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+type: "Bill"
+title: "INTERVENTION TEAM-THERAPY DOG"
+description: "Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Requires the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board to develop a course and certification program for certified therapy dog teams consisting of officers employing the use of therapy dogs in relation to crisis and emergency response."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
+legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
+session: "104th"
+identifier: "SB 1491"
+citation: "Illinois SB 1491 (104th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Mary Edly-Allen", "Suzanne M. Ness"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 41
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2025-01-31"
+last_action: "2025-08-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/544b2c5d-5339-4256-9592-d2ba48a488a4"
+source_url: "https://ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=1491&GAID=18&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=160063&SessionID=114"
+source_hash: "a4ccf9cc44b1d5c438485fb6e1d642885a2592cf028ebba76fb9cc430a62124d"
+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 1491 (104th) — INTERVENTION TEAM-THERAPY DOG
+
+Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Requires the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board to develop a course and certification program for certified therapy dog teams consisting of officers employing the use of therapy dogs in relation to crisis and emergency response.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1491.pdf)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1491eng.pdf)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1491enr.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Police & Fire Committee — **13–0** (pass) · lower
+- State Government — **9–0** (pass) · upper
+- Third Reading — **53–3** (pass) · upper
+- Third Reading — **87–24** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Mary Edly-Allen — primary (person)
+- Suzanne M. Ness — primary (person)
+- Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar — cosponsor (person)
+- Cristina Castro — cosponsor (person)
+- Debbie Meyers-Martin — cosponsor (person)
+- Doris Turner — cosponsor (person)
+- Laura Faver Dias — cosponsor (person)
+- Laura Fine — cosponsor (person)
+- Laura M. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
+- Matt Hanson — cosponsor (person)
+- Meg Loughran Cappel — cosponsor (person)
+- Napoleon Harris, III — cosponsor (person)
+- Rachel Ventura — cosponsor (person)
+- Robert F. Martwick — cosponsor (person)
+- Sara Feigenholtz — cosponsor (person)
+- Suzy Glowiak Hilton — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-31** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mary Edly-Allen `filing`
+- **2025-01-31** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2025-01-31** Referred to Assignments
+- **2025-02-11** Assigned to State Government `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-20** Do Pass State Government; 009-000-000
+- **2025-02-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 25, 2025 `reading-2`
+- **2025-02-27** Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-02-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 4, 2025
+- **2025-03-19** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Sara Feigenholtz
+- **2025-04-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading **
+- **2025-04-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
+- **2025-04-09** Third Reading - Passed; 053-003-000 `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-04-09** Arrived in House `introduction`
+- **2025-04-09** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Laura Faver Dias
+- **2025-04-09** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2025-04-09** Referred to Rules Committee
+- **2025-04-11** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Napoleon Harris, III
+- **2025-04-11** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert F. Martwick
+- **2025-04-11** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Suzy Glowiak Hilton
+- **2025-04-11** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura Fine
+- **2025-04-11** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachel Ventura
+- **2025-04-11** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
+- **2025-04-11** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro
+- **2025-04-11** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Doris Turner
+- **2025-04-11** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel
+- **2025-04-17** Assigned to Police & Fire Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-22** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Suzanne M. Ness
+- **2025-05-01** Do Pass / Short Debate Police & Fire Committee; 013-000-000
+- **2025-05-01** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar
+- **2025-05-01** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Matt Hanson
+- **2025-05-01** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Faver Dias
+- **2025-05-01** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2025-05-16** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2025-05-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2025-05-16** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin
+- **2025-05-21** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 087-024-000 `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-05-21** Passed Both Houses
+- **2025-06-18** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-08-01** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
+- **2025-08-01** Effective Date January 1, 2026
+- **2025-08-01** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0106 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/544b2c5d-5339-4256-9592-d2ba48a488a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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