---
type: "Bill"
title: "RESPIRATORY CARE-EXEMPTIONS"
description: "Amends the Respiratory Care Practice Act. In a Section concerning exemptions, provides that a person enrolled in a respiratory care education program shall be exempt from the Act if he or she meets certain conditions. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "HB 1294"
citation: "Illinois HB 1294 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-02-11"
last_action: "2009-08-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f46a0442-3b5a-4511-81fa-167124260568"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1294&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=43002&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "01cd5d0fac443a7465e35c5fbb1959d125f8b31e6eebcc1e623b484dd051f3b4"
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 HB 1294 (96th) — RESPIRATORY CARE-EXEMPTIONS

Amends the Respiratory Care Practice Act. In a Section concerning exemptions, provides that a person enrolled in a respiratory care education program shall be exempt from the Act if he or she meets certain conditions. 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=09600HB1294&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=43002&DocNum=1294&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB1294eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=43002&DocNum=1294&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB1294enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=43002&DocNum=1294&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Angelo Saviano — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-11** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Angelo Saviano `filing`
- **2009-02-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-02-18** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-23** Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-11** Do Pass / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-03-11** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-03-23** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-03-23** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-03-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-03-24** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-03-25** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2009-03-25** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 26, 2009 `reading-1`
- **2009-03-27** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John J. Cullerton
- **2009-03-27** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
- **2009-03-27** Sponsor Removed Sen. Don Harmon
- **2009-03-30** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-30** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-15** Assigned to Licensed Activities `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-21** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Don Harmon
- **2009-04-23** Do Pass Licensed Activities; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-04-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 28, 2009
- **2009-05-12** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-05-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** May 18, 2009
- **2009-05-19** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-05-19** Passed Both Houses
- **2009-06-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-14** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-14** Effective Date August 14, 2009
- **2009-08-14** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0456 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f46a0442-3b5a-4511-81fa-167124260568`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).