---
type: "Bill"
title: "TELEHEALTH ACT-DENTIST"
description: "Amends the Telehealth Act. Provides that \"health care professionals\" includes dentists."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "100th"
identifier: "SB 2587"
citation: "Illinois SB 2587 (100th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-07"
last_action: "2018-08-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/369bb764-c592-4d00-93bd-ced6e9b7370d"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2587&GAID=14&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=109568&SessionID=91&GA=100"
source_hash: "a190e3f1041e9316fb9cb608034aad5cb40e22fd52d2cc392720c913a68d42f5"
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 2587 (100th) — TELEHEALTH ACT-DENTIST

Amends the Telehealth Act. Provides that "health care professionals" includes dentists.

## 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=10000SB2587&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=109568&DocNum=2587&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000SB2587eng&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=109568&DocNum=2587&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000SB2587enr&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=109568&DocNum=2587&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **102–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **52–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dave Syverson — primary (person)
- Monica Bristow — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-07** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Dave Syverson `filing`
- **2018-02-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-02-07** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-14** Assigned to Licensed Activities and Pensions `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-20** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
- **2018-02-21** Do Pass Licensed Activities and Pensions; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 22, 2018
- **2018-02-22** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 27, 2018
- **2018-04-17** Third Reading - Passed; 052-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-17** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2018-04-18** Chief House Sponsor Rep. David S. Olsen
- **2018-04-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-04-18** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-20** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Joe Sosnowski
- **2018-04-20** Alternate Co-Sponsor Removed Rep. Joe Sosnowski
- **2018-04-20** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Joe Sosnowski
- **2018-04-26** Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-09** Do Pass / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee; 012-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2018-05-09** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2018-05-09** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Natalie A. Manley
- **2018-05-09** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Fortner
- **2018-05-09** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Monica Bristow
- **2018-05-16** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2018-05-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2018-05-21** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 102-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-05-21** Passed Both Houses
- **2018-06-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-08-17** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2018-08-17** Effective Date January 1, 2019
- **2018-08-17** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0930 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/369bb764-c592-4d00-93bd-ced6e9b7370d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).