republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/101st/hb-3018.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "FOOD HANDLING-SIGNAGE"
description: "Amends the Food Handling Regulation Enforcement Act. Provides that a restaurant must prominently display signage indicating to guests and employees that any information regarding food allergies must be communicated to the restaurant's food service sanitation manager. Provides that the food service manager shall be responsible for displaying the signage. Effective January 1, 2020."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "101st"
identifier: "HB 3018"
citation: "Illinois HB 3018 (101st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-15"
last_action: "2019-08-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a55e1aca-2d67-46f7-83e4-e96bd7eab7fc"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3018&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=119361&SessionID=108&GA=101"
source_hash: "2532ca3b3c408e369adc7f3e41b387a57275721a3baa65c0ec7870cf26afec9a"
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 3018 (101st) — FOOD HANDLING-SIGNAGE

Amends the Food Handling Regulation Enforcement Act. Provides that a restaurant must prominently display signage indicating to guests and employees that any information regarding food allergies must be communicated to the restaurant's food service sanitation manager. Provides that the food service manager shall be responsible for displaying the signage. Effective January 1, 2020.

## 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=10100HB3018&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=119361&DocNum=3018&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB3018eng&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=119361&DocNum=3018&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB3018enr&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=119361&DocNum=3018&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David Koehler — primary (person)
- Jonathan Carroll — cosponsor (person)
- Joyce Mason — primary (person)
- Stephanie A. Kifowit — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-15** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit `filing`
- **2019-02-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-15** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-21** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jonathan Carroll
- **2019-02-26** Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-12** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Health Care Licenses Committee
- **2019-03-20** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Health Care Licenses Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-20** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-21** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-03-27** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-27** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-02** Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Joyce Mason
- **2019-04-02** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit
- **2019-04-04** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2019-04-04** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-04-09** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-000-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-04-10** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-10** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 11, 2019 `reading-1`
- **2019-04-12** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. David Koehler
- **2019-04-12** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-12** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** Assigned to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-08** Do Pass Public Health; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 9, 2019
- **2019-05-16** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 17, 2019
- **2019-05-24** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2019 `reading-3`
- **2019-05-31** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-05-31** Passed Both Houses
- **2019-06-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-08-23** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2019-08-23** Effective Date August 23, 2019
- **2019-08-23** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0495 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a55e1aca-2d67-46f7-83e4-e96bd7eab7fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).