republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/93rd/hb-3857.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "DONOR TRANSPLANTS-HIV"
description: "Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that it is not a violation of law for a person to perform a solid organ transplant of an organ from an HIV positive donor to a person who has tested positive for exposure to HIV or any other identified causative agent of AIDS and who is in immediate threat of death unless the transplant is performed. Provides that a tissue bank that provides an organ from an HIV positive donor under this provision may not be criminally or civilly liable for the furnishing of that organ. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "HB 3857"
citation: "Illinois HB 3857 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-10-23"
last_action: "2004-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6200d0e-dace-4701-a1bf-c4677ab93837"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3857&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=7412&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "41df95845704ff101eee8770a5a1dcb47e2463ac50eff7664c531b0ee2a6adcd"
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 3857 (93rd) — DONOR TRANSPLANTS-HIV

Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that it is not a violation of law for a person to perform a solid organ transplant of an organ from an HIV positive donor to a person who has tested positive for exposure to HIV or any other identified causative agent of AIDS and who is in immediate threat of death unless the transplant is performed. Provides that a tissue bank that provides an organ from an HIV positive donor under this provision may not be criminally or civilly liable for the furnishing of that organ. 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=09300HB3857&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=7412&DocNum=3857&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB3857eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=7412&DocNum=3857&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB3857enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=7412&DocNum=3857&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **55–2** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **95–22** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Larry McKeon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-10-23** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Larry McKeon `filing`
- **2003-11-04** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-11-04** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-11-18** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. David E. Miller
- **2003-11-20** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Sacia
- **2003-11-20** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Constance A. Howard
- **2003-11-20** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen A. Ryg
- **2004-01-15** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
- **2004-02-03** Assigned to Health Care Availability and Access Committee `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-25** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Health Care Availability and Access Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2004-02-25** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Health Care Availability and Access Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2004-02-25** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Health Care Availability and Access Committee; 018-001-000 `committee-passage`
- **2004-02-25** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2004-03-02** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2004-03-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2004-03-03** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 095-022-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2004-03-03** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2004-03-03** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 4, 2004 `reading-1`
- **2004-03-04** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John J. Cullerton
- **2004-03-23** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2004-03-23** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2004-03-24** Assigned to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2004-03-31** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
- **2004-04-14** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2004-04-21** Do Pass Health & Human Services; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2004-04-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 22, 2004
- **2004-04-21** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- **2004-04-21** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Carol Ronen
- **2004-04-22** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2004-04-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 27, 2004
- **2004-05-05** Third Reading - Passed; 055-002-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2004-05-05** Passed Both Houses
- **2004-06-03** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2004-07-15** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2004-07-15** Effective Date July 15, 2004
- **2004-07-15** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0737 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f6200d0e-dace-4701-a1bf-c4677ab93837`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).