---
type: "Bill"
title: "ARCHITECTURE PRACTICE-EXAMS"
description: "Amends the Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989. Removes the 5-year cap an applicant has to successfully complete all examinations required by rule of the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "SB 2819"
citation: "Illinois SB 2819 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara Hernández", "Omar Aquino"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-17"
last_action: "2024-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3fe9eef8-163c-495c-8096-97950ceb42d8"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=2819&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=151620&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "d203c201665872295e0d60ee10f514a2fead595e3de9500e227dfe5c680942ed"
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 2819 (103rd) — ARCHITECTURE PRACTICE-EXAMS

Amends the Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989. Removes the 5-year cap an applicant has to successfully complete all examinations required by rule of the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.

## 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/10300SB2819.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB2819eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB2819enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Labor & Commerce — **25–0** (pass) · lower
- Licensed Activities — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **59–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barbara Hernández — primary (person)
- Omar Aquino — primary (person)
- Laura M. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Porfirio — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Faraci — cosponsor (person)
- Ram Villivalam — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-17** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Omar Aquino `filing`
- **2024-01-17** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-01-17** Referred to Assignments
- **2024-01-31** Assigned to Licensed Activities `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-21** Do Pass Licensed Activities; 005-000-000
- **2024-02-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 22, 2024 `reading-2`
- **2024-02-21** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Ram Villivalam
- **2024-03-13** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Paul Faraci
- **2024-03-14** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Porfirio
- **2024-03-21** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 22, 2024
- **2024-04-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading **
- **2024-04-10** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
- **2024-04-12** Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-12** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2024-04-12** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Barbara Hernández
- **2024-04-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-04-15** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2024-04-24** Assigned to Labor & Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-01** Do Pass / Short Debate Labor & Commerce Committee; 025-000-000
- **2024-05-02** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-05-13** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-05-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2024-05-15** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-15** Passed Both Houses
- **2024-06-13** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-07-01** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2024-07-01** Effective Date January 1, 2025
- **2024-07-01** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0627 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3fe9eef8-163c-495c-8096-97950ceb42d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).