---
type: "Bill"
title: "VEH CD-APPROVED DUI TESTERS"
description: "Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Adds licensed physician assistants and licensed advanced practice nurses to the list of persons qualified to draw blood for alcohol and drug testing. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "HB 1702"
citation: "Illinois HB 1702 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-02-16"
last_action: "2011-08-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4cf0659f-e5a5-4aaa-b712-94aa46fd53f9"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1702&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=58877&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "5cd81b8b01527ca1e4f4cb6844942ce2ff5ad96a6d1951438071b4d11fcf699e"
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 1702 (97th) — VEH CD-APPROVED DUI TESTERS

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Adds licensed physician assistants and licensed advanced practice nurses to the list of persons qualified to draw blood for alcohol and drug testing. 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=09700HB1702&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=58877&DocNum=1702&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB1702eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=58877&DocNum=1702&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB1702enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=58877&DocNum=1702&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dan Reitz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-16** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Dan Reitz `filing`
- **2011-02-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-02-16** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-22** Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-02** Do Pass / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-03-02** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-03-08** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2011-03-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-03-10** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-03-14** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2011-03-14** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-14** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. David S. Luechtefeld
- **2011-03-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-14** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-27** Assigned to Licensed Activities `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-05** Do Pass Licensed Activities; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-05-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 6, 2011
- **2011-05-12** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-05-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2011
- **2011-05-23** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-05-23** Passed Both Houses
- **2011-06-21** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2011-08-19** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2011-08-19** Effective Date August 19, 2011
- **2011-08-19** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0450 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4cf0659f-e5a5-4aaa-b712-94aa46fd53f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).