---
type: "Bill"
title: "REGULATION-TECH"
description: "Amends the Task Force on Internationally-Licensed Health Care Professionals Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "104th"
identifier: "HB 2196"
citation: "Illinois HB 2196 (104th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Charles Meier", "Sally J. Turner"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 67
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2025-01-29"
last_action: "2025-08-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2ab6575-ba7c-498e-82f2-eed511adc713"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=2196&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=159844&SessionID=114"
source_hash: "f58ed9cb6b1771830ad4ce627458c3d68e0bead14f51d68b48ac51d56f8cc511"
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 2196 (104th) — REGULATION-TECH

Amends the Task Force on Internationally-Licensed Health Care Professionals Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB2196.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB2196eng.pdf)
3. **House Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB2196ham001.pdf)
4. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB2196sam001.pdf)
5. **Senate Amendment 002** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB2196sam002.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB2196enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper
- Agriculture & Conservation, Amendment 1 — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Agriculture & Conservation, Amendment 2 — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Agriculture, Amendment 2 — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Agriculture — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Executive — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Concurrence, Amendment 2 — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Charles Meier — primary (person)
- Sally J. Turner — primary (person)
- Chapin Rose — cosponsor (person)
- Chris Balkema — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher Belt — cosponsor (person)
- Cristina Castro — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Swanson — cosponsor (person)
- David Koehler — cosponsor (person)
- Erica Harriss — cosponsor (person)
- Jason R. Bunting — cosponsor (person)
- Jil Tracy — cosponsor (person)
- Li Arellano, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Edly-Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick J. Joyce — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan Spain — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon Chung — cosponsor (person)
- Sonya M. Harper — cosponsor (person)
- Terri Bryant — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-29** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Tony M. McCombie `filing`
- **2025-02-04** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-04** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2025-03-04** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-12** Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 012-000-000
- **2025-03-12** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate ** `reading-2`
- **2025-03-27** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-03-27** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-04-04** Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Charles Meier
- **2025-04-07** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Charles Meier `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-07** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
- **2025-04-08** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Agriculture & Conservation Committee
- **2025-04-08** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sharon Chung
- **2025-04-08** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Swanson
- **2025-04-08** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 009-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-08** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper
- **2025-04-09** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jason R. Bunting
- **2025-04-09** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2025-04-09** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-10** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-10** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-04-10** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Sally J. Turner
- **2025-04-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-04-10** Referred to Assignments
- **2025-04-10** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Patrick J. Joyce
- **2025-04-10** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Chapin Rose
- **2025-04-11** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro
- **2025-04-16** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Ryan Spain
- **2025-04-23** Assigned to Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-24** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Jil Tracy
- **2025-04-24** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen
- **2025-04-30** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. David Koehler
- **2025-05-01** Postponed - Agriculture
- **2025-05-01** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Chris Balkema
- **2025-05-07** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Sally J. Turner `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-07** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
- **2025-05-08** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Terri Bryant
- **2025-05-08** Do Pass Agriculture; 012-000-000
- **2025-05-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 13, 2025 `reading-2`
- **2025-05-09** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Sally J. Turner `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-09** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments
- **2025-05-12** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Christopher Belt
- **2025-05-13** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 14, 2025
- **2025-05-13** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Agriculture
- **2025-05-15** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Erica Harriss
- **2025-05-22** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Agriculture; 010-000-000
- **2025-05-22** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-22** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; S. Turner `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2025-05-22** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-22** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) `amendment-failure`
- **2025-05-22** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Li Arellano, Jr.
- **2025-05-23** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2025-05-23** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 2
- **2025-05-28** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Charles Meier
- **2025-05-28** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee
- **2025-05-28** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Agriculture & Conservation Committee
- **2025-05-29** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 009-000-000
- **2025-05-30** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 House Concurs 115-000-000
- **2025-05-30** House Concurs
- **2025-05-30** Passed Both Houses
- **2025-06-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-08-15** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2025-08-15** Effective Date January 1, 2026
- **2025-08-15** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0210 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f2ab6575-ba7c-498e-82f2-eed511adc713`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).