---
type: "Bill"
title: "FOOD HANDLING REGULATION"
description: "Amends the Food Handling Regulation Enforcement Act. Provides that any individual seeking a food service sanitation manager certificate or a food service sanitation manager instructor certificate must receive a passing score on the examination set by the certification exam provider accredited under standards developed and adopted by the Conference for Food Protection or its successor organization (rather than a score of at least 75% on the examination)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "99th"
identifier: "SB 46"
citation: "Illinois SB 46 (99th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-01-15"
last_action: "2015-07-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5799af8f-c15a-47e3-9f8a-a1206a25b50b"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=46&GAID=13&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=83440&SessionID=88&GA=99"
source_hash: "fd8f018e952e3ef55897edce8f5579cda0f2ec20ac888c48ba10208aba39ec50"
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 46 (99th) — FOOD HANDLING REGULATION

Amends the Food Handling Regulation Enforcement Act. Provides that any individual seeking a food service sanitation manager certificate or a food service sanitation manager instructor certificate must receive a passing score on the examination set by the certification exam provider accredited under standards developed and adopted by the Conference for Food Protection or its successor organization (rather than a score of at least 75% on the examination).

## 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=09900SB0046&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=83440&DocNum=46&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB0046eng&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=83440&DocNum=46&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB0046enr&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=83440&DocNum=46&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Iris Y. Martinez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-01-15** Prefiled with Secretary by Sen. Iris Y. Martinez `filing`
- **2015-01-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-01-15** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2015-01-28** Assigned to Licensed Activities and Pensions `referral-committee`
- **2015-02-03** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
- **2015-02-19** Do Pass Licensed Activities and Pensions; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2015-02-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 3, 2015
- **2015-03-04** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-03-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 5, 2015
- **2015-03-11** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2015-04-06** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Iris Y. Martinez `amendment-introduction`
- **2015-04-06** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-14** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Licensed Activities and Pensions
- **2015-04-16** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Licensed Activities and Pensions; 010-000-000
- **2015-04-16** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-16** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Martinez `amendment-passage`
- **2015-04-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 21, 2015
- **2015-04-16** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Napoleon Harris, III
- **2015-04-22** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2015-04-22** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2015-04-22** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Burke
- **2015-04-22** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-22** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-04** Assigned to Consumer Protection Committee `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-08** