republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/94th/hb-395.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "BLINDNESS PREVENTION-EYE CARE"
description: "Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates a tax checkoff for the Blindness Prevention Fund. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Fund. Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department of Public Health to make grants to charitable or educational entities in Illinois for the purpose of funding (i) public education on the importance of eye care and the prevention of blindness and (ii) the provision of eye care to children, senior citizens, and other needy individuals whose needs are not covered by any other source of funds. Sets forth requirements for the grants. Requires the Department to create an advisory committee to make recommendations concerning the grant proposals. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "HB 395"
citation: "Illinois HB 395 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 59
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2005-01-25"
last_action: "2005-08-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c8de4e2d-8ccb-4730-9aab-72ca99772fc2"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=395&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=14644&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "21522b298415eccd91d0650e5f12f1060c4c4f4d504ce8efe80912782d6ebf0f"
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 395 (94th) — BLINDNESS PREVENTION-EYE CARE

Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates a tax checkoff for the Blindness Prevention Fund. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Fund. Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department of Public Health to make grants to charitable or educational entities in Illinois for the purpose of funding (i) public education on the importance of eye care and the prevention of blindness and (ii) the provision of eye care to children, senior citizens, and other needy individuals whose needs are not covered by any other source of funds. Sets forth requirements for the grants. Requires the Department to create an advisory committee to make recommendations concerning the grant proposals. 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=09400HB0395&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=14644&DocNum=395&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0395eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=14644&DocNum=395&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0395enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=14644&DocNum=395&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower
- Concurrence, Amendment 1 — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- James F. Clayborne, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Jay C. Hoffman — primary (person)
- William R. Haine — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-01-25** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jay C. Hoffman `filing`
- **2005-01-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-01-26** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-01-28** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook
- **2005-02-02** Assigned to Revenue Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-03** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
- **2005-03-03** Recommends Be Adopted Sub-committee/ Revenue Committee; 003-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-03** Remains in Revenue Committee
- **2005-03-03** Do Pass / Short Debate Revenue Committee; 012-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-03-03** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-03-15** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-03-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-03-16** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
- **2005-04-05** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-04-05** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
- **2005-04-05** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Milton Patterson
- **2005-04-05** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
- **2005-04-05** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
- **2005-04-05** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
- **2005-04-05** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. William Davis
- **2005-04-05** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. William Delgado
- **2005-04-05** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John D'Amico
- **2005-04-05** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2005-04-06** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2005-04-06** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 7, 2005 `reading-1`
- **2005-04-07** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Frank C. Watson
- **2005-04-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-04-11** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-13** Assigned to Revenue `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-13** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr.
- **2005-04-21** Do Pass Revenue; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-04-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 3, 2005
- **2005-04-22** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. William R. Haine
- **2005-05-03** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Frank C. Watson `amendment-introduction`
- **2005-05-03** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-11** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-05-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 12, 2005
- **2005-05-13** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Frank C. Watson `amendment-introduction`
- **2005-05-13** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-16** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Revenue
- **2005-05-16** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Revenue
- **2005-05-18** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Be Adopted Revenue; 007-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-05-18** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Be Adopted Revenue; 007-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-05-19** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-05-19** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Watson `amendment-passage`
- **2005-05-19** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Tabled Watson `amendment-failure`
- **2005-05-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2005-05-19** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-05-20** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2005-05-20** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
- **2005-05-25** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Jay C. Hoffman
- **2005-05-25** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-26** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-002-000
- **2005-05-29** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 114-000-000
- **2005-05-29** Passed Both Houses
- **2005-06-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2005-08-16** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2005-08-16** Effective Date August 16, 2005
- **2005-08-16** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0602 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c8de4e2d-8ccb-4730-9aab-72ca99772fc2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).