Illinois 96th Regular Session Status: Enacted

SB 1703 — PUB HLTH - FETAL CREMATION

Last action — Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0338

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

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 19, 2009. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    0 primary, 1 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that a hospital may include the option of common cremation of fetal tissue in its mandatory notification to a mother following a spontaneous fetal demise after a gestation period of less than 20 weeks. Amends the Crematory Regulation Act to provide an exemption to cremation procedures concerning simultaneous cremation of the human remains for fetal tissue pursuant to the Act.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

5 added · 5 removed

Plain-language change summary

The recent changes to Bill SB 1703 involved removing several lines from the engrossed version of the bill and replacing them with new language in the enrolled version. This update may clarify or refine the bill's provisions. It's important because such changes can affect how the law is implemented or understood, ensuring it meets the intended goals more effectively.

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SB1703 Engrossed LRB096 03472 RPM 13496 b AN ACT concerning public health.
SB1703 Enrolled LRB096 03472 RPM 13496 b AN ACT concerning public health.
1-1-02.) SB1703 Engrossed - 2 - LRB096 03472 RPM 13496 b Section 10.
1-1-02.) SB1703 Enrolled - 2 - LRB096 03472 RPM 13496 b Section 10.
SB1703 Engrossed - 3 - LRB096 03472 RPM 13496 b (c) No crematory authority shall cremate human remains when it has actual knowledge that human remains contain a pacemaker or any other material or implant that may be potentially hazardous to the person performing the cremation.
SB1703 Enrolled - 3 - LRB096 03472 RPM 13496 b (c) No crematory authority shall cremate human remains when it has actual knowledge that human remains contain a pacemaker or any other material or implant that may be potentially hazardous to the person performing the cremation.
(h) The simultaneous cremation of the human remains of more than one person within the same cremation chamber, without the SB1703 Engrossed - 4 - LRB096 03472 RPM 13496 b prior written consent of the authorizing agent, is prohibited except for common cremation pursuant to Section 11.4 of the Hospital Licensing Act.
(h) The simultaneous cremation of the human remains of more than one person within the same cremation chamber, without the SB1703 Enrolled - 4 - LRB096 03472 RPM 13496 b prior written consent of the authorizing agent, is prohibited except for common cremation pursuant to Section 11.4 of the Hospital Licensing Act.
The crematory authority shall not return to an authorizing agent or the SB1703 Engrossed - 5 - LRB096 03472 RPM 13496 b agent's designee more or less cremated remains than were removed from the cremation chamber.
The crematory authority shall not return to an authorizing agent or the SB1703 Enrolled - 5 - LRB096 03472 RPM 13496 b agent's designee more or less cremated remains than were removed from the cremation chamber.
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Action History

  1. Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0338

  2. Effective Date January 1, 2010

  3. Governor Approved

  4. Sent to the Governor

  5. Passed Both Houses

  6. Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 103-002-000

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

  8. Second Reading - Short Debate

  9. Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate

  10. Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 007-000-000

  11. Assigned to Human Services Committee

  12. Referred to Rules Committee

  13. First Reading

  14. Chief House Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock

  15. Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading

  16. Arrived in House

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

  18. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 2, 2009

  19. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Dillard

  20. Second Reading

  21. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Public Health; 009-000-000

  22. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Public Health

  23. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments

  24. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kirk W. Dillard

  25. Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 12, 2009

  26. Do Pass Public Health; 009-000-000

  27. Assigned to Public Health

  28. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan Cronin

  29. Referred to Assignments

  30. First Reading

  31. Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kirk W. Dillard

Sponsors

  • Kirk W. Dillard · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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0 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 182 not signed on · 1 voted No

Sponsors (0)

None.

Co-sponsors (1)

  • Kirk W. Dillard

Not signed on (182)

182 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.

Whip count is in markup. Polling the chamber and every recorded vote this session. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing

