VITAL RECORDS-STILLBIRTH Senate SponsorsSen. Kathleen L. Wojcik House Sponsors(Rep. John J. Millner-Paul D. Froehlich-Dan Brady) 8/21/2003SenatePublic Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0578 410 ILCS 535/20.5 newAmends the Vital Records Act. Requires the State Registrar to prescribe and distribute a form for a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth. Requires a person who files a fetal death certificate to also prepare a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth. Requires that the certificate be filed as in the case of a certificate of live birth and be offered to the parent or parents of the stillborn child. Provides that a parent of a stillborn child who was born before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly may apply for a fetal death certificate. Effective immediately.Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Deletes all substantive provisions from the bill. Retains only the short title and effective date.Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Amends the Vital Records Act. Requires the State Registrar to prescribe and distribute a form for a certificate of stillbirth. Provides that a person who files a fetal death certificate shall, only upon request by the woman who delivered the stillborn fetus, also prepare a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth. Requires that the certificate be filed in the same manner as a certificate of live birth. Provides that a parent of a stillborn child who was born before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly may request for a fetal death certificate. Effective immediately. 2/20/2003SenateFiled with Secretary by Sen. Kathleen L. Wojcik 2/20/2003SenateFirst Reading 2/20/2003SenateReferred to Rules 3/6/2003SenateAssigned to Health & Human Services 3/12/2003SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kathleen L. Wojcik 3/12/2003SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules 3/12/2003SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Health & Human Services 3/12/2003SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted 3/13/2003SenateDo Pass as Amended Health & Human Services; 011-000-000 3/13/2003SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 18, 2003 3/26/2003SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kathleen L. Wojcik 3/26/2003SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules 3/26/2003SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kathleen L. Wojcik 3/26/2003SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules 3/26/2003SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Health & Human Services 3/26/2003SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 3 Rules Refers to Health & Human Services 4/2/2003SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 3 Be Adopted Health & Human Services; 011-000-000 4/2/2003SenateSecond Reading 4/2/2003SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted; Wojcik 4/2/2003SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 3, 2003 4/4/2003SenateThird Reading Deadline Extended - Rule 2-10(e) to April 9, 2003. 4/8/2003SenateThird Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 4/8/2003SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 2 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) 4/8/2003HouseArrived in House 4/8/2003HousePlaced on Calendar Order of First Reading 4/9/2003HouseChief House Sponsor Rep. John J. Millner 4/9/2003HouseAdded Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich 4/9/2003HouseFirst Reading 4/9/2003HouseReferred to Rules Committee 4/10/2003HouseAssigned to Human Services Committee 5/2/2003HouseRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee 5/21/2003HouseCommittee/3rd Reading Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b); May 31, 2003 5/21/2003HouseAssigned to Human Services Committee 5/28/2003HouseDo Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 006-000-000 5/28/2003HousePlaced on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate 5/28/2003HouseSecond Reading - Short Debate 5/28/2003HouseHeld on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate 5/29/2003HouseSecond Reading - Short Debate 5/29/2003HousePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate 5/30/2003HouseAdded Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Brady 5/30/2003HouseThird Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-001 5/30/2003SenatePassed Both Houses 6/27/2003SenateSent to the Governor 8/21/2003SenateGovernor Approved 8/21/2003SenateEffective Date August 21, 2003 8/21/2003SenatePublic Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0578