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SB 61 — LANGUAGE ASSISTANCE-TECH
Last action — Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0564
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6Enacted
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 22, 2003. Enacted.
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1 sponsor
0 primary, 1 co-sponsors signed on.
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Cleared a recorded vote
Passed 3 recorded votes so far.
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Summary
Amends the Language Assistance Services Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Bill Text
What changed in the latest version
52 added · 14 removedPlain-language change summary
The recent amendment to Bill SB 61 added new lines while removing others, specifically regarding sections that outline certain provisions. This update changes the content of the bill, which may affect how specific regulations are interpreted or enforced. The importance of these changes lies in potential impacts on stakeholders who rely on these regulations, ensuring they align more closely with current needs or standards. Overall, these revisions can help improve clarity and effectiveness in the legislation.
SB61 EngrossedEnrolled LRB093 03263 AMC 03280 b AN ACT concerning language assistance services.
The Language Assistance Services Act is amended by changing Sections 10 and 15 and adding Sections 16, 17, 18 and 1819 as follows:
SB61 EngrossedEnrolled -2- LRB093 03263 AMC 03280 b (Source:
(3) Develop, and post in conspicuous locations, notices that advise patients and their families of the availability of interpreters, the procedure for obtaining an interpreter, SB61 EngrossedEnrolled -3- LRB093 03263 AMC 03280 b and the telephone numbers to call for filing complaints concerning interpreter service problems, including, but not limited to, a T.D.D.
SB61 EngrossedEnrolled -4- LRB093 03263 AMC 03280 b (Source:
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Action History
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Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0564
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Effective Date January 1, 2004
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Governor Approved
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Sent to the Governor
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Passed Both Houses
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House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 058-000-000
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House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Be Adopted Health & Human Services; 009-000-000
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House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Health & Human Services
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House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules
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House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Miguel del Valle
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Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01 - May 23, 2003
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Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01
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Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 117-000-000
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Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
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Second Reading - Short Debate
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Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
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Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 005-000-000
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House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Human Services Committee; by Voice Vote
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House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Human Services Committee
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Assigned to Human Services Committee
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Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b); May 31, 2003
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Referred to Rules Committee
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First Reading
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Chief House Sponsor Rep. Richard T. Bradley
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Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
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Arrived in House
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Third Reading - Passed; 049-001-000
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Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Rickey R. Hendon
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Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 26, 2003
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Second Reading
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Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Louis S. Viverito
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Fiscal Note Filed As Amended by Senate Committee Amendment No. 1
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Fiscal Note Requested by Sen. Dale A. Righter
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Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 11, 2003
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Do Pass as Amended Health & Human Services; 010-001-000
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Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted
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Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
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Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Health & Human Services
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Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules
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Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Miguel del Valle
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Postponed - Health & Human Services
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Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
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Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Antonio Munoz
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Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Barack Obama
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Assigned to Health & Human Services
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Referred to Rules
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First Reading
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Filed with Secretary by Sen. Miguel del Valle
Sponsors
- del Valle · Cosponsor
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →0 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 182 not signed on
Sponsors (0)
None.
