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+type: "Bill"
+title: "DENTAL ASSTS-SUPERVISION"
+description: "Amends the Illinois Dental Practice Act. Provides that a dentist utilizing dental assistants shall not supervise more than 4 dental assistants at any one time for placing, carving, and finishing of amalgam restorations; the monitoring of nitrous oxide; and pit and fissure sealants. Effective immediately."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
+legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
+session: "97th"
+identifier: "SB 2941"
+citation: "Illinois SB 2941 (97th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 26
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2012-02-01"
+last_action: "2012-08-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36bb1784-27c6-4d00-a2ff-752e6b8ecdb7"
+source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2941&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=63819&SessionID=84&GA=97"
+source_hash: "61ecbca0b19f6df3dc80a257e1a6688fb6d6a358a6438108d8f440175114fe8a"
+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 2941 (97th) — DENTAL ASSTS-SUPERVISION
+
+Amends the Illinois Dental Practice Act. Provides that a dentist utilizing dental assistants shall not supervise more than 4 dental assistants at any one time for placing, carving, and finishing of amalgam restorations; the monitoring of nitrous oxide; and pit and fissure sealants. Effective immediately.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB2941&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=63819&DocNum=2941&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB2941eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=63819&DocNum=2941&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB2941enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=63819&DocNum=2941&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **53–0** (pass) · upper
+- Third Reading — **108–6** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Kirk W. Dillard — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2012-02-01** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kirk W. Dillard `filing`
+- **2012-02-01** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2012-02-01** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
+- **2012-02-07** Assigned to Licensed Activities `referral-committee`
+- **2012-02-24** Do Pass Licensed Activities; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2012-02-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 27, 2012
+- **2012-03-01** Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2012-03-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 6, 2012
+- **2012-03-28** Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2012-03-28** Arrived in House `introduction`
+- **2012-03-30** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Zalewski
+- **2012-03-30** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2012-03-30** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2012-03-30** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2012-04-16** Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2012-04-16** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly Burke
+- **2012-04-25** Do Pass / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2012-04-25** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2012-05-02** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2012-05-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2012-05-10** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 108-006-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2012-05-10** Passed Both Houses
+- **2012-06-08** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2012-08-02** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
+- **2012-08-02** Effective Date August 2, 2012
+- **2012-08-02** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0886 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/36bb1784-27c6-4d00-a2ff-752e6b8ecdb7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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