republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/98th/sb-2915.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "DHS-HLTH CARE WORKER REGISTRY"
description: "Amends the Department of Human Services Act. Requires the Inspector General for the Department of Human Services to report to the Department of Public Health's health care worker registry the identity and finding of each employee of a facility or agency against whom there is a final investigative report containing a substantiated allegation of physical or sexual abuse, financial exploitation, or egregious neglect of an individual (rather than physical or sexual abuse or egregious neglect of an individual). Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "SB 2915"
citation: "Illinois SB 2915 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 59
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2014-02-04"
last_action: "2015-01-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d8bc5bc6-9f28-49eb-b3aa-9a09bb0157d7"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2915&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=78979&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "9137e653ab57a4c1007a2be9f6287acb7ec943611053eb9b65fd2f6e0dcd7466"
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 2915 (98th) — DHS-HLTH CARE WORKER REGISTRY

Amends the Department of Human Services Act. Requires the Inspector General for the Department of Human Services to report to the Department of Public Health's health care worker registry the identity and finding of each employee of a facility or agency against whom there is a final investigative report containing a substantiated allegation of physical or sexual abuse, financial exploitation, or egregious neglect of an individual (rather than physical or sexual abuse or egregious neglect of an individual). 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=09800SB2915&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=78979&DocNum=2915&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB2915eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=78979&DocNum=2915&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB2915enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=78979&DocNum=2915&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Concurrence, Amendment 1 — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Toi W. Hutchinson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-04** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mattie Hunter `filing`
- **2014-02-04** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-02-04** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2014-02-11** Assigned to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2014-02-19** Do Pass Public Health; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-02-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 20, 2014
- **2014-02-20** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2014-02-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 25, 2014
- **2014-02-25** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2014-03-04** Third Reading - Passed; 051-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-03-04** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2014-03-04** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Madigan
- **2014-03-04** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-03-04** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-23** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-16** Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 23, 2014
- **2014-05-23** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 30, 2014
- **2014-05-26** Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 007-004-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-05-26** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-05-26** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2014-05-26** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2014-05-27** Fiscal Note Requested by Rep. Ed Sullivan, Jr.
- **2014-05-28** Correctional Note Filed
- **2014-05-28** Land Conveyance Appraisal Note Filed
- **2014-05-28** Judicial Note Filed
- **2014-05-28** Home Rule Note Filed
- **2014-05-28** State Mandates Fiscal Note Filed
- **2014-05-28** Housing Affordability Impact Note Filed
- **2014-05-28** Balanced Budget Note Filed
- **2014-05-28** Fiscal Note Filed
- **2014-05-28** Pension Note Filed
- **2014-05-28** State Debt Impact Note Filed
- **2014-05-30** Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-11-18** Approved for Consideration Rules Committee; 004-000-000
- **2014-11-18** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-11-18** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. John E. Bradley `amendment-introduction`
- **2014-11-18** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-11-18** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Revenue & Finance Committee
- **2014-11-19** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Revenue & Finance Committee; 010-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-11-19** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2014-11-19** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2014-11-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-11-20** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. John E. Bradley
- **2014-11-20** 3/5 Vote Required
- **2014-11-20** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-11-20** Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1
- **2014-11-20** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1 - December 2, 2014
- **2014-12-01** Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson
- **2014-12-02** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson `filing`
- **2014-12-02** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2014-12-02** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Revenue `referral-committee`
- **2014-12-02** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Revenue; 010-000-000
- **2014-12-04** 3/5 Vote Required
- **2014-12-04** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 052-000-000
- **2014-12-04** Passed Both Houses
- **2014-12-15** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-01-09** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2015-01-09** Effective Date January 9, 2015
- **2015-01-09** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-1163 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d8bc5bc6-9f28-49eb-b3aa-9a09bb0157d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).