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IntroducedFeb 09, 2024
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Passed HouseApr 17, 2024
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Passed Senate
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Signed into Law
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House • Jan 07, 2025: Session Sine Die
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Summary/Bill Text
Comments on HB 5537
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Yolonda MorrisHouse primary sponsor


- Carol Ammonscosponsor
- La Shawn K. Fordcosponsor
- Kelly M. Cassidycosponsor
- Suzanne M. Nesscosponsor
- Joyce Masoncosponsor
- Marcus C. Evans, Jr.cosponsor
- Rachel Venturacosponsor
- Natalie Torocosponsor
- Mary Edly-Allencosponsor
- Javier L. Cervantescosponsor
- Adriane Johnsoncosponsor
Lobbyists
| Casey Jacobs Anthony | Client: Stephenson County Board | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/21/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Jeanne Cameron | Client: AFSCME Council 31 (AFSCME Council 31) | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/21/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Karl Bronn | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/21/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Margo Gislain | Client: Illinois Nurses Association (Illinois Nurses Association) | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/21/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Abigail Wolff | Client: Na | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Adam Moderow | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| ALYSON BROMAN CONN | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Anthony Morris | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Barbara Johnson | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Barbara Johnson | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Becca Greenstein | Client: self | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Bernard Lischwe | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Candace Colby | Client: private citizen | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Candace Sinclair | Client: self | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Carol Buckley | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Carol Buckley | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Cass Gilbert | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Catherine King | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Cathy L Christensen | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Channa Morris | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Cheryl Jones Das | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Cheryl Jones Das | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Cheryl Newsome | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Christine Ihde | Client: self | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Claudia Palamar | Client: Stephenson County Democrats (Stephenson County Democrats) | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| craig a stees | Client: stees | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Daniel Goldberg | Client: FAA | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| David Bythewood | Client: Constituent | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| David Bythewood | Client: Constituent | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| David Michels | Client: self | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Deborah Fenner | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Deborah Fenner | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Denise Burrs | Client: self | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Diane Jochum | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Donna Limper | Client: Individual | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Ed Klein | Client: HOPE in the Midwest, Health Over Profit for Everyone | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Edward Klein | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Elizabeth Lindquist | Client: self | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Ellen Caffrey Garza | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Emily Wachowiak | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Gaen McClendon | Client: citizen | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Gail K Sanders | Client: Self (Me only) | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Georgia Libbares | Client: self (s) | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Gerald podraza | Client: Mount Hope Vineyard Farm | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Geralynn Kahn | Client: Retired (none) | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Gwen Smith | Client: NA | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Janie Wilson-Cook | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Jeff Slepak | Client: Representing Self (Representing Self) | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Jenna Braunstein | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Jerry Campbell | Client: None (Concerned Citizen) | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Jim Hart | Client: Stephenson County Board (Stephenson County Nursing Center (Walnut Acres)) | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Jodell Gabriel | Client: self | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Jodie Eason | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Jody E Coss | Client: Friends of Walnut Acres (Friends of Walnut Acres) | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Jody E Coss | Client: Hillside Studio | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| JoLynn Doerr | Client: self | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Justin Gibson | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Karen D Poaha | Client: Self (Advocate) | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Kate Schnell | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Kathleen Wilken | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Kathleen Napholz | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Kathy Judd | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Kathy Shannon | Client: none | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Katie Best | Client: self | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Katie Best | Client: self | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Kevin Lamm | Client: self | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Laura Watson | Client: none | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Laura Youngblut | Client: Self-Employed | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Lenice Abbott | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Leslie Cummings | Client: self | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Lisa May Simpson | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Lisa Stich | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Lynette Williams | Client: None | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Marci Adelston-Schafer | Client: none (myself) | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Marci Adelston-Schafer | Client: none (myself) | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Margaret Campbell | Client: None (Concerned citizen) | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Margo Gislain | Client: Illinois Nurses Association (Illinois Nurses Association) | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Marie Popkin | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Marion Nowak | Client: self | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Marion Nowak | Client: self | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Mark Q Keister | Client: Na | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Mary Elizabeth McCormick | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Mary Hobein | Client: None (Self only) | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Mary Hobein | Client: None (Self only) | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Mary Wehking | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Mary Wehking | Client: self | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Merry Blake | Client: private citizen | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Nancy Graham Miller | Client: - None - | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| PAMELA HOFFMAN | Client: na | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Pamela Sourelis | Client: NONE | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Pamela Sourelis | Client: NONE | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Pamela Zoe Norwood | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Peggy Wohlford | Client: None | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Rachel Becknell | Client: Constituent | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Rachel Becknell | Client: Constituent | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Rhonda K Youngblut | Client: self | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Richard Bauer | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Robin Kay Rosenstiel | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Sarah Bingaman | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Sharon Faye Koch | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Shawn Michael | Client: self | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Shawn Michael | Client: self | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Sheryl Pitts Wolff | Client: Self (Na) | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Stephen Judd | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Susan Bronn | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Susan Busker | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Susan M Goldberg | Client: Brazas Law | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Susan M Youngblut | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Susan Wiechman | Client: None | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Susan Youngblut | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Teri Gidwitz | Client: self | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Teri Gidwitz | Client: self | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Terrence Leonard | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Theodore Odendahl | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Theresa Best | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Therese Davis | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| W Fort | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Wanda Hoover | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Wendy Posner | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| William Bianchi | Client: Illinois Single Payer Coalition | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| William Hadley | Client: Stephenson County Board member (Stephenson County Board member) | Proponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Nate Harris | Client: Health Care Council of Illinois (Health Care Council of Illinois) | Opponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/21/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Nate Harris | Client: Health Care Council of Illinois (Health Care Council of Illinois) | Opponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
| Sheila Rutledge | Client: citizen | Opponent | Start date: HumanServices(H)3/13/20248:30AM | End date: |
Votes
YES: 9
- Haas, Jackie
- Cassidy, Kelly M
- Hernandez, Barbara
- Hammond, Norine K
- Moeller, Anna
- Meier, Charles
- Mussman, Michelle
- Morris, Yolonda
- Ness, Suzanne M
NO: 0
OTHER: 0
YES: 109
- Nichols
- Haas
- Niemerg
- Halbrook
- Andrade
- Olickal
- Hammond
- Avelar
- Ortiz
- Hanson
- Benton
- Rashid
- Harper
- Blair-Sherlock
- Reick
- Hauter
- Buckner
- Rita
- Hernandez, Barbara
- Bunting
- Rosenthal
- Burke
- Sanalitro
- Hernandez, Norma
- Scherer
- Hirschauer
- Canty
- Schmidt
- Hoffman
- Cassidy
- Schweizer
- Caulkins
- Severin
- Jacobs
- Chung
- Sheehan
- Jiménez
- Coffey
- Slaughter
- Johnson
- Costa Howard
- Smith
- Jones
- Crespo
- Sosnowski
- Tracy Katz Muhl
- Croke
- Spain
- Keicher
- Davidsmeyer
- Stava-Murray
- Kelly
- Davis, Jed
- Stephens
- Kifowit
- William "Will" Davis
- Stuart
- La Ha
- Delgado
- Swanson
- Ladisch Douglass
- DeLuca
- Syed
- LaPointe
- Didech
- Tarver
- Lilly
- Du Buclet
- Tipsword
- Mah
- Elik
- Ugaste
- Manley
- Evans
- Vella
- Mason
- Faver Dias
- Walker
- Mayfield
- Walsh
- Ford
- Weaver
- McLaughlin
- Meier
- West
- Meyers-Martin
- Fritts
- Wilhour
- Miller
- Gabel
- Williams, Ann
- Moeller
- Gill
- Williams, Jawaharial
- Morgan
- Gong-Gershowitz
- Windhorst
- Morris
- Gonzalez
- Janet Yang Rohr
- Moylan
- Gordon-Booth
- Yednock
- Mussman
- Grant
- Welch
- Ness
- Guerrero-Cuellar
- Guzzardi
NO: 0
ABSENT: 1
NOT VOTING: 2
- Cabello
- McCombie
Actions
- Jan 07, 2025 | House
- Session Sine Die
- May 17, 2024 | Senate
- Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
- May 10, 2024 | Senate
- Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 17, 2024
- May 02, 2024 | Senate
- Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachel Ventura
- Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Natalie Toro
- Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen
- Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Javier L. Cervantes
- Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Adriane Johnson
- Apr 30, 2024 | Senate
- Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 10, 2024
- Apr 24, 2024 | Senate
- Assigned to Health and Human Services
- Apr 18, 2024 | Senate
- Arrive in Senate
- Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
- Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Lakesia Collins
- First Reading
- Referred to Assignments
- Apr 17, 2024 | House
- Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 109-000-000
- Apr 11, 2024 | House
- Second Reading - Short Debate
- Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- Apr 04, 2024 | House
- Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.
- Mar 21, 2024 | House
- Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- Mar 21, 2024 | committee
- Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 009-000-000
- Mar 21, 2024 | House
- House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Human Services Committee; by Voice Vote
- Mar 20, 2024 | House
- Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
- House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Human Services Committee
- Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
- Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
- Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Suzanne M. Ness
- Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason
- Mar 15, 2024 | House
- House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Yolonda Morris
- House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
- Mar 07, 2024 | House
- Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Maurice A. West, II
- Mar 05, 2024 | House
- Assigned to Human Services Committee
- Feb 09, 2024 | House
- Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Yolonda Morris
- First Reading
- Referred to Rules Committee
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