Illinois 94th Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 D cosponsors

HB 760 — PUB AID-FUNERAL EXPENSES

Last action — Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0669

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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 01, 2005. Enacted.

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Likely to advance 72% · moderate confidence

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  • 1 sponsor

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  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 D).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 3 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that beginning July 1, 2005, the Department of Human Services shall annually increase the minimum reimbursement amount for funeral and burial expenses required under the Code by a percentage equal to the percentage increase, if any, in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers during the preceding 12 months. Effective immediately.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

36 added · 35 removed

Plain-language change summary

The amendment to Bill HB 760 updates the reimbursement schedule for funeral and cremation services by adding specific dates in 2006 and 2007 for the Department to increase the minimum allowable reimbursement amounts. This change is important because it ensures that support for families facing funeral expenses keeps pace with rising costs over these years, promoting dignity and affordability in burial or cremation services. Additionally, the removal of outdated language from 2005 clarifies that the adjustments will now be made on a more relevant timeline, better reflecting current economic conditions.

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HB0760 Engrossed LRB094 07853 DRJ 38034 b AN ACT in relation to funeral expenses.
HB0760 Enrolled LRB094 07853 DRJ 38034 b AN ACT in relation to funeral expenses.
On July 1, 2005 and on each July 1 thereafter, the Department shall increase the minimum reimbursement amount for funeral and burial expenses under this Section by a percentage equal to the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, if any, during the 12 months immediately preceding that July 1.
On January 1, 2006, July 1, 2006, and July 1, 2007, the Department shall increase the minimum reimbursement amount for funeral and burial expenses under this Section by a percentage equal to the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, if any, during the 12 months immediately preceding that January 1 or July 1.
In establishing the minimum allowable amount, the Department shall take into account the services essential to a dignified, low-cost (i) funeral and (ii) burial or cremation, including reasonable amounts that may be necessary for burial space and cemetery charges, and any applicable taxes or other HB0760 Engrossed - 2 - LRB094 07853 DRJ 38034 b required governmental fees or charges.
In establishing the minimum allowable amount, the Department shall take into account the services essential to a dignified, low-cost (i) funeral and (ii) burial or cremation, including reasonable amounts that may be necessary for burial space and cemetery charges, and any HB0760 Enrolled - 2 - LRB094 07853 DRJ 38034 b applicable taxes or other required governmental fees or charges.
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Action History

  1. Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0669

  2. Effective Date August 23, 2005

  3. Governor Approved

  4. Sent to the Governor

  5. Passed Both Houses

  6. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 116-000-000

  7. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000

  8. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee

  9. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Robert Rita

  10. Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1

  11. Arrived in House

  12. Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000

  13. Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins

  14. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading

  15. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Ronen

  16. Recalled to Second Reading

  17. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Health & Human Services; 008-000-000

  18. Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Donne E. Trotter

  19. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Health & Human Services

  20. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules

  21. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Carol Ronen

  22. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 12, 2005

  23. Second Reading

  24. Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 10, 2005

  25. Do Pass Health & Human Services; 010-000-000

  26. Fiscal Note Filed from the Illinois Department of Human Services.

  27. Postponed - Health & Human Services

  28. Assigned to Health & Human Services

  29. Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. M. Maggie Crotty

  30. Referred to Rules

  31. First Reading

  32. Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Carol Ronen

  33. Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers

  34. Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers

  35. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis

  36. Remove Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis

  37. Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 9, 2005

  38. Arrive in Senate

  39. Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. William B. Black

  40. Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000

  41. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough

  42. Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William B. Black

  43. Remove Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough

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

  45. Second Reading - Short Debate

  46. Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. William Davis

  47. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Joseph M. Lyons

  48. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Frank J. Mautino

  49. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lou Lang

  50. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert S. Molaro

  51. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Constance A. Howard

  52. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Marlow H. Colvin

  53. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers

  54. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Milton Patterson

  55. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robin Kelly

  56. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto

  57. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. William Delgado

  58. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kenneth Dunkin

  59. Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough

  60. Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William Davis

  61. Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate

  62. Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Dan Brady

  63. Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Brady

  64. Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis

  65. Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 012-000-000

  66. Assigned to Human Services Committee

  67. Referred to Rules Committee

  68. First Reading

  69. Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Robert Rita

Sponsors

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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.

