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type: "Bill"
title: "DEATH CERTIFICATE-DEMENTIA"
description: "Amends the Vital Records Act. Provides that the medical certification of cause of death shall expressly provide an opportunity for the person completing the certification to indicate that the death was caused in whole or in part by a dementia-related disease, Parkinson's Disease, or Parkinson-Dementia Complex. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "SB 376"
citation: "Illinois SB 376 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-02-18"
last_action: "2003-08-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6f37253d-25f1-49fd-9637-c85c3e22c214"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=376&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=2957&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "03471c3c5581cadd364711fe95d00f10899ea21c421315162802ba7da4ef4e9d"
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 376 (93rd) — DEATH CERTIFICATE-DEMENTIA
Amends the Vital Records Act. Provides that the medical certification of cause of death shall expressly provide an opportunity for the person completing the certification to indicate that the death was caused in whole or in part by a dementia-related disease, Parkinson's Disease, or Parkinson-Dementia Complex. 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=09300SB0376&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=2957&DocNum=376&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB0376eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=2957&DocNum=376&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB0376enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=2957&DocNum=376&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **580** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **1180** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Mattie Hunter — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2003-02-18** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mattie Hunter `filing`
- **2003-02-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-02-18** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-19** Assigned to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-27** Postponed - Health & Human Services
- **2003-03-06** Postponed - Health & Human Services
- **2003-03-13** Do Pass Health & Human Services; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-03-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 18, 2003
- **2003-03-21** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-03-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 24, 2003
- **2003-03-21** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Louis S. Viverito
- **2003-04-03** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Donne E. Trotter
- **2003-04-03** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-04-04** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2003-04-04** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-04-15** Chief House Sponsor Rep. David E. Miller
- **2003-04-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-04-15** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-16** Assigned to Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-01** Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-05-01** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-05-08** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2003-05-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-05-13** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Deborah L. Graham
- **2003-05-13** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 118-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-05-13** Passed Both Houses
- **2003-06-11** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2003-08-07** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2003-08-07** Effective Date August 7, 2003
- **2003-08-07** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0454 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6f37253d-25f1-49fd-9637-c85c3e22c214`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).