---
type: "Bill"
title: "NURSING-LIC BY EXAM & ENDORS"
description: "NURSING-LIC BY EXAM & ENDORS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "92nd"
identifier: "SB 2223"
citation: "Illinois SB 2223 (92nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 53
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2002-02-07T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "2002-07-25T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d895c094-eb39-4fe9-a95e-2c4310421e09"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/92gatoc.html"
source_hash: "706ebc0a3a3143068f030a78c0c0e242ac6859ed5824e6c0092a82785b07b28c"
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 2223 (92nd) — NURSING-LIC BY EXAM & ENDORS

## Version chain

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

1. **SB2223** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/sbgroups/sb/920SB2223LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BURZYNSKI — cosponsor (person)
- COULSON — cosponsor (person)
- KOSEL — cosponsor (person)
- LIGHTFORD — cosponsor (person)
- LINK — cosponsor (person)
- MUNOZ — cosponsor (person)
- O'DANIEL — cosponsor (person)
- RONEN — cosponsor (person)
- SHADID — cosponsor (person)
- SILVERSTEIN — cosponsor (person)
- TROTTER — cosponsor (person)
- VIVERITO — cosponsor (person)
- WALSH,L — cosponsor (person)
- WOJCIK — cosponsor (person)
- WOOLARD — cosponsor (person)
- ZICKUS — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-02-07T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2002-02-07T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-20T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE LICENSED ACT. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-28T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-LICENSED ACT. S
- **2002-02-28T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **2002-02-28T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS AS AMENDED 009-000-000 SLIC
- **2002-02-28T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 02-03-05
- **2002-03-05T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SHADID
- **2002-03-05T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **2002-03-05T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 02-03-06
- **2002-03-06T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MUNOZ
- **2002-03-06T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR SILVERSTEIN
- **2002-03-06T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR LINK
- **2002-03-06T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR HALVORSON
- **2002-03-07T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR WALSH,L
- **2002-03-07T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR O'DANIEL
- **2002-03-07T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR LIGHTFORD
- **2002-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR RONEN
- **2002-03-13T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR VIVERITO
- **2002-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY `introduction`
- **2002-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-BURZYNSKI
- **2002-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO SRUL
- **2002-04-02T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR TROTTER
- **2002-04-03T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-BURZYNSKI
- **2002-04-03T00:00:00-06:00** RULES REFERS TO SLIC
- **2002-04-03T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-BURZYNSKI
- **2002-04-03T00:00:00-06:00** BE APPROVED FOR CONSIDERATION SLIC/007-000-000
- **2002-04-03T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR WOOLARD
- **2002-04-03T00:00:00-06:00** RECALLED TO SECOND READING
- **2002-04-03T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-BURZYNSKI
- **2002-04-03T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **2002-04-03T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 02-04-04
- **2002-04-04T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 055-000-000 `reading-3`
- **2002-04-04T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **2002-04-04T00:00:00-06:00** HOUSE SPONSOR KOSEL
- **2002-04-04T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2002-04-04T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-05T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE REG & REG `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-18T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 019-000-000 HREG
- **2002-04-18T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2002-04-18T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR COULSON
- **2002-04-18T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR ZICKUS
- **2002-04-18T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR WOJCIK
- **2002-04-23T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **2002-04-23T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2002-05-02T00:00:00-05:00** 3RD RDG. DEADLINE EXTENDED-RULE 9(B) TO 05/17/02
- **2002-05-02T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2002-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 113-000-000 `reading-3`
- **2002-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **2002-06-07T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2002-07-25T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **2002-07-25T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 02-07-25
- **2002-07-25T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 92-0744

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d895c094-eb39-4fe9-a95e-2c4310421e09`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).