The legislation was introduced in bill HB2152 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 "create the Mental Health Early Action on Campus Act".
After debate, the House passed the bill on April 9, 2019 and it arrived in the Senate on April 10, 2019, and both chambers agreed to the final version of the legislation on May 23, 2019. The bill was sent to the governor and signed into law on Aug. 9, 2019. 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 HB2152.
| 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 *** |
| 9/28/2017 | House | Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee |
| 1/8/2019 | House | Session Sine Die |
| 2/6/2019 | House | First Reading |
| 2/6/2019 | House | Referred to Rules Committee |
| 2/6/2019 | House | Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch |
| 2/7/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Deb Conroy |
| 2/7/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Theresa Mah |
| 2/13/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly |
| 2/13/2019 | House | Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Camille Y. Lilly |
| 2/15/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz |
| 2/15/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz |
| 2/19/2019 | House | Assigned to Mental Health Committee |
| 2/19/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maurice A. West, II |
| 2/19/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jay Hoffman |
| 2/20/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jonathan Carroll |
| 2/20/2019 | House | Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Jonathan Carroll |
| 2/20/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Terra Costa Howard |
| 2/22/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Monica Bristow |
| 2/25/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi |
| 2/28/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Karina Villa |
| 2/28/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Delia C. Ramirez |
| 2/28/2019 | House | Remove Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi |
| 2/28/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Edly-Allen |
| 2/28/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Monica Bristow |
| 2/28/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi |
| 2/28/2019 | House | Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Monica Bristow |
| 2/28/2019 | House | Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate |
| 2/28/2019 | House | Do Pass / Short Debate Mental Health Committee; 019-000-000 |
| 3/6/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Celina Villanueva |
| 3/7/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Bob Morgan |
| 3/13/2019 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch |
| 3/13/2019 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee |
| 3/13/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy |
| 3/20/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel Didech |
| 3/20/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason |
| 3/21/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez |
| 3/26/2019 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch |
| 3/26/2019 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee |
| 3/27/2019 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Higher Education Committee |
| 3/29/2019 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Higher Education Committee; 017-000-000 |
| 4/2/2019 | House | Second Reading - Short Debate |
| 4/2/2019 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted |
| 4/2/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart |
| 4/2/2019 | House | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate |
| 4/4/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. William Davis |
| 4/4/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Frances Ann Hurley |
| 4/9/2019 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-001 |
| 4/9/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield |
| 4/9/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen Willis |
| 4/9/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin |
| 4/9/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. LaToya Greenwood |
| 4/10/2019 | Senate | Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Pat McGuire |
| 4/10/2019 | Senate | Arrive in Senate |
| 4/10/2019 | Senate | First Reading |
| 4/10/2019 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading |
| 4/10/2019 | Senate | Referred to Assignments |
| 4/11/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison |
| 4/11/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Scott M. Bennett |
| 4/15/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert Peters |
| 4/16/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Ann Gillespie |
| 4/24/2019 | Senate | Assigned to Higher Education |
| 4/30/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro |
| 4/30/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez |
| 5/1/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy |
| 5/1/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Bill Cunningham |
| 5/1/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura Fine |
| 5/1/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Christopher Belt |
| 5/1/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura Ellman |
| 5/1/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Patricia Van Pelt |
| 5/2/2019 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 7, 2019 |
| 5/2/2019 | Senate | Do Pass Higher Education; 009-000-000 |
| 5/6/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Melinda Bush |
| 5/15/2019 | Senate | Second Reading |
| 5/15/2019 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 16, 2019 |
| 5/23/2019 | House | Passed Both Houses |
| 5/23/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Omar Aquino |
| 5/23/2019 | Senate | Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 |
| 6/21/2019 | House | Sent to the Governor |
| 8/9/2019 | House | Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0251 |
| 8/9/2019 | House | Effective Date August 9, 2019 |
| 8/9/2019 | House | Governor Approved |
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