Co-sponsors (1)
Not signed on (182)
182 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 182 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 50 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Democrat | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 58 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| % of votes cast | 98% | 0% | 0% | 2% |
How each member voted (59)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Sandoval | — | Yea |
| Sieben | — | Yea |
| Silverstein | — | Yea |
| Soden | — | Yea |
| Link | — | Yea |
| Althoff | — | Yea |
| Martinez | — | Yea |
| Bomke | — | Yea |
| Burzynski | — | Yea |
| Halvorson | — | Yea |
| Lauzen | — | Yea |
| Jacobs | — | Yea |
| Jones, J. | — | Yea |
| Jones, W. | — | Yea |
| Luechtefeld | — | Yea |
| Watson | — | Yea |
| Cullerton | — | Yea |
| Maloney | — | Yea |
| Demuzio | — | Yea |
| Meeks | — | Yea |
| Schoenberg | — | Yea |
| Shadid | — | Yea |
| Trotter | — | Yea |
| Viverito | — | Yea |
| Winkel | — | Yea |
| Wojcik | — | Yea |
| Woolard | — | Yea |
| Clayborne | — | Yea |
| Cronin | — | Yea |
| Crotty | — | Yea |
| DeLeo | — | Yea |
| Dillard | — | Yea |
| Garrett | — | Yea |
| Geo-Karis | — | Yea |
| Obama | — | Yea |
| Munoz | — | Yea |
| Sullivan, D. | — | Yea |
| Brady | — | Yea |
| Sullivan, J. | — | Yea |
| Petka | — | Yea |
| Haine | — | Yea |
| Hendon | — | Yea |
| Peterson | — | Yea |
| Radogno | — | Yea |
| Rauschenberger | — | Yea |
| Righter | — | Yea |
| Risinger | — | Yea |
| Ronen | — | Yea |
| Roskam | — | Not Voting |
| Rutherford | — | Yea |
| del Valle | — | Yea |
| Don Harmon | Democrat | Yea |
| Emanuel "Chris" Welch | Democrat | Yea |
| Emil Jones, III | Democrat | Yea |
| Kimberly A. Lightford | Democrat | Yea |
| Lakesia Collins | Democrat | Yea |
| Lawrence "Larry" Walsh, Jr. | Democrat | Yea |
| Mattie Hunter | Democrat | Yea |
| Dave Syverson | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 105 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Democrat | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 117 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| % of votes cast | 99% | 0% | 0% | 1% |
How each member voted (118)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Saviano | — | Yea |
| Schmitz | — | Yea |
| Slone | — | Yea |
| Sommer | — | Yea |
| Soto | — | Yea |
| Wait | — | Yea |
| Wirsing | — | Yea |
| Acevedo | — | Yea |
| Aguilar | — | Yea |
| Mathias | — | Yea |
| Bassi | — | Yea |
| Beaubien | — | Yea |
| Bellock | — | Yea |
| Berrios | — | Yea |
| Mautino | — | Yea |
| Biggins | — | Yea |
| Black | — | Yea |
| Boland | — | Yea |
| May | — | Yea |
| Bost | — | Yea |
| Brauer | — | Yea |
| Brosnahan | — | Yea |
| Capparelli | — | Yea |
| Colvin | — | Yea |
| Coulson | — | Yea |
| Morrow | — | Yea |
| Myers | — | Yea |
| Hultgren | — | Yea |
| Jefferson | — | Yea |
| O'Brien | — | Yea |
| Pankau | — | Not Voting |
| Parke | — | Yea |
| Leitch | — | Yea |
| Lindner | — | Yea |
| Lyons, Eileen | — | Yea |
| Bailey | — | Yea |
| Lyons, Joseph | — | Yea |
| McAuliffe | — | Yea |
| McCarthy | — | Yea |
| Reitz | — | Yea |
| McKeon | — | Yea |
| Mendoza | — | Yea |
| Meyer | — | Yea |
| Millner | — | Yea |
| Phelps | — | Yea |
| Pihos | — | Yea |
| Scully | — | Yea |
| McGuire | — | Yea |
| Bradley, Richard | — | Yea |
| Brady | — | Yea |
| Mitchell, Bill | — | Yea |
| Hannig | — | Yea |
| Dunkin | — | Yea |
| Dunn | — | Yea |
| Eddy | — | Yea |
| Flider | — | Yea |
| Flowers | — | Yea |
| Forby | — | Yea |
| Franks | — | Yea |
| Fritchey | — | Yea |
| Froehlich | — | Yea |
| Giles | — | Yea |
| Graham | — | Yea |
| Granberg | — | Yea |
