---
type: "Bill"
title: "INTERVENTION TEAM-THERAPY DOG"
description: "Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Requires the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board to develop a course and certification program for certified therapy dog teams consisting of officers employing the use of therapy dogs in relation to crisis and emergency response."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "104th"
identifier: "SB 1491"
citation: "Illinois SB 1491 (104th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mary Edly-Allen", "Suzanne M. Ness"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-31"
last_action: "2025-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/544b2c5d-5339-4256-9592-d2ba48a488a4"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=1491&GAID=18&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=160063&SessionID=114"
source_hash: "a4ccf9cc44b1d5c438485fb6e1d642885a2592cf028ebba76fb9cc430a62124d"
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 1491 (104th) — INTERVENTION TEAM-THERAPY DOG

Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Requires the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board to develop a course and certification program for certified therapy dog teams consisting of officers employing the use of therapy dogs in relation to crisis and emergency response.

## 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/SB/PDF/10400SB1491.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1491eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1491enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Police & Fire Committee — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- State Government — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **53–3** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **87–24** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mary Edly-Allen — primary (person)
- Suzanne M. Ness — primary (person)
- Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar — cosponsor (person)
- Cristina Castro — cosponsor (person)
- Debbie Meyers-Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Doris Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Laura Faver Dias — cosponsor (person)
- Laura Fine — cosponsor (person)
- Laura M. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Matt Hanson — cosponsor (person)
- Meg Loughran Cappel — cosponsor (person)
- Napoleon Harris, III — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel Ventura — cosponsor (person)
- Robert F. Martwick — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Feigenholtz — cosponsor (person)
- Suzy Glowiak Hilton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-31** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mary Edly-Allen `filing`
- **2025-01-31** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-31** Referred to Assignments
- **2025-02-11** Assigned to State Government `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-20** Do Pass State Government; 009-000-000
- **2025-02-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 25, 2025 `reading-2`
- **2025-02-27** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 4, 2025
- **2025-03-19** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Sara Feigenholtz
- **2025-04-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading **
- **2025-04-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2025-04-09** Third Reading - Passed; 053-003-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-09** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2025-04-09** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Laura Faver Dias
- **2025-04-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-04-09** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2025-04-11** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Napoleon Harris, III
- **2025-04-11** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert F. Martwick
- **2025-04-11** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Suzy Glowiak Hilton
- **2025-04-11** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura Fine
- **2025-04-11** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachel Ventura
- **2025-04-11** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
- **2025-04-11** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro
- **2025-04-11** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Doris Turner
- **2025-04-11** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel
- **2025-04-17** Assigned to Police & Fire Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-22** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Suzanne M. Ness
- **2025-05-01** Do Pass / Short Debate Police & Fire Committee; 013-000-000
- **2025-05-01** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar
- **2025-05-01** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Matt Hanson
- **2025-05-01** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Faver Dias
- **2025-05-01** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-05-16** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-05-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2025-05-16** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin
- **2025-05-21** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 087-024-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-21** Passed Both Houses
- **2025-06-18** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-08-01** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2025-08-01** Effective Date January 1, 2026
- **2025-08-01** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0106 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/544b2c5d-5339-4256-9592-d2ba48a488a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).