---
type: "Bill"
title: "NURSING-SATISFY REQUIREMENTS"
description: "Amends the Nursing and Advanced Practice Nursing Act. Provides that the requirements of certain provisions concerning applicants for nursing licensure who are graduates of nursing educational programs in a country other than the United States or its territories or who are licensed in another state or territory and have received their education in a country other than the United States or its territories may be satisfied by the showing of proof of a certificate from the Certificate Program or the VisaScreen Program of the Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "SB 2372"
citation: "Illinois SB 2372 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2006-01-18"
last_action: "2006-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b63aa5fb-cbac-46a1-84c9-861dc46374f8"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2372&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=23142&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "187fe72c0aa59cc01f74997d723c9d7c86370d870db5f1b0c4d6b7e970c942a8"
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 2372 (94th) — NURSING-SATISFY REQUIREMENTS

Amends the Nursing and Advanced Practice Nursing Act. Provides that the requirements of certain provisions concerning applicants for nursing licensure who are graduates of nursing educational programs in a country other than the United States or its territories or who are licensed in another state or territory and have received their education in a country other than the United States or its territories may be satisfied by the showing of proof of a certificate from the Certificate Program or the VisaScreen Program of the Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools.

## 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=09400SB2372&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=23142&DocNum=2372&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB2372eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=23142&DocNum=2372&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB2372enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=23142&DocNum=2372&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **59–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Harry R. Ramey, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- John J. Millner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2006-01-18** Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Millner `filing`
- **2006-01-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-01-18** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2006-02-08** Assigned to Licensed Activities `referral-committee`
- **2006-02-16** Do Pass Licensed Activities; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2006-02-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 22, 2006
- **2006-02-16** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. M. Maggie Crotty
- **2006-02-22** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2006-02-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 23, 2006
- **2006-02-23** Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2006-02-23** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2006-02-23** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-02-23** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
- **2006-02-23** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-02-23** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2006-02-24** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry R. Ramey, Jr.
- **2006-03-01** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Susana A Mendoza
- **2006-03-08** Assigned to Registration and Regulation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2006-03-15** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Angelo Saviano
- **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
- **2006-03-16** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook
- **2006-03-24** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2006-03-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2006-03-29** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2006-03-29** Passed Both Houses
- **2006-04-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2006-06-26** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2006-06-26** Effective Date January 1, 2007
- **2006-06-26** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0932 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b63aa5fb-cbac-46a1-84c9-861dc46374f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).