# Illinois SB1411: HEALTH CARE SURROGATE-POLST Illinois SB1411, HEALTH CARE SURROGATE-POLST, is a 104th General Assembly (2025–2026) Senate bill sponsored by Laura Fine (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-08-15 (Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0378) (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB1411-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Illinois SB1411 - State: Illinois - Session: 104th General Assembly (2025–2026) - Title: HEALTH CARE SURROGATE-POLST - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-01-31 - Last action: 2025-08-15, Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0378 - Sponsor: Laura Fine (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 4 - Subjects: assignments, judiciary, judiciary - civil - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 5 (203 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary Amends the Health Care Surrogate Act. Provides that if an individual without decisional capacity has an operative and unrevoked living will and the attending physician, in accordance with Section 4 of the Illinois Living Will Act, determines that the individual has a terminal condition and records the condition in the individual's medical record, then the individual's surrogate decision maker, in the order of priority under subsection (a) of Section 25, is authorized to consent to a POLST on behalf of the individual to ensure that the individual's wishes are respected. ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Laura Fine (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Bob Morgan (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Daniel Didech (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Margaret Croke (Democratic), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-05-22 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed | pass | 112 | 0 | | | 2025-04-23 | House | Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; | pass | 19 | 0 | | | 2025-04-10 | Senate | Third Reading - Passed; | pass | 55 | 0 | | | 2025-04-09 | Senate | Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Judiciary; | pass | 8 | 0 | | | 2025-03-19 | Senate | Do Pass as Amended Judiciary; | pass | 9 | 0 | | ## Actions (41) - 2025-08-15: Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0378 (Senate) - 2025-08-15: Effective Date January 1, 2026 (Senate) - 2025-08-15: Governor Approved (Senate) - 2025-06-20: Sent to the Governor (Senate) - 2025-05-22: Passed Both Houses (Senate) - 2025-05-22: Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 (House) - 2025-05-22: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2025-05-20: Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Margaret Croke (House) - 2025-05-20: Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel Didech (House) - 2025-05-20: Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Bob Morgan (House) - 2025-05-16: Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2025-05-16: Second Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2025-04-23: Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2025-04-23: Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 019-000-000 (House) - 2025-04-17: Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee (House) - 2025-04-11: Referred to Rules Committee (House) - 2025-04-11: First Reading (House) - 2025-04-10: Chief House Sponsor Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz (House) - 2025-04-10: Arrived in House (House) - 2025-04-10: Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Fine (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Recalled to Second Reading (Senate) - 2025-04-09: Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Judiciary; 008-000-000 (Senate) - 2025-04-08: Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Judiciary (Senate) - 2025-04-03: Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments (Senate) - 2025-04-03: Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Laura Fine (Senate) - 2025-03-20: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 1, 2025 (Senate) - 2025-03-20: Second Reading (Senate) - 2025-03-19: Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 20, 2025 (Senate) - 2025-03-19: Do Pass as Amended Judiciary; 009-000-000 (Senate) - 2025-03-19: Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted (Senate) - 2025-03-18: Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Judiciary (Senate) - 2025-03-11: Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments (Senate) - 2025-03-11: Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Laura Fine (Senate) - 2025-03-06: Postponed - Judiciary (Senate) - 2025-02-20: Postponed - Judiciary (Senate) - 2025-02-11: Assigned to Judiciary (Senate) - 2025-01-31: Referred to Assignments (Senate) - 2025-01-31: First Reading (Senate) - 2025-01-31: Filed with Secretary by Sen. Laura Fine (Senate) ## Bill text - Engrossed: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1411eng.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1411enr.pdf) - Introduced: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1411.pdf) - Senate Amendment 1: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1411sam001.pdf) - Senate Amendment 2: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1411sam002.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/SB/PDF/10400SB1411eng.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1411enr.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1411.pdf) - [Senate Amendment 1 (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1411sam001.pdf) - [Senate Amendment 2 (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1411sam002.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-SB1411-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).