Overview
- The Senate approved the measure 30–27 in the early hours of Friday’s veto session, sending it to Gov. J.B. Pritzker.
- SB 1950 would allow mentally competent adults with a prognosis of six months or less to obtain life‑ending medication, with requirements including physician and mental‑health evaluations, multiple oral and written requests, witnesses, and self‑administration.
- Health care providers would not be required to participate, and doctors must discuss alternatives such as hospice care.
- Pritzker said he has not decided on the bill; he has two months to act, and if he signs it the law would take effect nine months later.
- Backers including the ACLU of Illinois, Compassion & Choices, and bill sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes frame the policy as personal choice, while disability advocates and Catholic leaders urge a veto, citing risks of coercion and discrimination.