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HB 4049 Illinois House · 99th Regular Session

PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

Summary
Amends the Statute on Statutes, the Disabled Persons Rehabilitation Act, the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act, the Illinois Public Aid Code, and other various Acts. Changes all occurrences of "the physically handicapped" to "persons with physical disabilities", changes all occurrences of "the handicapped" or "handicapped persons" or "handicapped individuals" to "persons with disabilities", and changes all occurrences of "handicapping condition" to "disabling condition". Changes all occurrences of "disabled persons" to "persons with disabilities" and changes all occurrences of "the mentally and developmentally disabled" to "persons with mental and developmental disabilities". Changes the title of the "Disabled Persons Rehabilitation Act" and all references to that Act to the "Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities Act". Changes the title of other Acts and the names of certain funds. Effective immediately.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2015
Committee Review
May 2015
House Passage
May 2015
Senate Passage
May 2015
Signed into Law
Jul 2015
Introduced Apr 21, 2015 Signed Jul 27, 2015
Floor votes · Senate May 20, 2015 · House Apr 20, 2015

How they voted

46–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 47
May 20, 2015
D Democratic29
28 Yea 1
96% Yea
R Republican18
18 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
36
Key actions
5
Committee
6
Jul 27, 2015
Signed into law
Governor Approved
lower
May 20, 2015
Lower · Passed
Passed Both Houses
lower
May 6, 2015
Upper · Passed
Do Pass Human Services; 005-000-000
upper
Apr 29, 2015
Committee
Assigned to Human Services
upper
Apr 23, 2015
Committee
Referred to Assignments
upper
Apr 21, 2015
Introduced
Arrive in Senate
upper
Apr 20, 2015
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (92-0-6)
house
Mar 25, 2015
Lower · Passed
Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 014-000-000
lower
Mar 16, 2015
Committee
Assigned to Human Services Committee
lower
Feb 27, 2015
Committee
Referred to Rules Committee
lower
0 primary · 5 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.