---
type: "Bill"
title: "MEDICAL PRACTICE ACT-TECH"
description: "Amends the Medical Practice Act of 1987 to allow a physician licensed to practice medicine in all its branches to delegate the use of a rigid and flexible endoscope to a speech-language pathologist that is licensed under the Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Practice Act. Amends the Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Practice Act to include the use of rigid and flexible endoscopes within the definition of \"the practice of speech-language pathology\". Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "SB 1483"
citation: "Illinois SB 1483 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 75
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2009-02-18"
last_action: "2009-08-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5cdba7c3-3d6f-436d-ba27-8ff6bcea0d13"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1483&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=43092&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "5dd1f7568f3ef999f53257f6a182b142187480208a2b38c2f2601e0012e6fbd0"
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 1483 (96th) — MEDICAL PRACTICE ACT-TECH

Amends the Medical Practice Act of 1987 to allow a physician licensed to practice medicine in all its branches to delegate the use of a rigid and flexible endoscope to a speech-language pathologist that is licensed under the Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Practice Act. Amends the Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Practice Act to include the use of rigid and flexible endoscopes within the definition of "the practice of speech-language pathology". 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=09600SB1483&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=43092&DocNum=1483&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB1483eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=43092&DocNum=1483&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB1483enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=43092&DocNum=1483&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Concurrence, Amendment 3 — **56–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower
- Concurrence — **56–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurrence, Amendment 4 — **56–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurrence, Amendment 2 — **56–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- M. Maggie Crotty — primary (person)
- Patrick J. Verschoore — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-18** Filed with Secretary by Sen. M. Maggie Crotty `filing`
- **2009-02-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-02-18** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-25** Assigned to Consumer Protection `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-06** Postponed - Consumer Protection
- **2009-03-06** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Edward D. Maloney
- **2009-03-10** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. M. Maggie Crotty `amendment-introduction`
- **2009-03-10** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-11** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Consumer Protection
- **2009-03-12** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2009-03-12** Do Pass as Amended Consumer Protection; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-03-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 17, 2009
- **2009-03-30** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-03-30** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 31, 2009
- **2009-04-02** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-04-03** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2009-04-03** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-03** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Dan Reitz
- **2009-04-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-06** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-20** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-06** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Executive Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2009-05-06** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Executive Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2009-05-06** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Executive Committee; 007-003-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-05-06** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-05-12** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-05-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-05-18** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Dan Reitz `amendment-introduction`
- **2009-05-18** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-20** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Dan Reitz `amendment-introduction`
- **2009-05-20** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-22** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 29, 2009
- **2009-05-26** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-26** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-26** House Floor Amendment No. 4 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Dan Reitz `amendment-introduction`
- **2009-05-26** House Floor Amendment No. 4 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-27** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
- **2009-05-28** House Floor Amendment No. 4 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 005-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-28** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
- **2009-05-28** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Brady
- **2009-05-28** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
- **2009-05-28** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore
- **2009-05-28** Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-05-28** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2009-05-28** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2009-05-28** House Floor Amendment No. 4 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2009-05-28** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-05-28** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 118-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-05-28** Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1, 2, 3, 4
- **2009-05-28** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1, 2, 3, 4 - May 29, 2009
- **2009-05-28** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. M. Maggie Crotty `filing`
- **2009-05-28** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-28** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. M. Maggie Crotty `filing`
- **2009-05-28** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-28** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. M. Maggie Crotty `filing`
- **2009-05-28** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-28** House Floor Amendment No. 4 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. M. Maggie Crotty `filing`
- **2009-05-28** House Floor Amendment No. 4 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-29** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Consumer Protection `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-29** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Consumer Protection `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-29** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Consumer Protection `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-29** House Floor Amendment No. 4 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Consumer Protection `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-29** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Consumer Protection; 007-000-000
- **2009-05-29** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Consumer Protection; 007-000-000
- **2009-05-29** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Consumer Protection; 007-000-000
- **2009-05-29** House Floor Amendment No. 4 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Consumer Protection; 007-000-000
- **2009-05-30** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 056-000-000
- **2009-05-30** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Senate Concurs 056-000-000
- **2009-05-30** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Senate Concurs 056-000-000
- **2009-05-30** House Floor Amendment No. 4 Senate Concurs 056-000-000
- **2009-05-30** Passed Both Houses
- **2009-06-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-25** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-25** Effective Date August 25, 2009
- **2009-08-25** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0719 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5cdba7c3-3d6f-436d-ba27-8ff6bcea0d13`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).