The legislation was introduced in bill HB2222 on Feb. 2, 2017, when Rep. Jim Durkin (R-82) filed it with the House clerk.
According to the General Assembly website, the bill as introduced was designed to "amend the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act".
After debate, the House passed the bill on April 17, 2018 and it arrived in the Senate on March 20, 2019, and both chambers agreed to the final version of the legislation on May 22, 2018. The bill was sent to the governor and signed into law on Aug. 10, 2018. The law went into effect immediately.
Illinois legislature enacts laws through bills that can be introduced in either the state House of Representatives or the state Senate. Either chamber of the legislature can reject or amend a bill before it becomes law. Legislators sometimes sponsor "shell bills" devoid of substantive provisions, introduced with the intention of being amended later to include actual legislation.
The following table shows the full history of actions on HB2222.
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2/2/2017 | House | Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jim Durkin |
| 2/3/2017 | House | First Reading |
| 2/3/2017 | House | Referred to Rules Committee |
| 3/22/2017 | House | Assigned to Executive Committee |
| 3/29/2017 | House | Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 011-000-000 |
| 3/29/2017 | House | Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate *** |
| 4/27/2017 | House | Second Reading - Short Debate |
| 4/27/2017 | House | Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate *** |
| 4/28/2017 | House | Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee |
| 3/21/2018 | House | Approved for Consideration Rules Committee; 004-000-000 |
| 3/21/2018 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. David S. Olsen |
| 3/21/2018 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee |
| 3/21/2018 | House | Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate |
| 3/21/2018 | House | Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. David S. Olsen |
| 4/3/2018 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Cities & Villages Committee |
| 4/10/2018 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Cities & Villages Committee; 012-000-000 |
| 4/10/2018 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen Willis |
| 4/10/2018 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Grant Wehrli |
| 4/13/2018 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted |
| 4/13/2018 | House | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate |
| 4/17/2018 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-000 |
| 4/17/2018 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 18, 2018 |
| 4/17/2018 | Senate | Arrive in Senate |
| 4/18/2018 | Senate | First Reading |
| 4/18/2018 | Senate | Referred to Assignments |
| 4/18/2018 | Senate | Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John F. Curran |
| 4/25/2018 | Senate | Assigned to Local Government |
| 5/2/2018 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 3, 2018 |
| 5/2/2018 | Senate | Do Pass Local Government; 005-000-000 |
| 5/10/2018 | Senate | Second Reading |
| 5/10/2018 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 15, 2018 |
| 5/22/2018 | House | Passed Both Houses |
| 5/22/2018 | Senate | Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 |
| 6/20/2018 | House | Sent to the Governor |
| 8/10/2018 | House | Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0746 |
| 8/10/2018 | House | Effective Date August 10, 2018 |
| 8/10/2018 | House | Governor Approved |
| 2/7/2019 | House | First Reading |
| 2/7/2019 | House | Referred to Rules Committee |
| 2/7/2019 | House | Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Frances Ann Hurley |
| 2/19/2019 | House | Assigned to Human Services Committee |
| 2/27/2019 | House | Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 012-000-000 |
| 2/28/2019 | House | Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate |
| 3/6/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch |
| 3/6/2019 | House | Second Reading - Short Debate |
| 3/6/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Celina Villanueva |
| 3/6/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John C. D'Amico |
| 3/6/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr. |
| 3/6/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicholas K. Smith |
| 3/6/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ann M. Williams |
| 3/6/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Gregory Harris |
| 3/6/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Justin Slaughter |
| 3/6/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Luis Arroyo |
| 3/6/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Martin J. Moylan |
| 3/6/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe |
| 3/6/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert Martwick |
| 3/6/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Melissa Conyears-Ervin |
| 3/6/2019 | House | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate |
| 3/7/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Terra Costa Howard |
| 3/12/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Edly-Allen |
| 3/14/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Theresa Mah |
| 3/14/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi |
| 3/20/2019 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 |
| 3/20/2019 | Senate | Arrive in Senate |
| 3/20/2019 | Senate | First Reading |
| 3/20/2019 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading |
| 3/20/2019 | Senate | Referred to Assignments |
| 3/20/2019 | Senate | Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Bill Cunningham |
| 1/13/2021 | House | Session Sine Die |
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