---
type: "Bill"
title: "HIGHER ED-HEALTH CARE PROVIDER"
description: "Amends the Underserved Health Care Provider Workforce Act. Adds an anesthesiologist to the definition of \"eligible health care provider\"."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "SB 2130"
citation: "Illinois SB 2130 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lawrence \"Larry\" Walsh, Jr.", "Neil Anderson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-10"
last_action: "2023-08-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/88f17a04-d36a-4453-ad7c-93e19f41ae0d"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=2130&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=147008&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "c747868a314300ac3e7fca900c45eff3f63cba1841ad4815c37de63153e31687"
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 2130 (103rd) — HIGHER ED-HEALTH CARE PROVIDER

Amends the Underserved Health Care Provider Workforce Act. Adds an anesthesiologist to the definition of "eligible health care provider".

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB2130.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB2130eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB2130enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Health Care Licenses — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · lower
- Public Health — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lawrence "Larry" Walsh, Jr. — primary (person)
- Neil Anderson — primary (person)
- Jawaharial Williams — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-10** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Neil Anderson `filing`
- **2023-02-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-10** Referred to Assignments
- **2023-02-28** Assigned to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08** Do Pass Public Health; 007-000-000
- **2023-03-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 9, 2023 `reading-2`
- **2023-03-21** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 22, 2023
- **2023-03-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** March 24, 2023
- **2023-03-29** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-30** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2023-03-30** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Lawrence "Larry" Walsh, Jr.
- **2023-03-30** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-30** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2023-04-18** Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26** Do Pass / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee; 011-000-000
- **2023-04-26** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jawaharial Williams
- **2023-04-26** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-05-02** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-05-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2023-05-11** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-11** Passed Both Houses
- **2023-06-09** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-08-04** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2023-08-04** Effective Date January 1, 2024
- **2023-08-04** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0507 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/88f17a04-d36a-4453-ad7c-93e19f41ae0d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).