Illinois Senate Bill 1973 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: Failed on January 13 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Creates the Home Birth Safety Act. Provides for the licensure of midwives by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation and for certain limitations on the activities of licensed midwives. Creates the Illinois Midwifery Board. Sets forth provisions concerning application, qualifications, grounds for disciplinary action, and administrative procedures. Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act to set a repeal date for the new Act of January 1, 2030. Amends the Medical Practice Act of 1987, the Nurse Practice Act, and the Illinois Public Aid Code to make related changes.

HOME BIRTH SAFETY ACT

Sen. Don Harmon [D]

Sen. Cristina Castro [D]

Sen. Neil Anderson [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-01-13	Senate	Session Sine Die
2020-12-01	Senate	Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Don Harmon
2019-11-04	Senate	Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
2019-11-04	Senate	Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. John J. Cullerton
2019-03-22	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2019-03-05	Senate	Assigned to Licensed Activities
2019-03-04	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Neil Anderson
2019-02-21	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro
2019-02-15	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
2019-02-15	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2019-02-15	Senate	First Reading
2019-02-15	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
225	60	4	Amended Code	Citation Text
225	65	5-15	Amended Code	Citation Text
225	65	50-15	Amended Code	Citation Text
305	5	5-5	Amended Code	Citation Text
5	80	4.40	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1973&GAID=15&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=108&GA=101
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/SB/10100SB1973.htm