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Votes

Concurrence, Amendment 1

Passed 116 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 105001
Democrat 8001
Republican 3000
Total 116002
% of votes cast 98%0%0%2%
How each member voted (118)
Member Party Vote
Sacia — Yea
Saviano — Yea
Schmitz — Yea
Schock — Yea
Scully — Yea
Sommer — Yea
Soto — Yea
Leitch — Yea
Acevedo — Yea
Bassi — Yea
Mathias — Yea
Beaubien — Yea
Beiser — Yea
Bellock — Yea
Berrios — Yea
Biggins — Yea
Black — Yea
Boland — Yea
Bost — Yea
Brauer — Yea
Brosnahan — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Moffitt — Yea
Eddy — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Munson — Yea
Hamos — Yea
Holbrook — Yea
Jefferson — Yea
Jenisch — Yea
Lang — Yea
Lindner — Yea
Bailey — Yea
Lyons, Eileen — Yea
Reitz — Yea
Lyons, Joseph — Yea
Dugan — Yea
Dunkin — Yea
Dunn — Yea
Mautino — Yea
May — Yea
McAuliffe — Yea
McCarthy — Yea
Meyer — Yea
Millner — Yea
Molaro — Yea
Mulligan — Yea
McGuire — Yea
Myers — Yea
Nekritz — Yea
Osmond — Yea
Bradley, John — Yea
Ryg — Yea
Bradley, Richard — Yea
Tenhouse — Yea
Brady — Yea
Tryon — Yea
Turner — Yea
Verschoore — Yea
Wait — Yea
Mitchell, Bill — Yea
Hannig — Yea
Burke — Yea
Sullivan — Yea
Mitchell, Jerry — Yea
Washington — Yea
Winters — Yea
Howard — Yea
Watson — Yea
Chavez — Yea
Churchill — Yea
Colvin — Yea
Coulson — Yea
Cross — Yea
Cultra — Yea
Flider — Yea
Flowers — Yea
Franks — Yea
Fritchey — Yea
Froehlich — Yea
Giles — Yea
Graham — Yea
Granberg — Yea
Hassert — Yea
Hultgren — Yea
Jakobsson — Yea
Jones — Yea
Krause — Yea
Davis, Monique — Yea
Madigan — Yea
McKeon — Not Voting
Parke — Yea
Phelps — Yea
Currie — Yea
D'Amico — Yea
Daniels — Yea
Kosel — Yea
Yarbrough — Yea
Younge — Yea
Osterman — Yea
Patterson — Yea
Pihos — Yea
Poe — Yea
Pritchard — Yea
Reis — Yea
Chapa LaVia — Yea
Eva-Dina Delgado Democrat Yea
Jay Hoffman Democrat Yea
Lakesia Collins Democrat Not Voting
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

