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IntroducedJan 31, 2025
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Passed HouseApr 07, 2025
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Passed SenateMay 22, 2025
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Signed into LawAug 15, 2025
DOC-HOSPICE/PALLIATIVE CARE
Last Action See all actions
House • Aug 15, 2025: Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0220
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary/Bill Text
Comments on HB 2397
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors



- Kelly M. CassidyHouse cosponsor
- Camille Y. LillyHouse cosponsor
- Maurice A. West, IIHouse cosponsor
- Lilian JiménezHouse cosponsor
- Lisa DavisHouse cosponsor
- Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.House cosponsor
- Gregg JohnsonHouse cosponsor
- Barbara HernandezHouse cosponsor
- Nabeela SyedHouse cosponsor
- Michael CrawfordHouse cosponsor
- Lindsey LaPointeHouse cosponsor
- Amy BrielHouse cosponsor
- Norma HernandezHouse cosponsor
- Laura Faver DiasHouse cosponsor
- Mary Beth CantyHouse cosponsor
- Hoan HuynhHouse cosponsor
- Adriane JohnsonSenate cosponsor
- Mary Edly-AllenSenate cosponsor
Lobbyists
| Aces Lira | Client: AIDS Foundation Chicago | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Alan Mills | Client: Uptown People's Law Center | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Alicia Lauhon | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Alyssa Casey | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Alyssa Meurer | Client: Uptown People's Law Center | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Alyssa Vincent | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Amber Smock | Client: Access Living (People with disabilities living in metro Chicago) | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Andi Patton | Client: None | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Andrea Kindseth | Client: LIFE CIL | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Anna Patton | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Anne Morse | Client: Individual | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Anne Scheetz | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| ANT WALACH | Client: SNOWDRIFT COFFEE ROASTERS | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Avalon Betts-Gaston | Client: Illinois Alliance for Reentry and Justice NFP (Illinois Alliance for Reentry and Justice) | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Barbara Antisdel | Client: Retired (Prisoners in need of hospice, especially those with disabiities.) | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Barry C Taylor | Client: 0 | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Becca Greenstein | Client: self | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Beth Bendtsen | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Beth Rockford | Client: IVCIL (Organization) | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Brenna Lemieux | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Briana Neurohr | Client: Disability Resource Center | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Caitlin Crabb | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Caitlin Yambao | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Candace Coleman | Client: Advance Your Leadership Power | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Cathy L Christensen | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Cheryl R Jansen | Client: Equip for Equality | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Christin Adams | Client: All Chicago | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Courtney Blouzdis | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Dawn Richardson | Client: self (Constituent) | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Deborah Nall | Client: None | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Donna Govas | Client: self | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Edgar Alexander Barens | Client: Humane Prison Hospice Project | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| EDGAR BARENS | Client: Humane Prison Hospice Project | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| ELENA DEMOS | Client: CIRCUIT COURT COOK COUNTY | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Elizabeth Lewandowski | Client: self | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Ellen Byrne | Client: Illinois Hospice & Palliative Care Organization | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Emily Garmager | Client: Access Living | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Emma Ruth | Client: Cabrini Green Legal Aid | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Gail T Smith | Client: Children's Best Interest Project | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Grace Ebert | Client: self | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Grace Tsao | Client: self | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Grazyna Minior | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Gretchen Neidhardt | Client: NA | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Hale Landes | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Hilary Jirka | Client: NEIU | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Jacquelyn Maris | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| James E Roth | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Janice Gintzler | Client: Janice Gintzler | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Janise Hurtig | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Jennifer O'Neil | Client: NA | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Jerome Palliser | Client: self | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Jersey Shabazz Hosier | Client: Access Living | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Jocelyn Sanders | Client: Holistic Woman Lifestyle LLC | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Joe Engleman | Client: Not applicable | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| John Amdor | Client: Nekritz Amdor Andersson Group (Illinois Justice Project) | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| John Broome | Client: Second Unitarian Church of Chicago (Myself) | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| John S Herring Sr | Client: Illinois Network of Centers for Independent Living | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Joy Bunton | Client: United Working Families | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Julee Opel | Client: Disability Resource Center | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Julie falco | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Juliet Stills | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Kathryn Culleeny | Client: Cook County Justice Advisory Council | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Kathryn Averyheart | Client: CDW (NA) | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Kathy Powers | Client: The People Project | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Keir McCoy | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Kevin Huckfeldt | Client: Disability Resource Center (Kevin Huckfeldt) | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Kevin Ring | Client: Arnold Ventures | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Kira Meskin Schiff | Client: Living Fully at Home, LLC | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Lauren Meger | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Leanne Marie Mull | Client: self (na) | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Linda Shelton | Client: self | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Lindsey Hammond | Client: Restore Justice | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Lisa May Simpson | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Lucy Trevino | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Madeleine Mills-Craig | Client: Legal Aid | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Madison Oliver | Client: none | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Mara Lazer | Client: self | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Maria Del Zoppo | Client: None | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Marilou Gervacio | Client: Catholic Conference of Illinois | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Marshan Allen | Client: Illinois Prison Project | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Martha Rubin | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| mary ellen casey | Client: self | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Max Cerda | Client: Illinois Latino Reintegration Community Collaborative, ILRCC | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Megan Dunning | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Megan Sanks | Client: Not applicable | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Melanie Stith | Client: Parent | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Meri Helbig | Client: self (Persons with disabilities) | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Michael Bailey | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Minette Sternke | Client: self | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Miranda Corbett | Client: . | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Miriam Coppel | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Missy Martin | Client: Disability Resource Center | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Monica Heffner | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Nafia Khan | Client: Progress Center for Independent Living | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Natalie Brandy | Client: Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana (Access Living) | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Natasha Mijares | Client: SELF | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Nicholas Boyle | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Nicole | Client: Disability Resource Center | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Nicole Grigg | Client: University of Chicago | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Nikki Cotto | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Nora Collins-Mandeville | Client: American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois (ACLU of Illinois) | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Oliver Levy | Client: self | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| pam heavens | Client: United Cerebral Palsy Center for Disab (PRISONERS WITH DISABILITIES) | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Patricia Jjemba | Client: Law Office of the Cook County Public Defender | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Paul Rothschild | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Penny Gates | Client: SELF | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Penny Gates | Client: SELF | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Riley Spreadbury | Client: Disability Resource Center | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Robert Gilligan | Client: Catholic Conference of Illinois (CCI) | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Ryan Osborn | Client: Person with Disabilites (Persons with Disabilites) | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Sam Kendall | Client: NA | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Sarah Buckley | Client: self | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Sarah Geinosky | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Scott Main | Client: Juvenile Defender Resource Center (self only) | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Shannon Tarkowski | Client: self | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Soo Hyun Um | Client: NA | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Stephanie Santana | Client: Access Living of Metro Chicago | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Susan Kristi Anderson | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Theresa Markham | Client: Self | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Thomas Casey | Client: myself | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
| Tiffany Marie Favers du Shine | Client: self | Proponent | Start date: Restorative Justice & Public Safety, 2025-03-06 08:00 | End date: |
Votes
YES: 78
- Mussman
- Guerrero-Cuellar
- Ness
- Guzzardi
- Andrade
- Haas
- Avelar
- Olickal
- OrtĂz, AarĂłn
- Blair-Sherlock
- Rashid
- Hanson
- Briel
- Harper
- Buckner
- Rita
- Hernandez, Barbara
- Ryan
- Hernandez, Lisa
- Canty
- Sanalitro
- Hernandez, Norma
- Cassidy
- Hirschauer
- Chung
- Schmidt
- Schweizer
- Huynh
- Costa Howard
- Crawford
- Crespo
- Slaughter
- Johnson
- Croke
- Smith
- Jones
- Tracy Katz Muhl
- Davis, Lisa
- Stava-Murray
- William "Will" Davis
- Stuart
- La Ha
- Delgado
- LaPointe
- DeLuca
- Syed
- Deuter
- Tarver
- Mah
- Didech
- Manley
- Du Buclet
- Mason
- Vella
- Evans
- Walsh
- McCombie
- Faver Dias
- Ford
- West
- Meyers-Martin
- Fritts
- Gabel
- Williams, Ann
- Moeller
- Gill
- Williams, Jawaharial
- Moore
- Gong-Gershowitz
- Windhorst
- Morgan
- González, Edgar
- Janet Yang Rohr
- Morris
- Gordon-Booth
- Welch
- Moylan
- Grasse
NO: 27
ABSTAIN: 1
Actions
- Aug 15, 2025 | House
- Governor Approved
- Effective Date January 1, 2026
- Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0220
- Jun 20, 2025 | House
- Sent to the Governor
- May 22, 2025 | House
- Passed Both Houses
- May 22, 2025 | Senate
- Third Reading - Passed; 033-019-000
- May 20, 2025 | Senate
- Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen
- Apr 30, 2025 | Senate
- Second Reading
- Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 1, 2025
- Apr 24, 2025 | Senate
- Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 29, 2025
- Apr 23, 2025 | Senate
- Approved for Consideration Assignments
- Apr 22, 2025 | House
- Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Hoan Huynh
- Apr 09, 2025 | Senate
- Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Adriane Johnson
- First Reading
- Referred to Assignments
- Apr 08, 2025 | Senate
- Arrive in Senate
- Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 9, 2025
- Apr 07, 2025 | House
- Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.
- Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Gregg Johnson
- Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
- Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Hernandez
- Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Nabeela Syed
- Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Crawford
- Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lindsey LaPointe
- Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Amy Briel
- Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Norma Hernandez
- Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Faver Dias
- Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Beth Canty
- Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 078-027-001
- Mar 18, 2025 | House
- Second Reading - Short Debate
- Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- Mar 10, 2025 | House
- Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
- Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
- Mar 06, 2025 | House
- Do Pass / Short Debate Restorative Justice & Public Safety Committee; 010-000-000
- House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled
- Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maurice A. West, II
- Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kimberly Du Buclet
- Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lilian Jiménez
- Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lisa Davis
- Mar 04, 2025 | House
- House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Restorative Justice & Public Safety Committee
- Mar 03, 2025 | House
- House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Nicolle Grasse
- House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
- Feb 25, 2025 | House
- Assigned to Restorative Justice & Public Safety Committee
- Feb 06, 2025 | House
- Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Yolonda Morris
- Feb 05, 2025 | House
- Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
- Feb 04, 2025 | House
- First Reading
- Referred to Rules Committee
- Jan 31, 2025 | House
- Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Nicolle Grasse
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