---
type: "Bill"
title: "SPEECH PATHOLOGY ASSIST-QUALIF"
description: "Amends the Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Practice Act. Provides that a person who, in addition to meeting certain other requirements, has received, prior to June 1, 2003, an associate degree from a speech-language pathology assistant program approved by the Illinois Community College Board is qualified to be licensed as a speech-language pathology assistant. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "SB 2286"
citation: "Illinois SB 2286 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2006-01-12"
last_action: "2006-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f2d08c2-a17f-478f-bd24-f9c092095062"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2286&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=22912&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "d52c063ab9e225437e169377d78790a3403c72bbbf7a4fecd26f309d93b1410e"
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 2286 (94th) — SPEECH PATHOLOGY ASSIST-QUALIF

Amends the Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Practice Act. Provides that a person who, in addition to meeting certain other requirements, has received, prior to June 1, 2003, an associate degree from a speech-language pathology assistant program approved by the Illinois Community College Board is qualified to be licensed as a speech-language pathology assistant. Effective immediately.

## 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=09400SB2286&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=22912&DocNum=2286&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB2286eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=22912&DocNum=2286&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB2286enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=22912&DocNum=2286&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dale A. Righter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2006-01-12** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Dale A. Righter `filing`
- **2006-01-12** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-01-12** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2006-01-19** Assigned to Licensed Activities `referral-committee`
- **2006-02-01** Do Pass Licensed Activities; 005-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2006-02-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 2, 2006
- **2006-02-02** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2006-02-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 7, 2006
- **2006-02-08** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2006-02-08** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2006-02-08** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-02-08** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Chapin Rose
- **2006-02-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-02-08** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2006-03-08** Assigned to Registration and Regulation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2006-03-15** Do Pass / Short Debate Registration and Regulation Committee; 023-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2006-03-16** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2006-03-24** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2006-03-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2006-03-24** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook
- **2006-03-28** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert F. Flider
- **2006-03-28** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William B. Black
- **2006-03-28** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2006-03-28** Passed Both Houses
- **2006-04-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2006-06-16** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2006-06-16** Effective Date June 16, 2006
- **2006-06-16** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0869 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2f2d08c2-a17f-478f-bd24-f9c092095062`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).