The legislation was introduced in bill HB1 on Nov. 30, 2018, when Rep. Mary E. Flowers (D-31) filed it with the House clerk.
According to the General Assembly website, the bill as introduced was designed to "create the Task Force on Infant and Maternal Mortality Among African Americans Act".
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 17. The bill was sent to the governor and signed into law on July 12. The law went into effect immediately.
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 HB1.
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 11/30/2018 | House | Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Mary E. Flowers |
| 1/9/2019 | House | First Reading |
| 1/9/2019 | House | Referred to Rules Committee |
| 1/24/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. LaToya Greenwood |
| 1/29/2019 | House | Assigned to Health Care Availability & Accessibility Committee |
| 1/29/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Delia C. Ramirez |
| 1/29/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield |
| 1/29/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Anne Stava-Murray |
| 1/29/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Justin Slaughter |
| 1/29/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Celina Villanueva |
| 2/5/2019 | House | Do Pass / Short Debate Health Care Availability & Accessibility Committee; 005-000-000 |
| 2/7/2019 | House | Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate |
| 2/13/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia |
| 2/13/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Margo McDermed |
| 3/6/2019 | House | Second Reading - Short Debate |
| 3/6/2019 | House | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate |
| 3/11/2019 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Mary E. Flowers |
| 3/11/2019 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee |
| 3/13/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart |
| 3/14/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Bob Morgan |
| 3/15/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin |
| 3/19/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Hernandez |
| 3/19/2019 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Health Care Availability & Accessibility Committee |
| 3/21/2019 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Health Care Availability & Accessibility Committee; 005-000-000 |
| 3/28/2019 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted |
| 3/28/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons |
| 3/28/2019 | House | Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate |
| 3/28/2019 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 |
| 3/28/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth |
| 3/28/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly |
| 3/28/2019 | House | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate |
| 4/3/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Natalie A. Manley |
| 4/3/2019 | Senate | Arrive in Senate |
| 4/3/2019 | Senate | First Reading |
| 4/3/2019 | Senate | Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins |
| 4/3/2019 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading |
| 4/3/2019 | Senate | Referred to Assignments |
| 4/24/2019 | Senate | Assigned to Public Health |
| 4/30/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Antonio Muñoz |
| 4/30/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson |
| 5/2/2019 | Senate | Do Pass Public Health; 009-000-000 |
| 5/2/2019 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 7, 2019 |
| 5/7/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval |
| 5/9/2019 | Senate | Second Reading |
| 5/9/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter |
| 5/9/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Ram Villivalam |
| 5/9/2019 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 14, 2019 |
| 5/17/2019 | House | Passed Both Houses |
| 5/17/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro |
| 5/17/2019 | Senate | Third Reading - Passed; 050-000-000 |
| 6/14/2019 | House | Sent to the Governor |
| 7/12/2019 | House | Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0038 |
| 7/12/2019 | House | Effective Date July 12, 2019 |
| 7/12/2019 | House | Governor Approved |
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