---
type: "Bill"
title: "NURSE AIDE REGISTRY-TRAINING"
description: "Amends the Nursing Home Care Act, MC/DD Act, and ID/DD Community Care Act. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall allow an individual to satisfy a specified supervised clinical experience requirement through supervised clinical experience at an assisted living establishment licensed under the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "100th"
identifier: "HB 481"
citation: "Illinois HB 481 (100th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-18"
last_action: "2017-08-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/62543c23-deda-48f9-b7dd-0d7a05bb4f4d"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=481&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=100122&SessionID=91&GA=100"
source_hash: "e6fb48d2a891997dc8c207db5ec85083edefdc15525825bb4f6728fb61eaaa65"
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 HB 481 (100th) — NURSE AIDE REGISTRY-TRAINING

Amends the Nursing Home Care Act, MC/DD Act, and ID/DD Community Care Act. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall allow an individual to satisfy a specified supervised clinical experience requirement through supervised clinical experience at an assisted living establishment licensed under the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act.

## 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=10000HB0481&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=100122&DocNum=481&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB0481eng&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=100122&DocNum=481&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB0481enr&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=100122&DocNum=481&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Avery Bourne — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-18** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Avery Bourne `filing`
- **2017-01-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-01-20** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-02** Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-09** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Avery Bourne `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-03-09** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-13** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Health Care Licenses Committee
- **2017-03-15** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Health Care Licenses Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2017-03-15** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee; 016-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-15** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2017-03-23** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2017-03-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2017-03-29** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-29** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2017-03-29** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 30, 2017 `reading-1`
- **2017-04-06** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson
- **2017-04-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-06** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-24** Waive Posting Notice
- **2017-05-24** Assigned to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-25** Do Pass Public Health; 005-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-25** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 26, 2017
- **2017-05-26** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-05-26** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 29, 2017
- **2017-05-26** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2017 `reading-3`
- **2017-05-31** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-05-31** Passed Both Houses
- **2017-06-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-08-24** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2017-08-24** Effective Date August 24, 2017
- **2017-08-24** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0297 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/62543c23-deda-48f9-b7dd-0d7a05bb4f4d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).