Illinois Senate Bill 1640

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Introduced on February 4 2025 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2025-02-04 - Referred to Assignments
Pending: Senate Assignments Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Vital Records Act. In provisions regarding information required on forms, provides that (i) the decision with respect to burial or cremation shall be made by the authorized person and shall be properly communicated to relevant persons within 7 days after a death, and (ii) the funeral director shall indicate the name of cemetery on the death certificate within 7 days before burial. In provisions regarding death certificates, provides that (i) the administrator of the nursing home, hospital, or hospice facility where the death occurred shall be responsible for creating the death registration file in the electronic reporting system for death registrations, and (ii) signatures may be electronic.

VITAL RECORDS-DEATH CERT

Sen. Napoleon Harris [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-02-04	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2025-02-04	Senate	First Reading
2025-02-04	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Napoleon Harris III

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
410	535	11	Amended Code	Citation Text
410	535	18	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=1640&GAID=18&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=160483&SessionID=114
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus/FullText?LegDocId=200270&DocName=10400SB1640&DocNum=1640&DocTypeID=SB&LegID=160483&GAID=18&SessionID=114&SpecSess=&Session=