---
type: "Bill"
title: "MASSAGE LICENSE EXEMPTION"
description: "Amends the Massage Licensing Act. Provides that the exemption from the Act for practitioners of Asian bodywork approaches applies until January 1, 2020. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "101st"
identifier: "SB 1841"
citation: "Illinois SB 1841 (101st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-15"
last_action: "2019-08-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/66a2abe3-149c-484e-8b28-b4b4f9beddbf"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1841&GAID=15&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=119480&SessionID=108&GA=101"
source_hash: "9651bdcbf1af558dbd9d71df4c337895d3fc1611df26c69f14b877d608af2abe"
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 1841 (101st) — MASSAGE LICENSE EXEMPTION

Amends the Massage Licensing Act. Provides that the exemption from the Act for practitioners of Asian bodywork approaches applies until January 1, 2020. 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=10100SB1841&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=119480&DocNum=1841&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100SB1841eng&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=119480&DocNum=1841&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100SB1841enr&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=119480&DocNum=1841&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **54–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jil Tracy — primary (person)
- Michael D. Unes — primary (person)
- Rachelle Crowe — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan Spain — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-15** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Jil Tracy `filing`
- **2019-02-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-15** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** Assigned to Licensed Activities `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06** Postponed - Licensed Activities
- **2019-03-13** Do Pass Licensed Activities; 006-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 14, 2019
- **2019-03-14** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachelle Crowe
- **2019-03-20** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 21, 2019
- **2019-03-27** Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-03-27** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2019-03-27** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Michael D. Unes
- **2019-03-27** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-27** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Ryan Spain
- **2019-04-09** Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** Do Pass / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-02** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-05-16** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2019-05-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-05-23** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-05-23** Passed Both Houses
- **2019-06-21** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-08-16** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2019-08-16** Effective Date August 16, 2019
- **2019-08-16** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0421 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/66a2abe3-149c-484e-8b28-b4b4f9beddbf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).