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+type: "Bill"
+title: "RECORDS-PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT"
+description: "Amends the Vital Records Act. Provides that \"certifying health care professional\" includes a physician assistant. Defines \"physician assistant\". Provides that in the absence of a certifying health care professional or with his or her approval, a medical certification may be completed and signed by a physician assistant."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
+legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
+session: "102nd"
+identifier: "SB 3498"
+citation: "Illinois SB 3498 (102nd)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Laura M. Murphy", "Randy E. Frese"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 29
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2022-01-19"
+last_action: "2022-05-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/933b4a8d-3409-49ee-b9c6-b0c497630fba"
+source_url: "https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3498&GAID=16&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=138450&SessionID=110&GA=102"
+source_hash: "24fcccda24593b31d103609dc8b897c7ffffabc4190729d2e158e5c16654d910"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
+---
+
+# Illinois SB 3498 (102nd) — RECORDS-PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT
+
+Amends the Vital Records Act. Provides that "certifying health care professional" includes a physician assistant. Defines "physician assistant". Provides that in the absence of a certifying health care professional or with his or her approval, a medical certification may be completed and signed by a physician assistant.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB3498.pdf)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB3498eng.pdf)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB3498enr.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper
+- Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Laura M. Murphy — primary (person)
+- Randy E. Frese — primary (person)
+- Camille Y. Lilly — cosponsor (person)
+- Dan Brady — cosponsor (person)
+- Doris Turner — cosponsor (person)
+- John Connor — cosponsor (person)
+- Kathleen Willis — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-01-19** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Laura M. Murphy `filing`
+- **2022-01-19** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2022-01-19** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
+- **2022-01-26** Assigned to Licensed Activities `referral-committee`
+- **2022-01-28** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. John Connor
+- **2022-02-01** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Doris Turner
+- **2022-02-10** Do Pass Licensed Activities; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2022-02-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 15, 2022
+- **2022-02-15** Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2022-02-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 16, 2022
+- **2022-02-16** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
+- **2022-02-16** Arrived in House `introduction`
+- **2022-02-17** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Randy E. Frese
+- **2022-02-17** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2022-02-17** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-07** Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-16** Do Pass / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2022-03-16** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2022-03-23** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2022-03-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2022-03-24** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen Willis
+- **2022-03-31** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
+- **2022-03-31** Passed Both Houses
+- **2022-03-31** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Brady
+- **2022-03-31** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
+- **2022-04-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-05-13** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
+- **2022-05-13** Effective Date January 1, 2023
+- **2022-05-13** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0844 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/933b4a8d-3409-49ee-b9c6-b0c497630fba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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