---
type: "Bill"
title: "ELECTROLOGIST LICENSING"
description: "Amends the Electrologist Licensing Act. In provisions concerning qualification for licensure, requires a person to complete a total of 600 hours in the study of electrology over a period of not less than 16 weeks nor more than 4 (rather than 2) years at a program approved by the Department. Provides that time spent under the laws of another state or territory of the United States or a foreign country or province shall be credited toward the period of study required."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "99th"
identifier: "SB 2984"
citation: "Illinois SB 2984 (99th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2016-02-18"
last_action: "2016-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1393f517-5e87-4b74-8594-3b81d9615a4a"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2984&GAID=13&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=96311&SessionID=88&GA=99"
source_hash: "e5cb0a23d2660b53cb5a2c95726f0faca41641e577f06340a1ef4c0ac08e268e"
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 2984 (99th) — ELECTROLOGIST LICENSING

Amends the Electrologist Licensing Act. In provisions concerning qualification for licensure, requires a person to complete a total of 600 hours in the study of electrology over a period of not less than 16 weeks nor more than 4 (rather than 2) years at a program approved by the Department. Provides that time spent under the laws of another state or territory of the United States or a foreign country or province shall be credited toward the period of study required.

## 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=09900SB2984&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=96311&DocNum=2984&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB2984eng&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=96311&DocNum=2984&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB2984enr&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=96311&DocNum=2984&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Iris Y. Martinez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-18** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Iris Y. Martinez `filing`
- **2016-02-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-02-18** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-08** Assigned to Licensed Activities and Pensions `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-14** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Iris Y. Martinez `amendment-introduction`
- **2016-03-14** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-16** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Licensed Activities and Pensions
- **2016-03-17** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2016-03-17** Do Pass as Amended Licensed Activities and Pensions; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2016-03-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 5, 2016
- **2016-04-13** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-04-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 14, 2016
- **2016-04-14** Third Reading - Passed; 049-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2016-04-14** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2016-04-15** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Daniel J. Burke
- **2016-04-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-04-15** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-18** Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-02** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Anna Moeller
- **2016-05-02** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel J. Burke
- **2016-05-04** Do Pass / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2016-05-04** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2016-05-10** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2016-05-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2016-05-12** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2016-05-12** Passed Both Houses
- **2016-06-10** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2016-07-22** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2016-07-22** Effective Date January 1, 2017
- **2016-07-22** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0632 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1393f517-5e87-4b74-8594-3b81d9615a4a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).