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Third Reading

Passed 58 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 52001
Democrat 5000
Republican 1000
Total 58001
% of votes cast 98%0%0%2%
How each member voted (59)
Member Party Vote
Sandoval — Yea
Silverstein — Yea
Lauzen — Yea
Maloney — Yea
Althoff — Yea
Martinez — Yea
Bomke — Yea
Burzynski — Yea
Cronin — Yea
Garrett — Yea
Halvorson — Yea
Meeks — Yea
Pankau — Yea
Peterson — Yea
Munoz — Yea
Brady — Yea
Schoenberg — Yea
Shadid — Yea
Sullivan, D. — Yea
Sieben — Yea
Sullivan, J. — Yea
Petka — Yea
Trotter — Yea
Viverito — Yea
Jacobs — Yea
Jones, J. — Yea
Cullerton — Yea
Watson — Yea
Clayborne — Yea
Crotty — Yea
Haine — Yea
Hendon — Yea
Jones, W. — Yea
Demuzio — Yea
Link — Yea
Luechtefeld — Yea
Wilhelmi — Yea
Winkel — Yea
Wojcik — Yea
Dahl — Yea
DeLeo — Yea
Dillard — Yea
Forby — Yea
Geo-Karis — Not Voting
Radogno — Yea
Raoul — Yea
Rauschenberger — Yea
Righter — Yea
Risinger — Yea
Ronen — Yea
Roskam — Yea
Rutherford — Yea
del Valle — Yea
Don Harmon Democrat Yea
Emil Jones, III Democrat Yea
Kimberly A. Lightford Democrat Yea
Lakesia Collins Democrat Yea
Mattie Hunter Democrat Yea
Dave Syverson Republican Yea

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Third Reading

Passed 115 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 103003
Democrat 9000
Republican 3000
Total 115003
% of votes cast 97%0%0%3%
How each member voted (118)
Member Party Vote
Sacia — Yea
Saviano — Yea
Schmitz — Yea
Schock — Yea
Scully — Yea
Sommer — Yea
Soto — Yea
Younge — Yea
Acevedo — Yea
Bassi — Yea
Mathias — Yea
Beaubien — Yea
Beiser — Yea
Bellock — Yea
Berrios — Yea
Mautino — Yea
Biggins — Yea
Black — Yea
Boland — Yea
May — Yea
Bost — Yea
Brauer — Yea
Brosnahan — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Churchill — Yea
Colvin — Yea
Coulson — Yea
Moffitt — Yea
Graham — Yea
Hassert — Yea
Myers — Yea
Hultgren — Yea
Jefferson — Yea
Jenisch — Yea
Lang — Yea
Leitch — Yea
Lindner — Yea
McAuliffe — Yea
McCarthy — Yea
Bailey — Yea
Lyons, Eileen — Yea
Pihos — Yea
Reitz — Yea
Lyons, Joseph — Yea
McGuire — Yea
Dugan — Yea
Dunkin — Yea
Dunn — Yea
Eddy — Yea
Flider — Yea
Flowers — Yea
Franks — Yea
Fritchey — Yea
Krause — Yea
Madigan — Yea
McKeon — Yea
Bradley, John — Yea
Meyer — Yea
Bradley, Richard — Yea
Millner — Not Voting
Brady — Yea
Molaro — Yea
Mulligan — Yea
Munson — Yea
Nekritz — Yea
Mitchell, Bill — Yea
Hannig — Yea
Burke — Yea
Sullivan — Yea
Mitchell, Jerry — Yea
Osmond — Yea
Patterson — Yea
Phelps — Yea
Tenhouse — Yea
Tryon — Yea
Turner — Yea
Howard — Yea
Verschoore — Not Voting
Wait — Yea
Washington — Yea
Winters — Yea
Watson — Yea
Yarbrough — Yea
Jones — Yea
Davis, Monique — Yea
Chavez — Yea
Cross — Yea
Cultra — Yea
Currie — Yea
D'Amico — Yea
Daniels — Yea
Froehlich — Yea
Giles — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Granberg — Yea
Hamos — Yea
Holbrook — Yea
Jakobsson — Yea
Kosel — Yea
Osterman — Yea
Parke — Not Voting
Poe — Yea
Pritchard — Yea
Reis — Yea
Ryg — 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

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What does HB 760 do?
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that beginning July 1, 2005, the Department of Human Services shall annually increase the minimum reimbursement amount for funeral and burial expenses required under the Code by a percentage equal to the percentage increase, if any, in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers during the preceding 12 months. Effective immediately.
Who sponsors HB 760?
HB 760 is sponsored by Robert "Bob" Rita (Democrat).
What is the current status of HB 760?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 01, 2005. Enacted.
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