republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/94th/hb-3812.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "MNTL HLTH-ALTERNATIVE TREATMNT"
description: "Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Adds provisions concerning a facility director's approval of a respondent's request for informal or voluntary admission. Provides that at any time before the conclusion of a hearing concerning admission to a mental health facility and the entry of the court's findings, a respondent may enter into an agreement to be subject to an order for alternative treatment or care and custody. States the conditions required for approval of such an agreed order and states other provisions concerning the entry of such an order."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "HB 3812"
citation: "Illinois HB 3812 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-25"
last_action: "2005-08-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7cb44144-3827-4486-b279-070a1f601478"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3812&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=20606&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "253f00b09a1bd4e16d6f9cdce4823f22194eef50fdc9239f51f348f76e87b5a2"
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 3812 (94th) — MNTL HLTH-ALTERNATIVE TREATMNT

Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Adds provisions concerning a facility director's approval of a respondent's request for informal or voluntary admission. Provides that at any time before the conclusion of a hearing concerning admission to a mental health facility and the entry of the court's findings, a respondent may enter into an agreement to be subject to an order for alternative treatment or care and custody. States the conditions required for approval of such an agreed order and states other provisions concerning the entry of such an order.

## 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=09400HB3812&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=20606&DocNum=3812&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB3812eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=20606&DocNum=3812&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB3812enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=20606&DocNum=3812&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **113–1** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **59–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Julie Hamos — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-02-25** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Julie Hamos `filing`
- **2005-02-25** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-02-25** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-01** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-09** Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-03-10** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-04-05** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-04-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-04-06** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Calvin L. Giles
- **2005-04-06** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-001-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-04-07** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2005-04-07** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 8, 2005 `reading-1`
- **2005-04-07** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Carol Ronen
- **2005-04-12** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-04-12** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-21** Assigned to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-27** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Carol Ronen `amendment-introduction`
- **2005-04-27** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-03** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Health & Human Services
- **2005-05-04** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled in Health & Human Services `amendment-failure`
- **2005-05-05** Do Pass Health & Human Services; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-05-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 10, 2005
- **2005-05-10** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-05-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 11, 2005
- **2005-05-13** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Dale A. Righter `amendment-introduction`
- **2005-05-13** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-16** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Health & Human Services
- **2005-05-18** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Postponed - Health & Human Services
- **2005-05-19** Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-05-19** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) `amendment-failure`
- **2005-05-19** Passed Both Houses
- **2005-06-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2005-08-10** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2005-08-10** Effective Date January 1, 2006
- **2005-08-10** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0521 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7cb44144-3827-4486-b279-070a1f601478`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).