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type: "Bill"
title: "MENTAL HEALTH RECORDS: CORONER"
description: "Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act. Provides that records and communications of a deceased recipient shall (instead of \"may\") be disclosed to a coroner conducting a preliminary investigation into the recipient's death. Deletes language providing that records and communications of the deceased recipient disclosed to a coroner in an investigation shall be limited solely to the deceased recipient's records and communications relating to the factual circumstances of the incident being investigated in a mental health facility."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "HB 4694"
citation: "Illinois HB 4694 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2014-02-05"
last_action: "2014-08-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/abbc6f24-8f03-48e9-a84c-18e95316745c"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4694&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=79344&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "690237cf096a2af6efd1e631d3cf4ade6dff309ec123e03c0eb6f3ff913d4461"
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 4694 (98th) — MENTAL HEALTH RECORDS: CORONER
Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act. Provides that records and communications of a deceased recipient shall (instead of "may") be disclosed to a coroner conducting a preliminary investigation into the recipient's death. Deletes language providing that records and communications of the deceased recipient disclosed to a coroner in an investigation shall be limited solely to the deceased recipient's records and communications relating to the factual circumstances of the incident being investigated in a mental health facility.
## 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=09800HB4694&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=79344&DocNum=4694&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB4694eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=79344&DocNum=4694&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB4694enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=79344&DocNum=4694&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **1130** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **570** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Dan Brady — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2014-02-05** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Dan Brady `filing`
- **2014-02-05** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-02-05** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-02-18** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Adam Brown
- **2014-02-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lawrence M. Walsh, Jr.
- **2014-03-03** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-24** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John D'Amico
- **2014-03-24** Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. John D'Amico
- **2014-03-24** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary; 012-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-03-25** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-03-25** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ann Williams
- **2014-04-01** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe
- **2014-04-01** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2014-04-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-04-02** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-04-02** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2014-04-02** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 3, 2014 `reading-1`
- **2014-04-09** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Antonio Muñoz
- **2014-04-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-04-10** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-23** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-30** Postponed - Local Government
- **2014-05-14** Do Pass Local Government; 012-000-001 `committee-passage`
- **2014-05-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 15, 2014
- **2014-05-19** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2014-05-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 20, 2014
- **2014-05-21** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-05-21** Passed Both Houses
- **2014-06-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-08-15** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2014-08-15** Effective Date January 1, 2015
- **2014-08-15** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0908 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/abbc6f24-8f03-48e9-a84c-18e95316745c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).