# Illinois HB1332: HOSPITAL EMERGENCY CONTACT Illinois HB1332, HOSPITAL EMERGENCY CONTACT, is a 104th General Assembly (2025–2026) House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2025-08-01 (Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0046) (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB1332-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Illinois HB1332 - State: Illinois - Session: 104th General Assembly (2025–2026) - Title: HOSPITAL EMERGENCY CONTACT - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-01-14 - Last action: 2025-08-01, Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0046 - Sponsors: no sponsor on record - Cosponsors: 8 - Subjects: health care availability & accessibility, assignments, health and human services - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 5 (174 yes, 31 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that a hospital licensed under the Act must, at the time a patient is being checked in, give the patient an opportunity to designate an emergency contact to be notified if the patient dies or experiences a significant change in condition. If an emergency contact is designated, hospital staff must communicate with the emergency contact and ask whether the emergency contact would prefer to be notified by telephone call, by hospital staff when the emergency contact reaches the hospital, or by some other method. ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Cosponsor: Anne Stava (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: David Koehler (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Debbie Meyers-Martin (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Hoan Huynh (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Julie A. Morrison (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Justin Slaughter (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Mattie Hunter (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Maura Hirschauer (Democratic), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-05-21 | Senate | Third Reading - Passed; | pass | 58 | 0 | | | 2025-04-30 | Senate | Do Pass Health and Human Services; | pass | 8 | 0 | | | 2025-04-09 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed | pass | 87 | 26 | | | 2025-04-08 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommends Be Adopted Health Care Availability & Accessibility Committee; | pass | 12 | 0 | | | 2025-03-11 | House | Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Health Care Availability & Accessibility Committee; | pass | 9 | 5 | | ## Actions (45) - 2025-08-01: Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0046 (House) - 2025-08-01: Effective Date January 1, 2026 (House) - 2025-08-01: Governor Approved (House) - 2025-06-17: Sent to the Governor (House) - 2025-05-21: Passed Both Houses (House) - 2025-05-21: Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison (Senate) - 2025-05-21: Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 (Senate) - 2025-05-14: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 15, 2025 (Senate) - 2025-05-14: Second Reading (Senate) - 2025-05-14: Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. David Koehler (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) - 2025-04-14: Referred to Assignments (Senate) - 2025-04-14: First Reading (Senate) - 2025-04-14: Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 11, 2025 (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Arrive in Senate (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Hoan Huynh (House) - 2025-04-09: House Floor Amendment No. 2 Tabled (House) - 2025-04-09: Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 087-026-000 (House) - 2025-04-09: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2025-04-09: House Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted (House) - 2025-04-08: House Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommends Be Adopted Health Care Availability & Accessibility Committee; 012-000-000 (House) - 2025-04-07: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Justin Slaughter (House) - 2025-04-07: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anne Stava (House) - 2025-04-07: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maura Hirschauer (House) - 2025-04-07: House Floor Amendment No. 3 Rules Refers to Health Care Availability & Accessibility Committee (House) - 2025-04-02: House Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules Committee (House) - 2025-04-02: House Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin (House) - 2025-03-26: Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2025-03-26: Second Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2025-03-18: House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Health Care Availability & Accessibility Committee (House) - 2025-03-14: House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee (House) - 2025-03-14: House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin (House) - 2025-03-12: Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2025-03-11: Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Health Care Availability & Accessibility Committee; 009-005-000 (House) - 2025-03-11: House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Health Care Availability & Accessibility Committee; by Voice Vote (House) - 2025-03-05: House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Health Care Availability & Accessibility Committee (House) - 2025-03-04: House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee (House) - 2025-03-04: House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin (House) - 2025-02-11: Assigned to Health Care Availability & Accessibility Committee (House) - 2025-01-28: Referred to Rules Committee (House) - 2025-01-28: First Reading (House) - 2025-01-14: Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin (House) ## Bill text - Engrossed: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB1332eng.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB1332enr.pdf) - House Amendment 1: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB1332ham001.pdf) - House Amendment 2: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB1332ham002.pdf) - House Amendment 3: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB1332ham003.pdf) - Introduced: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB1332.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/10400HB1332eng.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB1332enr.pdf) - [House Amendment 1 (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB1332ham001.pdf) - [House Amendment 2 (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB1332ham002.pdf) - [House Amendment 3 (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB1332ham003.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB1332.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-HB1332-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).