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type: "Bill"
title: "FOIA-MEDICAL RECORDS"
description: "Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Modifies the definition of \"private information\" by providing that medical records include electronic medical records and the information contained within or extracted from an electronic medical records system operated or maintained by a Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act covered entity. Exempts from disclosure all protected health information that may be contained within or extracted from any record held by a covered entity, including information that alone or compiled or under circumstances in which the patient information combined with other information could allow for patient identification, in compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "SB 1670"
citation: "Illinois SB 1670 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Marcus C. Evans, Jr.", "Sara Feigenholtz"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 44
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-02-08"
last_action: "2023-08-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d4bbb39-3d65-4a7a-a6ca-0914ae454102"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=1670&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=146450&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "319b2fef600b0a0ecf2cc575b59580324e395af0e75eddd5d6d223b4493c63f0"
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 1670 (103rd) — FOIA-MEDICAL RECORDS
Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Modifies the definition of "private information" by providing that medical records include electronic medical records and the information contained within or extracted from an electronic medical records system operated or maintained by a Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act covered entity. Exempts from disclosure all protected health information that may be contained within or extracted from any record held by a covered entity, including information that alone or compiled or under circumstances in which the patient information combined with other information could allow for patient identification, in compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB1670.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB1670eng.pdf)
3. **House Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB1670ham001.pdf)
4. **House Amendment 002** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB1670ham002.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB1670enr.pdf)
## Votes
- Executive — **110** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **1130** (pass) · lower
- Executive, Amendment 2 — **120** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **570** (pass) · lower
- Concurrence, Amendment 2 — **570** (pass) · lower
- Executive — **120** (pass) · lower
- Executive, Amendment 2 — **100** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Marcus C. Evans, Jr. — primary (person)
- Sara Feigenholtz — primary (person)
- Laura M. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Willie Preston — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-02-08** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Robert Peters `filing`
- **2023-02-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-08** Referred to Assignments
- **2023-02-21** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07** Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Sara Feigenholtz
- **2023-03-09** Do Pass Executive; 011-000-000
- **2023-03-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 10, 2023 `reading-2`
- **2023-03-29** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-29** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 30, 2023
- **2023-03-30** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-30** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Willie Preston
- **2023-03-31** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2023-04-04** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.
- **2023-04-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-04-11** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2023-04-18** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-25** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr. `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-04-25** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
- **2023-04-26** Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 012-000-000
- **2023-04-26** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled `amendment-failure`
- **2023-04-26** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-05-01** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr. `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-05-01** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
- **2023-05-02** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Executive Committee
- **2023-05-08** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
- **2023-05-10** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Executive Committee; 010-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-10** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-05-10** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-05-11** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2023-05-11** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-11** Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 2
- **2023-05-11** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 2 - May 15, 2023
- **2023-05-16** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Sara Feigenholtz `filing`
- **2023-05-16** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments
- **2023-05-16** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Executive
- **2023-05-17** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Executive; 012-000-000
- **2023-05-19** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Senate Concurs 057-000-000
- **2023-05-19** Senate Concurs
- **2023-05-19** Passed Both Houses
- **2023-06-16** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-08-11** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2023-08-11** Effective Date January 1, 2024
- **2023-08-11** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0554 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9d4bbb39-3d65-4a7a-a6ca-0914ae454102`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).