By Jim Talamonti, Illinois Radio Network
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (IRN) — Aid-in-dying [assisted suicide and euthanasia] legislation remains at the Illinois Statehouse after it failed to clear the Illinois Senate before legislators adjourned for the summer.
Lawmakers spent well over an hour on the House floor last week discussing an amended version of Senate Bill 1950, which was initially introduced as “sanitary food preparation” legislation.
SB 1950 took language from Senate Bill 9, or the End-of-Life Options for Terminally-Ill Patients Act, which was introduced by state Sen. Linda Holmes, D-Aurora. Legislators previously spent time debating SB 9 in committee.
House members voted in favor of SB 1950 last Thursday, but senators did not take up the measure before the spring legislative session ended over the weekend.