---
type: "Bill"
title: "REGULATION OF PROFESSIONS-TECH"
description: "Amends the Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "SB 255"
citation: "Illinois SB 255 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-02-05"
last_action: "2003-08-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e26b7041-92e7-49cc-b27f-403a2449209f"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=255&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=1857&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "673e33d8ae42b73b8fe48453583f0411491f61e6936eb6e51afcc62b739489fe"
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 255 (93rd) — REGULATION OF PROFESSIONS-TECH

Amends the Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987. 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](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB0255&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=1857&DocNum=255&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB0255eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=1857&DocNum=255&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB0255enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=1857&DocNum=255&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **112–3** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **54–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- William R. Haine — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-02-05** Filed with Secretary by Sen. William R. Haine `filing`
- **2003-02-05** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-02-05** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-06** Assigned to Licensed Activities `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-06** Postponed - Licensed Activities
- **2003-03-13** Do Pass Licensed Activities; 005-003-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-03-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 18, 2003
- **2003-03-25** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-03-25** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 26, 2003
- **2003-03-28** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. William R. Haine `amendment-introduction`
- **2003-03-28** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-02** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Licensed Activities
- **2003-04-02** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Be Adopted Licensed Activities; 008-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-02** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-04-02** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Haine `amendment-passage`
- **2003-04-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 3, 2003
- **2003-04-03** Third Reading - Passed; 054-003-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-04-04** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2003-04-04** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-04-10** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Angelo Saviano
- **2003-04-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-04-10** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-14** Assigned to Registration and Regulation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-01** Do Pass / Short Debate Registration and Regulation Committee; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-05-01** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-05-01** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
- **2003-05-13** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2003-05-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-05-16** Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b); May 23, 2003
- **2003-05-20** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-003-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-05-20** Passed Both Houses
- **2003-06-18** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2003-08-12** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2003-08-12** Effective Date August 12, 2003
- **2003-08-12** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0524 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e26b7041-92e7-49cc-b27f-403a2449209f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).