Votes

Third Reading

Passed 103 Yea · 2 Nay · 13 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 911011
Democrat 9002
Republican 3100
Total 1032013
% of votes cast 87%2%0%11%
How each member voted (118)
Member Party Vote
Hamos — Yea
Holbrook — Yea
Jefferson — Yea
Lang — Yea
Leitch — Yea
Mathias — Yea
McCarthy — Yea
Mell — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Moffitt — Yea
Myers — Yea
Nekritz — Yea
Osterman — Yea
Phelps — Yea
Bradley — Yea
McGuire — Yea
Senger — Yea
Brady — Yea
Sommer — Yea
Thapedi — Yea
Sullivan — Yea
Tryon — Yea
Burke — Yea
Mitchell, Bill — Yea
Turner — Yea
Verschoore — Yea
Mitchell, Jerry — Yea
Gordon, Careen — Yea
Wait — Yea
Gordon, Jehan — Yea
Washington — Yea
Yarbrough — Yea
Hannig — Yea
Harris — Yea
Watson — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Cavaletto — Yea
Cole — Yea
Colvin — Yea
Coulson — Yea
Cross — Yea
Eddy — Yea
Farnham — Yea
Flider — Yea
Flowers — Yea
Franks — Yea
Fritchey — Yea
Golar — Yea
Graham — Yea
Hatcher — Yea
Howard — Yea
Madigan — Yea
McAuliffe — Not Voting
Mulligan — Not Voting
Zalewski — Not Voting
Coladipietro — Not Voting
Connelly — Not Voting
Cultra — Yea
Currie — Yea
D'Amico — Yea
Jackson — Nay
Jakobsson — Yea
Davis, Monique — Yea
Reitz — Yea
Lyons — Yea
Dugan — Yea
Dunkin — Yea
Durkin — Yea
Kosel — Yea
Osmond — Yea
Pihos — Yea
Poe — Yea
Pritchard — Yea
Ramey — Not Voting
Reboletti — Yea
Reis — Yea
Riley — Yea
Ryg — Yea
Sacia — Yea
Saviano — Not Voting
Schmitz — Yea
Soto — Not Voting
Winters — Yea
Acevedo — Not Voting
Arroyo — Yea
Bassi — Yea
Beaubien — Yea
Beiser — Yea
Bellock — Yea
Berrios — Yea
Biggins — Yea
Mautino — Yea
Black — Yea
Boland — Yea
May — Yea
Bost — Not Voting
Brauer — Not Voting
Brosnahan — Yea
Burns — Yea
McAsey — Yea
Fortner — Yea
Froehlich — Yea
Chapa LaVia — Yea
Anthony DeLuca Democrat Not Voting
Fred Crespo Democrat Yea
Jay Hoffman Democrat Yea
La Shawn K. Ford Democrat Yea
Lakesia Collins Democrat Yea
Mark L. Walker Democrat Yea
Nicholas K. Smith Democrat Yea
Patrick J. Joyce Democrat Yea
Robert "Bob" Rita Democrat Yea
Sara Feigenholtz Democrat Not Voting
William "Will" Davis Democrat Yea
Brad Stephens Republican Nay
Chapin Rose Republican Yea
Chris Miller Republican Yea
Jil Tracy Republican Yea

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Third Reading

Passed 58 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 9000
Unaffiliated 48001
Republican 1000
Total 58001
% of votes cast 98%0%0%2%
How each member voted (59)
Member Party Vote
Hutchinson — Yea
Noland — Yea
Munoz — Yea
Jones, J. — Yea
Brady — Yea
Sullivan — Yea
Lauzen — Yea
Link — Yea
Luechtefeld — Yea
Cullerton — Yea
Radogno — Yea
Steans — Yea
Trotter — Yea
Viverito — Yea
Wilhelmi — Yea
Clayborne — Yea
Cronin — Yea
Crotty — Yea
Dahl — Yea
DeLeo — Yea
Frerichs — Yea
Garrett — Yea
Haine — Yea
Hendon — Yea
Hultgren — Yea
McCarter — Yea
Schoenberg — Yea
Silverstein — Yea
Demuzio — Yea
Jacobs — Yea
Dillard — Yea
Duffy — Yea
Kotowski — Yea
Pankau — Yea
Raoul — Yea
Righter — Yea
Risinger — Yea
Rutherford — Not Voting
Sandoval — Yea
Maloney — Yea
Althoff — Yea
Martinez — Yea
Bivins — Yea
Bomke — Yea
Bond — Yea
Burzynski — Yea
Meeks — Yea
Millner — Yea
Forby — Yea
David Koehler Democrat Yea
Don Harmon Democrat Yea
Emil Jones, III Democrat Yea
Eva-Dina Delgado Democrat Yea
Kimberly A. Lightford Democrat Yea
Lakesia Collins Democrat Yea
Laura M. Murphy Democrat Yea
Linda Holmes Democrat Yea
Mattie Hunter Democrat Yea
Dave Syverson Republican Yea

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Subjects

public-safety healthcare
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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 1703 do?
Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that a hospital may include the option of common cremation of fetal tissue in its mandatory notification to a mother following a spontaneous fetal demise after a gestation period of less than 20 weeks. Amends the Crematory Regulation Act to provide an exemption to cremation procedures concerning simultaneous cremation of the human remains for fetal tissue pursuant to the Act.
Who sponsors SB 1703?
SB 1703 is sponsored by Kirk W. Dillard.
What is the current status of SB 1703?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 19, 2009. Enacted.
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