# Illinois HB0057: ESSENTIAL SUPPORT PERSON Illinois HB0057, ESSENTIAL SUPPORT PERSON, is a 104th General Assembly (2025–2026) House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2025-08-01 (Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0037) (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB0057-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Illinois HB0057 - State: Illinois - Session: 104th General Assembly (2025–2026) - Title: ESSENTIAL SUPPORT PERSON - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2024-12-11 - Last action: 2025-08-01, Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0037 - Sponsors: no sponsor on record - Cosponsors: 6 - Subjects: mental health & addiction, assignments, health and human services - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 5 (222 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary Amends the Essential Support Person Act. Changes the definition of "Department" to mean the Department of Public Health or, with respect to community-integrated living arrangements, as defined in the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act, the Department of Human Services. Provides that "facility" does not include any facility that the Department of Public Health or the Department of Veterans' Affairs does not regulate, except that "facility" includes a community-integrated living arrangement, as defined in the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act. ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Cosponsor: Charles Meier (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Chris Balkema (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Erica Harriss (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Jason Plummer (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Jason R. Bunting (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Kevin Schmidt (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-05-22 | Senate | Third Reading - Passed; | pass | 58 | 0 | | | 2025-04-30 | Senate | Do Pass Health and Human Services; | pass | 8 | 0 | | | 2025-04-08 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Mental Health & Addiction Committee; | pass | 21 | 0 | | | 2025-04-08 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed | pass | 113 | 0 | | | 2025-03-06 | House | Do Pass / Short Debate Mental Health & Addiction Committee; | pass | 22 | 0 | | ## Actions (38) - 2025-08-01: Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0037 (House) - 2025-08-01: Effective Date January 1, 2026 (House) - 2025-08-01: Governor Approved (House) - 2025-06-20: Sent to the Governor (House) - 2025-05-30: Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Chris Balkema (Senate) - 2025-05-22: Passed Both Houses (House) - 2025-05-22: Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 (Senate) - 2025-05-22: Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Jason Plummer (Senate) - 2025-05-20: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** (Senate) - 2025-05-01: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 6, 2025 (Senate) - 2025-05-01: Second Reading (Senate) - 2025-04-30: Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 1, 2025 (Senate) - 2025-04-30: Do Pass Health and Human Services; 008-000-000 (Senate) - 2025-04-23: Assigned to Health and Human Services (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Referred to Assignments (Senate) - 2025-04-10: First Reading (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Erica Harriss (Senate) - 2025-04-09: Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 10, 2025 (Senate) - 2025-04-09: Arrive in Senate (Senate) - 2025-04-08: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jason R. Bunting (House) - 2025-04-08: Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 (House) - 2025-04-08: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2025-04-08: House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted (House) - 2025-04-08: Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2025-04-08: House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Mental Health & Addiction Committee; 021-000-000 (House) - 2025-04-04: Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Charles Meier (House) - 2025-04-04: Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Kevin Schmidt (House) - 2025-03-20: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2025-03-20: Second Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2025-03-18: House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Mental Health & Addiction Committee (House) - 2025-03-17: House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee (House) - 2025-03-17: House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Charles Meier (House) - 2025-03-06: Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2025-03-06: Do Pass / Short Debate Mental Health & Addiction Committee; 022-000-000 (House) - 2025-02-04: Assigned to Mental Health & Addiction Committee (House) - 2025-01-09: Referred to Rules Committee (House) - 2025-01-09: First Reading (House) - 2024-12-11: Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Charles Meier (House) ## Bill text - Engrossed: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB0057eng.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB0057enr.pdf) - House Amendment 1: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB0057ham001.pdf) - Introduced: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB0057.pdf) ## Related bills - HB5198: AFFORDABLE HOUSING-CILAS (passed house) - SB1937: PENSION CODE-VARIOUS (passed senate) - HB2563: CONDO-RESERVE STUDY (in committee) - HB4701: LIMITATIONS FACILITY FEES ACT (in committee) - SB3008: DHS-ABLE PROGRAM INFO MATERIAL (passed senate) - SB3484: VEH CD-PLATES-REGISTRATION (signed) ## Sources - [Engrossed (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB0057eng.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB0057enr.pdf) - [House Amendment 1 (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB0057ham001.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB0057.pdf) ## Related - [HB5198: AFFORDABLE HOUSING-CILAS](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB5198-2025-2026) - [SB1937: PENSION CODE-VARIOUS](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB1937-2025-2026) - [HB2563: CONDO-RESERVE STUDY](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB2563-2025-2026) - [HB4701: LIMITATIONS FACILITY FEES ACT](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB4701-2025-2026) - [SB3008: DHS-ABLE PROGRAM INFO MATERIAL](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB3008-2025-2026) - [SB3484: VEH CD-PLATES-REGISTRATION](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB3484-2025-2026) - [Illinois bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/illinois/bills) - [Illinois state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/illinois) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB0057-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).