---
type: "Bill"
title: "DENTL CARE PATIENT PROTECT ACT"
description: "DENTL CARE PATIENT PROTECT ACT"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "91st"
identifier: "SB 721"
citation: "Illinois SB 721 (91st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 40
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1999-02-24T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1999-07-29T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/08b1d3a6-a4f2-49e5-9b5d-837ad8298216"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/91gatoc.html"
source_hash: "960c5f97558605b2b6fbc5b61bffc2666981a4eb0285d8737dbec5f4cb3f69dd"
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 721 (91st) — DENTL CARE PATIENT PROTECT ACT

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0721** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/sbgroups/sb/910SB0721LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BOMKE — cosponsor (person)
- BRADLEY — cosponsor (person)
- FEIGENHOLTZ — cosponsor (person)
- KRAUSE — cosponsor (person)
- MATHIAS — cosponsor (person)
- MCKEON — cosponsor (person)
- MOLARO — cosponsor (person)
- NOLAND — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-02-24T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1999-02-24T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-24T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE INS & PENS. `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-25T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR NOLAND
- **1999-03-08T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR MOLARO
- **1999-03-10T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS 007-000-001 SINS
- **1999-03-10T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 99-03-11
- **1999-03-24T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1999-03-24T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 99-03-25
- **1999-03-24T00:00:00-06:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY `introduction`
- **1999-03-24T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-BOMKE
- **1999-03-24T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO SRUL
- **1999-03-24T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-BOMKE
- **1999-03-24T00:00:00-06:00** RULES REFERS TO SINS
- **1999-03-24T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-BOMKE
- **1999-03-24T00:00:00-06:00** BE ADOPTED SINS/010-000-000
- **1999-03-24T00:00:00-06:00** RECALLED TO SECOND READING
- **1999-03-24T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-BOMKE
- **1999-03-24T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1999-03-24T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 99-03-25
- **1999-03-25T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 058-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1999-03-26T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **1999-03-26T00:00:00-06:00** HOUSE SPONSOR FEIGENHOLTZ
- **1999-03-26T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR KRAUSE
- **1999-03-26T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1999-03-26T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-14T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE HEALTH CARE `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-28T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 014-000-000 HCAA
- **1999-04-28T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-04-28T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR BRADLEY
- **1999-04-28T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR MCKEON
- **1999-05-04T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1999-05-04T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-05-04T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR MATHIAS
- **1999-05-05T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 117-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1999-05-05T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1999-06-03T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1999-07-29T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1999-07-29T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 00-01-01
- **1999-07-29T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 91-0355

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/08b1d3a6-a4f2-49e5-9b5d-837ad8298216`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).