The legislation was introduced in bill HB889 on Jan. 24, when Rep. Daniel Swanson (R-74) filed it with the House clerk.
According to the General Assembly website, the bill as introduced was designed to "amend the Illinois Insurance Code".
After debate, the House passed the bill on March 28 and it arrived in the Senate on April 3, and both chambers agreed to the final version of the legislation on May 22. The bill was sent to the governor and signed into law on Aug. 13. The law is scheduled to go into effect on Jan. 1, 2020.
Illinois legislature enacts laws through bills that can be introduced in either the state House of Representatives or the state Senate. Either chamber of the legislature can reject or amend a bill before it becomes law. Legislators sometimes sponsor "shell bills" devoid of substantive provisions, introduced with the intention of being amended later to include actual legislation.
The following table shows the full history of actions on HB889.
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 1/24/2019 | House | Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Daniel Swanson |
| 1/28/2019 | House | First Reading |
| 1/28/2019 | House | Referred to Rules Committee |
| 2/4/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Steven Reick |
| 2/5/2019 | House | Assigned to Insurance Committee |
| 2/5/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Terri Bryant |
| 2/5/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jonathan Carroll |
| 2/5/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Darren Bailey |
| 2/5/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Caulkins |
| 2/5/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia |
| 2/5/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Randy E. Frese |
| 2/5/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Severin |
| 2/5/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Margo McDermed |
| 2/5/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Halpin |
| 2/5/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers |
| 2/5/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Charles Meier |
| 2/6/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lawrence Walsh, Jr. |
| 2/6/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Norine K. Hammond |
| 2/6/2019 | House | Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Norine K. Hammond |
| 2/6/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Darren Bailey |
| 2/6/2019 | House | Remove Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Darren Bailey |
| 2/6/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robyn Gabel |
| 2/7/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lance Yednock |
| 2/7/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick Windhorst |
| 2/7/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen Willis |
| 2/7/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ryan Spain |
| 2/7/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert Martwick |
| 2/13/2019 | House | Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Robyn Gabel |
| 2/14/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Chris Miller |
| 2/14/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas M. Bennett |
| 2/14/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. David A. Welter |
| 2/19/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tony McCombie |
| 2/19/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Terra Costa Howard |
| 2/20/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry Costello, II |
| 2/20/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicholas K. Smith |
| 2/20/2019 | House | To Health Insurance Subcommittee |
| 2/21/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Deb Conroy |
| 2/21/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr. |
| 2/21/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Martin J. Moylan |
| 2/21/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly |
| 2/28/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Ugaste |
| 3/5/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Blaine Wilhour |
| 3/12/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Edly-Allen |
| 3/12/2019 | House | Reported Back To Insurance Committee; |
| 3/12/2019 | House | Recommends Do Pass Subcommittee/ Insurance Committee; 003-000-000 |
| 3/13/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield |
| 3/13/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Thaddeus Jones |
| 3/13/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper |
| 3/13/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Natalie A. Manley |
| 3/13/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anna Moeller |
| 3/19/2019 | House | Do Pass / Short Debate Insurance Committee; 017-002-000 |
| 3/19/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Amy Grant |
| 3/20/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin |
| 3/21/2019 | House | Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate |
| 3/26/2019 | House | Second Reading - Short Debate |
| 3/26/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Burke |
| 3/26/2019 | House | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate |
| 3/27/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark L. Walker |
| 3/27/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez |
| 3/27/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons |
| 3/28/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz |
| 3/28/2019 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 106-000-000 |
| 3/28/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael T. Marron |
| 3/28/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy |
| 4/3/2019 | Senate | Arrive in Senate |
| 4/3/2019 | Senate | First Reading |
| 4/3/2019 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading |
| 4/3/2019 | Senate | Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Neil Anderson |
| 4/3/2019 | Senate | Referred to Assignments |
| 4/4/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Andy Manar |
| 4/11/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes |
| 4/15/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Sue Rezin |
| 4/16/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy |
| 4/23/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura Fine |
| 4/24/2019 | Senate | Assigned to Insurance |
| 5/1/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Dale Fowler |
| 5/1/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins |
| 5/1/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon |
| 5/1/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez |
| 5/2/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Thomas Cullerton |
| 5/2/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Suzy Glowiak Hilton |
| 5/2/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Scott M. Bennett |
| 5/3/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Bill Cunningham |
| 5/3/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro |
| 5/7/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Terry Link |
| 5/7/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Jason Plummer |
| 5/8/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Christopher Belt |
| 5/9/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant |
| 5/9/2019 | Senate | Postponed - Insurance |
| 5/10/2019 | Senate | Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 17, 2019 |
| 5/15/2019 | Senate | Do Pass Insurance; 012-000-000 |
| 5/15/2019 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 16, 2019 |
| 5/15/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Chuck Weaver |
| 5/16/2019 | Senate | Second Reading |
| 5/16/2019 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 17, 2019 |
| 5/16/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Paul Schimpf |
| 5/16/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachelle Crowe |
| 5/16/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Pat McGuire |
| 5/16/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Steve McClure |
| 5/16/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Napoleon Harris, III |
| 5/17/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. David Koehler |
| 5/22/2019 | House | Passed Both Houses |
| 5/22/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura Ellman |
| 5/22/2019 | Senate | Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 |
| 6/20/2019 | House | Sent to the Governor |
| 8/13/2019 | House | Effective Date January 1, 2020 |
| 8/13/2019 | House | Governor Approved |
| 8/13/2019 | House | Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0371 |
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