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HB4039Introduced in the House

HOPE ACT

IntroducedHouse Rules

Introduced by Lindsey LaPointe, District 19

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Creates the Holistic Overdose Prevention and Equity Act. Creates the Harm Reduction Program Board, with certain requirements. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall issue grants to harm reduction providers, with certain requirements. Establishes a Chief Harm Reduction Officer within the Department. Provides for a place-based approach to harm reduction pilot program. Provides for local government training and continuing education. Provides that naloxone shall be made readily available to all staff and individuals in prisons and jails, with certain requirements. Provides for medication for opioid use disorder and fentanyl testing. Restricts the use of abstinence-only or sobriety requirements to housing, with certain requirements. Limits home rule powers. Makes findings. Defines terms. Amends the Department of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, the Counties Code, the County Jail Act, the Unified Code of Corrections, the Hospital Licensing Act, and the Overdose Prevention and Harm Reduction Act to make conforming changes.

Where it stands

House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee

April 17, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

HouseStage: House Mental Health & Addiction Committee · April 16, 2026

15

Yes

7

No

1

Absent or Not Voting

23 representatives recorded in this House vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

What do people think?

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See how each representative voted

RepresentativeDistrictVote
Sonya Harper6Yes
Yolanda Morris9Yes
Lindsey LaPointe19Yes
Lisa Davis32Yes
Debbie Meyers-Martin38Yes
Will Guzzardi39Yes
Margaret DeLaRosa42Yes
Barbara Hernandez50Yes
Michelle Mussman56Yes
Tracy Katz Muhl57Yes

Bill history

  1. Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Lindsey LaPointe

  2. First Reading

  3. Referred to Rules Committee

  4. Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Justin Slaughter

  5. Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford

  6. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Faver Dias

  7. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy

  8. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lilian Jiménez

  9. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Theresa Mah

  10. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dagmara Avelar

  11. Assigned to Mental Health & Addiction Committee

  12. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kimberly Du Buclet

  13. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Aarón M. Ortíz

  14. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi

  15. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman

  16. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maurice A. West, II

  17. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel Didech

  18. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Nabeela Syed

  19. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kam Buckner

  20. Do Pass / Short Debate Mental Health & Addiction Committee; 015-007-000

  21. Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate

  22. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly

  23. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Lindsey LaPointe

  24. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee

  25. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit

  26. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Mental Health & Addiction Committee

  27. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maura Hirschauer

  28. Second Reading - Short Debate

  29. Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate

  30. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Lindsey LaPointe

  31. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee

  32. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Mental Health & Addiction Committee

  33. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Mental Health & Addiction Committee; 015-007-000

  34. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Crawford

  35. Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee

  36. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee

  37. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee

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