---
type: "Bill"
title: "DFPR-LICENSES FOR DISPLAY"
description: "Amends the Department of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that whenever the Department issues a copy of a license or certificate and the holder of the license or certificate is required to display it in his or her place of business, the Department shall provide a license or certificate that is printed without including the home address of the licensee or certificate holder."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "HB 1338"
citation: "Illinois HB 1338 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-02-06"
last_action: "2013-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cc5f389e-7968-4e49-aa43-0abda9bedcdd"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1338&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=72050&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "5365271f664aaf2ac8ea38abf9b7571e344fd2e7e30705343331606b5c5ec075"
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 1338 (98th) — DFPR-LICENSES FOR DISPLAY

Amends the Department of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that whenever the Department issues a copy of a license or certificate and the holder of the license or certificate is required to display it in his or her place of business, the Department shall provide a license or certificate that is printed without including the home address of the licensee or certificate holder.

## 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=09800HB1338&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=72050&DocNum=1338&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB1338eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=72050&DocNum=1338&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB1338enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=72050&DocNum=1338&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **53–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Joe Sosnowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-06** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Joe Sosnowski `filing`
- **2013-02-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-02-06** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-13** Assigned to Business & Occupational Licenses Committee `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-13** Recommends Do Pass Subcommittee/ Business & Occupational Licenses Committee; 003-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2013-03-13** Do Pass / Short Debate Business & Occupational Licenses Committee; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2013-03-14** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2013-04-10** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Joe Sosnowski `amendment-introduction`
- **2013-04-10** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-11** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-17** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2013-04-17** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2013-04-18** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2013-04-19** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2013-04-19** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-19** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Michael Connelly
- **2013-04-19** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-19** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-24** Assigned to Licensed Activities and Pensions `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-01** Do Pass Licensed Activities and Pensions; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2013-05-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 2, 2013
- **2013-05-08** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 9, 2013
- **2013-05-16** Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2013-05-16** Passed Both Houses
- **2013-06-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-08-09** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2013-08-09** Effective Date January 1, 2014
- **2013-08-09** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0211 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cc5f389e-7968-4e49-aa43-0abda9bedcdd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).