The legislation was introduced in bill HB3018 on Feb. 15, when Kifowit filed it with the House clerk.
According to the General Assembly website, the bill as introduced was designed to "amend the Food Handling Regulation Enforcement Act".
After debate, the House passed the bill on April 9 and it arrived in the Senate on April 10, and both chambers agreed to the final version of the legislation on May 31. The bill was sent to the governor and signed into law on Aug. 23. 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 HB3018.
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2/15/2019 | House | Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit |
| 2/15/2019 | House | First Reading |
| 2/15/2019 | House | Referred to Rules Committee |
| 2/21/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jonathan Carroll |
| 2/26/2019 | House | Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee |
| 3/12/2019 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee |
| 3/12/2019 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit |
| 3/19/2019 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Health Care Licenses Committee |
| 3/20/2019 | House | Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee; 013-000-000 |
| 3/20/2019 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Health Care Licenses Committee; by Voice Vote |
| 3/21/2019 | House | Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate |
| 3/27/2019 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee |
| 3/27/2019 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit |
| 4/2/2019 | House | Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Joyce Mason |
| 4/2/2019 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-000-000 |
| 4/2/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit |
| 4/4/2019 | House | Second Reading - Short Debate |
| 4/4/2019 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted |
| 4/4/2019 | House | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate |
| 4/9/2019 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-000-001 |
| 4/10/2019 | Senate | Arrive in Senate |
| 4/10/2019 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 11, 2019 |
| 4/12/2019 | Senate | First Reading |
| 4/12/2019 | Senate | Referred to Assignments |
| 4/12/2019 | Senate | Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. David Koehler |
| 4/24/2019 | Senate | Assigned to Public Health |
| 5/8/2019 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 9, 2019 |
| 5/8/2019 | Senate | Do Pass Public Health; 008-000-000 |
| 5/16/2019 | Senate | Second Reading |
| 5/16/2019 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 17, 2019 |
| 5/24/2019 | Senate | Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2019 |
| 5/31/2019 | House | Passed Both Houses |
| 5/31/2019 | Senate | Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 |
| 6/28/2019 | House | Sent to the Governor |
| 8/23/2019 | House | Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0495 |
| 8/23/2019 | House | Governor Approved |
| 8/23/2019 | House | Effective Date August 23, 2019 |
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