| Grunloh | — | Yea |
| Hamos | — | Yea |
| Burke | — | Yea |
| Mitchell, Jerry | — | Yea |
| Krause | — | Yea |
| Kurtz | — | Yea |
| Sullivan | — | Yea |
| Lang | — | Yea |
| Madigan | — | Yea |
| Moffitt | — | Yea |
| Molaro | — | Yea |
| Howard | — | Yea |
| Mulligan | — | Yea |
| Munson | — | Yea |
| Nekritz | — | Yea |
| Novak | — | Yea |
| Watson | — | Yea |
| Jones | — | Yea |
| Osmond | — | Yea |
| Osterman | — | Yea |
| Davis, Monique | — | Yea |
| Davis, Steve | — | Yea |
| Tenhouse | — | Yea |
| Turner | — | Yea |
| Verschoore | — | Yea |
| Washington | — | Yea |
| Winters | — | Yea |
| Churchill | — | Yea |
| Cross | — | Yea |
| Cultra | — | Yea |
| Currie | — | Yea |
| Daniels | — | Yea |
| Hassert | — | Yea |
| Holbrook | — | Yea |
| Jakobsson | — | Yea |
| Kosel | — | Yea |
| Yarbrough | — | Yea |
| Younge | — | Yea |
| Poe | — | Yea |
| Ryg | — | Yea |
| Sacia | — | Yea |
| Chapa LaVia | — | Yea |
| Eva-Dina Delgado | Democrat | Yea |
| Jay Hoffman | Democrat | Yea |
| Lakesia Collins | Democrat | Yea |
| Michael J. Kelly | Democrat | Yea |
| Nicholas K. Smith | Democrat | Yea |
| Patrick J. Joyce | Democrat | Yea |
| Robert "Bob" Rita | Democrat | Yea |
| Sara Feigenholtz | Democrat | Yea |
| William "Will" Davis | Democrat | Yea |
| Brad Stephens | Republican | Yea |
| Chapin Rose | Republican | Yea |
| Chris Miller | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 41 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| Democrat | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 49 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| % of votes cast | 83% | 2% | 0% | 15% |
How each member voted (59)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Sandoval | — | Yea |
| Silverstein | — | Yea |
| Winkel | — | Yea |
| Luechtefeld | — | Yea |
| Althoff | — | Not Voting |
| Martinez | — | Yea |
| Bomke | — | Yea |
| Burzynski | — | Nay |
| Clayborne | — | Yea |
| Cronin | — | Yea |
| Link | — | Yea |
| Lauzen | — | Yea |
| Obama | — | Yea |
| Munoz | — | Yea |
| Radogno | — | Yea |
| Sieben | — | Yea |
| Sullivan, J. | — | Yea |
| Petka | — | Yea |
| Trotter | — | Yea |
| Jacobs | — | Yea |
| Jones, J. | — | Yea |
| Jones, W. | — | Yea |
| Viverito | — | Yea |
| Watson | — | Yea |
| Cullerton | — | Yea |
| Crotty | — | Yea |
| Haine | — | Yea |
| Halvorson | — | Yea |
| Demuzio | — | Yea |
| Maloney | — | Yea |
| Sullivan, D. | — | Not Voting |
| Brady | — | Not Voting |
| Meeks | — | Yea |
| Schoenberg | — | Yea |
| Shadid | — | Yea |
| Wojcik | — | Not Voting |
| Woolard | — | Yea |
| DeLeo | — | Yea |
| Dillard | — | Not Voting |
| Garrett | — | Yea |
| Geo-Karis | — | Yea |
| Hendon | — | Not Voting |
| Peterson | — | Yea |
| Philip | — | Not Voting |
| Rauschenberger | — | Not Voting |
| Righter | — | Yea |
| Risinger | — | Not Voting |
| Ronen | — | Yea |
| Roskam | — | Yea |
| Rutherford | — | Yea |
| del Valle | — | Yea |
| Don Harmon | Democrat | Yea |
| Emanuel "Chris" Welch | Democrat | Yea |
| Emil Jones, III | Democrat | Yea |
| Kimberly A. Lightford | Democrat | Yea |
| Lakesia Collins | Democrat | Yea |
| Lawrence "Larry" Walsh, Jr. | Democrat | Yea |
| Mattie Hunter | Democrat | Yea |
| Dave Syverson | Republican | Yea |
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Frequently asked questions
- What does SB 61 do?
- Amends the Language Assistance Services Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
- Who sponsors SB 61?
- SB 61 is sponsored by del Valle.
- What is the current status of SB 61?
- This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 22, 2003. Enacted.
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