---
type: "Bill"
title: "PUB HLTH-DPH DIV CHIEF DENTAL"
description: "Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department shall select a division chief of dental health who shall be a dentist licensed in the United States or Canada (instead of licensed under the Illinois Dental Practice Act). Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "SB 276"
citation: "Illinois SB 276 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-02-06"
last_action: "2009-08-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/749a93c8-d141-4440-ac04-0e9f5e6e3f38"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=276&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=40981&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "b14fc7576d0f2bc835116c87ab7a460cd49b253071b38ef1644d47e4f594c09c"
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 276 (96th) — PUB HLTH-DPH DIV CHIEF DENTAL

Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department shall select a division chief of dental health who shall be a dentist licensed in the United States or Canada (instead of licensed under the Illinois Dental Practice Act). 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=09600SB0276&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=40981&DocNum=276&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB0276eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=40981&DocNum=276&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB0276enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=40981&DocNum=276&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Dave Syverson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-06** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Dave Syverson `filing`
- **2009-02-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-02-06** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-10** Assigned to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-19** Do Pass Public Health; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-02-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 20, 2009
- **2009-02-27** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-02-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 4, 2009
- **2009-03-06** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
- **2009-04-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** April 2, 2009
- **2009-04-02** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. A. J. Wilhelmi
- **2009-04-02** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. William Delgado
- **2009-04-02** Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 `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. David E. Miller
- **2009-04-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-06** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-20** Assigned to Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-29** Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-04-29** 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
- **2009-05-13** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-05-13** Passed Both Houses
- **2009-06-11** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-10** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-10** Effective Date August 10, 2009
- **2009-08-10** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0205 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/749a93c8-d141-4440-ac04-0e9f5e6e3f38`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).