th/hb-4688.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "SUNSET ACT-NURSING HOME"
description: "Amends the Nursing Home Administrators Licensing and Disciplinary Act. Provides that all applicants and licensees shall provide a valid address and email address, which shall serve as the address and email address of record, and shall inform the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation of any change of address or email address through specified means. Adds provisions concerning confidentiality of information collected by the Department. Makes changes in provisions concerning definitions, the Nursing Home Administrators Licensing and Disciplinary Board, powers and duties of the Department, application procedures, rosters, grounds for disciplinary action, reports of violations of the Act, summary suspensions, hearings and motions for rehearing, administrative review, and certification of record. Repeals provisions concerning Board hearings and recommendations, surrender of licenses, rehearings, and fraud and deception by applicants. Makes other changes. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "100th"
identifier: "HB 4688"
citation: "Illinois HB 4688 (100th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-07"
last_action: "2018-08-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb402f23-57a4-400a-a429-6ff4b51060cc"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4688&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=109719&SessionID=91&GA=100"
source_hash: "21c0deef8360576fc3669c78524f7cb26caa16aca81102bdb49aef51e76e22c4"
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 HB 4688 (100th) — SUNSET ACT-NURSING HOME

Amends the Nursing Home Administrators Licensing and Disciplinary Act. Provides that all applicants and licensees shall provide a valid address and email address, which shall serve as the address and email address of record, and shall inform the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation of any change of address or email address through specified means. Adds provisions concerning confidentiality of information collected by the Department. Makes changes in provisions concerning definitions, the Nursing Home Administrators Licensing and Disciplinary Board, powers and duties of the Department, application procedures, rosters, grounds for disciplinary action, reports of violations of the Act, summary suspensions, hearings and motions for rehearing, administrative review, and certification of record. Repeals provisions concerning Board hearings and recommendations, surrender of licenses, rehearings, and fraud and deception by applicants. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.

## 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=10000HB4688&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=109719&DocNum=4688&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB4688eng&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=109719&DocNum=4688&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB4688enr&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=109719&DocNum=4688&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **59–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **104–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kelly M. Burke — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-07** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Kelly M. Burke `filing`
- **2018-02-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-02-07** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-21** Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-06** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Kelly M. Burke `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-06** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Health Care Licenses Committee
- **2018-03-07** Do Pass / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee; 016-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-07** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40 `amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-08** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2018-03-13** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Kelly M. Burke `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-13** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Health Care Licenses Committee
- **2018-04-10** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Health Care Licenses Committee; 017-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-19** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2018-04-19** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2018-04-20** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 104-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-23** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-04-23** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-04-23** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
- **2018-04-23** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-04-23** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-01** Assigned to Licensed Activities and Pensions `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-10** Do Pass Licensed Activities and Pensions; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2018-05-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 15, 2018
- **2018-05-17** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-05-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 18, 2018
- **2018-05-23** Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-05-23** Passed Both Houses
- **2018-06-21** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-08-03** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2018-08-03** Effective Date August 3, 2018
- **2018-08-03** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0675 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fb402f23-57a4-400a-a429-6ff4b51060cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).