Illinois 104th General Assembly Status: Introduced Bipartisan · 30 D · 1 R cosponsors

HB1598      — OPERATING ROOM SAFETY ACT

Last action — Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Simmons

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  1. 1
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been introduced in the House. Introduced January 22, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

Next likely step: a committee referral and hearing.

Prognosis

Advancing 54% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

Low

How often bills like it became law.

  • Introduced

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 45 sponsors

    1 primary, 44 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (30 D · 1 R) — cross-party backing.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 3 recorded votes so far.

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In plain language

Establishes requirements for surgical technologists in health care facilities.

The Operating Room Patient Safety Act sets educational and certification requirements for surgical technologists hired after January 1, 2027. It allows individuals licensed or registered to perform services without these requirements, as well as students or interns under supervision.

What this means for you
  • Healthcare: This means healthcare facilities must ensure their surgical technologists meet new requirements by 2027.

Summary

Creates the Operating Room Patient Safety Act. Provides that each surgical technologist hired or contracted by a health care facility on or after January 1, 2027 shall meet specified educational, certification, or experiential requirements. Provides that nothing in the Act prohibits an individual from performing surgical technology services if the individual is acting within the scope of the individual's license or registration or is a student or intern under the direct supervision of a licensed health care provider.

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Simmons

  2. Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Chapin Rose

  3. Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Adriane L. Johnson

  4. Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments

  5. Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Graciela Guzmán

  6. Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As June 1, 2025

  7. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin

  8. Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Christopher Belt

  9. Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 23, 2025

  10. Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Willie Preston

  11. Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy

  12. Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Patrick J. Joyce

  13. Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura Fine

  14. Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mark L. Walker

  15. Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes

  16. Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison

  17. Assigned to Licensed Activities

  18. Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel

  19. Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. David Koehler

  20. Sponsor Removed Sen. Adriane L. Johnson

  21. Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen

  22. Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Adriane L. Johnson

  23. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Beth Canty

  24. Referred to Assignments

  25. First Reading

  26. Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro

  27. Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading

  28. Arrive in Senate

  29. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kimberly Du Buclet

  30. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lisa Davis

  31. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper

  32. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Yolonda Morris

  33. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly

  34. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled

  35. Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 073-035-000

  36. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate

  37. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted

  38. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Janet Yang Rohr

  39. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Health Care Licenses Committee; 010-005-000

  40. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart

  41. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz

  42. Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate

  43. Second Reading - Short Debate

  44. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Health Care Licenses Committee

  45. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anthony DeLuca

  46. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee

  47. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Barbara Hernandez

  48. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel "Chris" Welch

  49. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Health Care Licenses Committee

  50. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee

  51. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Barbara Hernandez

  52. Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate

  53. Do Pass / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee; 008-005-000

  54. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason

  55. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anna Moeller

  56. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy

  57. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Edgar González, Jr.

  58. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Crawford

  59. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman

  60. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit

  61. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rick Ryan

  62. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Aarón M. Ortíz

  63. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Theresa Mah

  64. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Diane Blair-Sherlock

  65. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Matt Hanson

  66. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin John Olickal

  67. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anne Stava

  68. Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee

  69. Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Maura Hirschauer

  70. Referred to Rules Committee

  71. First Reading

  72. Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sharon Chung

  73. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Bradley Fritts

  74. Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Barbara Hernandez

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 44 co-sponsors · 138 not signed on · 39 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (44)

Not signed on (138)

138 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"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.

