---
type: "Bill"
title: "RADIATION PROTECTION-LICENSE"
description: "RADIATION PROTECTION-LICENSE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "90th"
identifier: "HB 989"
citation: "Illinois HB 989 (90th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 40
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1997-02-26T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1997-08-10T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f3e42b0-bbca-42f7-9b42-759ec5989959"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/90gatoc.html"
source_hash: "b6e6e62e6cadc5934e918aa0a82e7a0eee2d2394bae63de9cbe5ee5472e16652"
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 989 (90th) — RADIATION PROTECTION-LICENSE

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0989** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/hbgroups/hb/900HB0989LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BLACK — cosponsor (person)
- MCGUIRE — cosponsor (person)
- O'BRIEN — cosponsor (person)
- WALSH,L — cosponsor (person)
- WELCH — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1997-02-26T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-02-26T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-02-27T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE ENVRMNT ENRGY `referral-committee`
- **1997-03-10T00:00:00-06:00** FISCAL NOTE FILED
- **1997-03-10T00:00:00-06:00** COMMITTEE ENVRMNT ENRGY
- **1997-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 020-000-000 HENE
- **1997-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-04-08T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR O'BRIEN
- **1997-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1997-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** RECALLED TO SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-MCGUIRE
- **1997-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL
- **1997-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-04-11T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-MCGUIRE
- **1997-04-11T00:00:00-05:00** BE ADOPTED HRUL/003-002-000
- **1997-04-11T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-MCGUIRE
- **1997-04-11T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1997-04-11T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-04-16T00:00:00-05:00** FISCAL NOTE FILED AS AMENDED
- **1997-04-16T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-04-24T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 118-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1997-04-24T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BLACK
- **1997-04-24T00:00:00-05:00** ARRIVE IN SENATE
- **1997-04-24T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING 97-04-25
- **1997-04-25T00:00:00-05:00** CHIEF SPONSOR WALSH,L
- **1997-04-25T00:00:00-05:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-04-25T00:00:00-05:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-05-01T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE ENVIR & ENE `referral-committee`
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS 009-000-000 SENV
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 97-05-09
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR WELCH
- **1997-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1997-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 97-05-12
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 058-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1997-06-13T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1997-08-10T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1997-08-10T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 97-08-10
- **1997-08-10T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0359

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4f3e42b0-bbca-42f7-9b42-759ec5989959`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).