IL HB2397 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 21)
Status: Passed on August 15 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-08-15 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0220
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 21)
Status: Passed on August 15 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-08-15 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0220
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]
Summary
Provides that the Act may be referred to as the Eddie Thomas Act. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that no later than December 1 of each year, the Department of Corrections shall prepare a report to be published on its website that contains, at a minimum, the following information about hospice and palliative care in its institutions and facilities during the prior fiscal year: (1) demographic data of committed persons who received hospice and palliative care; (2) data on the number of committed persons in the Department's hospice and palliative care programs; (3) data on the timing of hospice and palliative care programming; (4) the number of committed persons in the custody of the Department who died; (5) policies and administrative directives of each Department institution and facility regarding the institution of hospice and palliative care; (6) the staff available for hospice and palliative care; and (7) the cost of the Department's hospice and palliative care programs. Provides that all such data shall be anonymized to protect the privacy of the committed persons involved in the hospice and palliative care programs.
Title
DOC-HOSPICE/PALLIATIVE CARE
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2025-05-22 - Senate - Third Reading in Senate (Y: 33 N: 19 NV: 7 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-04-07 - House - Third Reading in House (Y: 78 N: 27 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-03-06 - House - House Restorative Justice & Public Safety Committee (Y: 5 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-04-07 - House - Third Reading in House (Y: 78 N: 27 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-03-06 - House - House Restorative Justice & Public Safety Committee (Y: 5 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-15 | House | Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0220 |
| 2025-08-15 | House | Effective Date January 1, 2026 |
| 2025-08-15 | House | Governor Approved |
| 2025-06-20 | House | Sent to the Governor |
| 2025-05-22 | House | Passed Both Houses |
| 2025-05-22 | Senate | Third Reading - Passed; 033-019-000 |
| 2025-05-20 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen |
| 2025-04-30 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 1, 2025 |
| 2025-04-30 | Senate | Second Reading |
| 2025-04-24 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 29, 2025 |
| 2025-04-23 | Senate | Approved for Consideration Assignments |
| 2025-04-22 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Hoan Huynh |
| 2025-04-09 | Senate | Referred to Assignments |
| 2025-04-09 | Senate | First Reading |
| 2025-04-09 | Senate | Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Adriane L. Johnson |
| 2025-04-08 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 9, 2025 |
| 2025-04-08 | Senate | Arrive in Senate |
| 2025-04-07 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 078-027-001 |
| 2025-04-07 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Beth Canty |
| 2025-04-07 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Faver Dias |
| 2025-04-07 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Norma Hernandez |
| 2025-04-07 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Amy Briel |
| 2025-04-07 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lindsey LaPointe |
| 2025-04-07 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Crawford |
| 2025-04-07 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Nabeela Syed |
| 2025-04-07 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Hernandez |
| 2025-04-07 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy |
| 2025-04-07 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Gregg Johnson |
| 2025-04-07 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr. |
| 2025-03-18 | House | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate |
| 2025-03-18 | House | Second Reading - Short Debate |
| 2025-03-10 | House | Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy |
| 2025-03-10 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy |
| 2025-03-06 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lisa Davis |
| 2025-03-06 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lilian Jiménez |
| 2025-03-06 | House | Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate |
| 2025-03-06 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kimberly Du Buclet |
| 2025-03-06 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maurice A. West, II |
| 2025-03-06 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled |
| 2025-03-06 | House | Do Pass / Short Debate Restorative Justice & Public Safety Committee; 010-000-000 |
| 2025-03-04 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Restorative Justice & Public Safety Committee |
| 2025-03-03 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee |
| 2025-03-03 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Nicolle Grasse |
| 2025-02-25 | House | Assigned to Restorative Justice & Public Safety Committee |
| 2025-02-06 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Yolonda Morris |
| 2025-02-05 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly |
| 2025-02-04 | House | Referred to Rules Committee |
| 2025-02-04 | House | First Reading |
| 2025-01-31 | House | Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Nicolle Grasse |