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Votes

Third Reading

Passed 73 Yea · 35 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 66008
Republican 33402
Unaffiliated 3100
Total 7235010
% of votes cast 62%30%0%9%
How each member voted (117)
Member Party Vote
Jacobs — Nay
Johnson — Yea
Stava-Murray — Yea
Hernandez, Lisa — Yea
Aarón M. Ortíz Democrat Yea
Abdelnasser Rashid Democrat Yea
Amy Briel Democrat Yea
Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar Democrat Not Voting
Ann M. Williams Democrat Yea
Anna Moeller Democrat Yea
Anthony DeLuca Democrat Yea
Barbara Hernandez Democrat Yea
Bob Morgan Democrat Yea
Camille Y. Lilly Democrat Yea
Carol Ammons Democrat Not Voting
Curtis J. Tarver, II Democrat Yea
Dagmara Avelar Democrat Yea
Daniel Didech Democrat Yea
Dave Vella Democrat Yea
Debbie Meyers-Martin Democrat Yea
Diane Blair-Sherlock Democrat Yea
Edgar González, Jr. Democrat Yea
Eva-Dina Delgado Democrat Yea
Fred Crespo Democrat Yea
Harry Benton Democrat Yea
Hoan Huynh Democrat Not Voting
Jaime M. Andrade, Jr. Democrat Yea
Janet Yang Rohr Democrat Yea
Jawaharial Williams Democrat Not Voting
Jay Hoffman Democrat Yea
Jehan Gordon-Booth Democrat Yea
Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz Democrat Yea
Joyce Mason Democrat Yea
Justin Slaughter Democrat Yea
Kam Buckner Democrat Yea
Katie Stuart Democrat Yea
Kelly M. Cassidy Democrat Yea
Kevin John Olickal Democrat Yea
Kimberly Du Buclet Democrat Yea
La Shawn K. Ford Democrat Yea
Laura Faver Dias Democrat Yea
Lawrence "Larry" Walsh, Jr. Democrat Yea
Lilian Jiménez Democrat Yea
Lindsey LaPointe Democrat Not Voting
Lisa Davis Democrat Yea
Marcus C. Evans, Jr. Democrat Yea
Margaret Croke Democrat Yea
Martha Deuter Democrat Yea
Martin J. Moylan Democrat Yea
Mary Beth Canty Democrat Yea
Mary Gill Democrat Not Voting
Matt Hanson Democrat Yea
Maura Hirschauer Democrat Yea
Maurice A. West, II Democrat Yea
Michael Crawford Democrat Yea
Michael J. Kelly Democrat Yea
Michelle Mussman Democrat Yea
Nabeela Syed Democrat Yea
Natalie A. Manley Democrat Yea
Nicholas K. Smith Democrat Yea
Nicolle Grasse Democrat Yea
Norma Hernandez Democrat Yea
Rick Ryan Democrat Yea
Rita Mayfield Democrat Yea
Robert "Bob" Rita Democrat Yea
Robyn Gabel Democrat Yea
Sharon Chung Democrat Yea
Sonya M. Harper Democrat Yea
Stephanie A. Kifowit Democrat Yea
Sue Scherer Democrat Not Voting
Suzanne M. Ness Democrat Yea
Terra Costa Howard Democrat Yea
Thaddeus Jones Democrat Yea
Theresa Mah Democrat Yea
Tracy Katz Muhl Democrat Yea
Will Guzzardi Democrat Yea
William "Will" Davis Democrat Yea
Yolonda Morris Democrat Not Voting
Adam M. Niemerg Republican Nay
Amy Elik Republican Nay
Amy L. Grant Republican Nay
Blaine Wilhour Republican Nay
Brad Halbrook Republican Nay
Brad Stephens Republican Nay
Bradley Fritts Republican Yea
Brandun Schweizer Republican Nay
Charles Meier Republican Nay
Chris Miller Republican Nay
Christopher "C.D." Davidsmeyer Republican Nay
Dan Swanson Republican Nay
Daniel J. Ugaste Republican Nay
Dave Severin Republican Nay
David Friess Republican Nay
Dennis Tipsword Republican Nay
Jackie Haas Republican Nay
Jason R. Bunting Republican Nay
Jed Davis Republican Nay
Jeff Keicher Republican Nay
Jennifer Sanalitro Republican Not Voting
Joe C. Sosnowski Republican Nay
John M. Cabello Republican Nay
Kevin Schmidt Republican Nay
Kyle Moore Republican Yea
Martin McLaughlin Republican Nay
Michael J. Coffey, Jr. Republican Nay
Nicole La Ha Republican Nay
Norine K. Hammond Republican Nay
Patrick Sheehan Republican Nay
Patrick Windhorst Republican Nay
Regan Deering Republican Yea
Ryan Spain Republican Nay
Steven Reick Republican Nay
Tom Weber Republican Nay
Tony M. McCombie Republican Nay
Travis Weaver Republican Nay
Wayne A. Rosenthal Republican Nay
William E Hauter Republican Not Voting

