---
type: "Bill"
title: "ACUPUNCTURE PRAC-EXTEND SUNSET"
description: "Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act to extend the repeal date of the Acupuncture Practice Act from January 1, 2008 to January 1, 2018. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "SB 1225"
citation: "Illinois SB 1225 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-02-09"
last_action: "2007-08-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/65f314ec-5f62-4985-9f04-d6df8e4fe4c3"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1225&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=29310&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "9ee1daa426614168e7ac0f22c237e786093466ff1672212f387c8b7f25d3054d"
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 1225 (95th) — ACUPUNCTURE PRAC-EXTEND SUNSET

Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act to extend the repeal date of the Acupuncture Practice Act from January 1, 2008 to January 1, 2018. 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=09500SB1225&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=29310&DocNum=1225&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB1225eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=29310&DocNum=1225&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB1225enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=29310&DocNum=1225&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carol Ronen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-09** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Carol Ronen `filing`
- **2007-02-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-02-09** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-21** Assigned to Licensed Activities `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-28** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Carol Ronen `amendment-introduction`
- **2007-02-28** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-01** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Licensed Activities
- **2007-03-01** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Licensed Activities
- **2007-03-02** Postponed - Licensed Activities
- **2007-03-07** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2007-03-08** Do Pass as Amended Licensed Activities; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-03-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 13, 2007
- **2007-03-14** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-03-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 15, 2007
- **2007-03-20** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-03-20** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2007-03-20** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-21** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- **2007-03-21** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Angelo Saviano
- **2007-03-22** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-22** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-30** Assigned to Registration and Regulation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-10** Do Pass / Short Debate Registration and Regulation Committee; 021-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-05-10** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-05-24** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2007-05-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-05-30** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 117-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-05-30** Passed Both Houses
- **2007-06-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2007-08-27** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2007-08-27** Effective Date August 27, 2007
- **2007-08-27** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0450 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/65f314ec-5f62-4985-9f04-d6df8e4fe4c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).