republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/98th/hb-4525.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "HEALTH CARE-BACKGROUND CHECKS"
description: "Amends the Health Care Worker Background Check Act. Provides that a health care employer shall conduct a criminal history records check in all other states in which an applicant for employment or an employee has resided to determine if the individual has been convicted in another state of committing or attempting to commit a criminal offense that has the same or similar elements as a disqualifying offense under by the Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "HB 4525"
citation: "Illinois HB 4525 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 44
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2014-02-03"
last_action: "2014-08-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a46ec4e8-b868-452a-b0e5-616322ac719d"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4525&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=78985&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "f93d711ad2e3ea8b9ab437258dfdb205ff1b2a883c0e05aa5a50fc0eea042665"
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 4525 (98th) — HEALTH CARE-BACKGROUND CHECKS

Amends the Health Care Worker Background Check Act. Provides that a health care employer shall conduct a criminal history records check in all other states in which an applicant for employment or an employee has resided to determine if the individual has been convicted in another state of committing or attempting to commit a criminal offense that has the same or similar elements as a disqualifying offense under by the Act.

## 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=09800HB4525&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=78985&DocNum=4525&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB4525eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=78985&DocNum=4525&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB4525enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=78985&DocNum=4525&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurrence — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Silvana Tabares — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-03** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Silvana Tabares `filing`
- **2014-02-03** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-02-03** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-06** Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-20** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Silvana Tabares `amendment-introduction`
- **2014-03-20** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-24** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Health Care Licenses Committee
- **2014-03-26** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Health Care Licenses Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2014-03-26** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-03-26** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **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`
- **2014-04-02** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
- **2014-04-03** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-04-03** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-23** Assigned to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-29** Postponed - Public Health
- **2014-05-07** Postponed - Public Health
- **2014-05-12** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein `amendment-introduction`
- **2014-05-12** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-12** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Public Health
- **2014-05-13** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-13** Do Pass as Amended Public Health; 006-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-05-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 14, 2014
- **2014-05-15** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2014-05-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 19, 2014
- **2014-05-19** Third Reading - Passed; 051-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-05-20** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2014-05-20** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
- **2014-05-21** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Esther Golar
- **2014-05-22** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Silvana Tabares
- **2014-05-22** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-26** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-001-000
- **2014-05-28** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 113-000-000
- **2014-05-28** House Concurs
- **2014-05-28** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
- **2014-05-28** Passed Both Houses
- **2014-06-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-08-25** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2014-08-25** Effective Date August 25, 2014
- **2014-08-25** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-1041 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a46ec4e8-b868-452a-b0e5-616322ac719d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).