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Health Care Licenses

Passed 10 Yea · 5 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 8200
Republican 2300
Total 10500
% of votes cast 67%33%0%0%
How each member voted (15)
Member Party Vote
Aarón M. Ortíz Democrat Yea
Anna Moeller Democrat Yea
Barbara Hernandez Democrat Yea
Bob Morgan Democrat Yea
Hoan Huynh Democrat Nay
Lindsey LaPointe Democrat Nay
Natalie A. Manley Democrat Yea
Rick Ryan Democrat Yea
Sharon Chung Democrat Yea
Theresa Mah Democrat Yea
Dennis Tipsword Republican Nay
Kevin Schmidt Republican Nay
Kyle Moore Republican Yea
Paul Jacobs Republican Nay
William E Hauter Republican Yea

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Health Care Licenses

Passed 8 Yea · 5 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 8002
Republican 0500
Total 8502
% of votes cast 53%33%0%13%
How each member voted (15)
Member Party Vote
Aarón M. Ortíz Democrat Yea
Anna Moeller Democrat Yea
Bob Morgan Democrat Yea
Jawaharial Williams Democrat Yea
Lindsey LaPointe Democrat Not Voting
Natalie A. Manley Democrat Yea
Rick Ryan Democrat Yea
Sharon Chung Democrat Yea
Terra Costa Howard Democrat Not Voting
Theresa Mah Democrat Yea
Dennis Tipsword Republican Nay
Kevin Schmidt Republican Nay
Kyle Moore Republican Nay
Paul Jacobs Republican Nay
William E Hauter Republican Nay

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB1598      do?
Creates the Operating Room Patient Safety Act. Provides that each surgical technologist hired or contracted by a health care facility on or after January 1, 2027 shall meet specified educational, certification, or experiential requirements. Provides that nothing in the Act prohibits an individual from performing surgical technology services if the individual is acting within the scope of the individual's license or registration or is a student or intern under the direct supervision of a licensed health care provider.
Who sponsors HB1598     ?
HB1598      is sponsored by Chapin Rose, Mary Edly-Allen, David Koehler, Julie A. Morrison, Linda Holmes, Mark L. Walker, Laura Fine, Patrick J. Joyce, Laura M. Murphy, Willie Preston, Christopher Belt, Graciela Guzmán, Barbara Hernandez (Democrat), Sharon Chung (Democrat), Maura Hirschauer (Democrat), Bradley Fritts (Republican), Anne Stava (Democrat), Kevin John Olickal (Democrat), Matt Hanson (Democrat), Diane Blair-Sherlock (Democrat), Theresa Mah (Democrat), Aarón M. Ortíz (Democrat), Rick Ryan (Democrat), Stephanie A. Kifowit (Democrat), Michelle Mussman (Democrat), Michael Crawford (Democrat), Edgar González, Jr. (Democrat), Kelly M. Cassidy (Democrat), Anna Moeller (Democrat), Joyce Mason (Democrat), Emanuel "Chris" Welch (Democrat), Anthony DeLuca (Democrat), Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz (Democrat), Katie Stuart (Democrat), Janet Yang Rohr (Democrat), Camille Y. Lilly (Democrat), Yolonda Morris (Democrat), Sonya M. Harper (Democrat), Lisa Davis (Democrat), Kimberly Du Buclet (Democrat), Mary Beth Canty (Democrat), Debbie Meyers-Martin (Democrat), Gregg Johnson (Democrat), Loughran Cappel, and Simmons, Mike.
What is the current status of HB1598     ?
This bill has been introduced in the House. Introduced January 22, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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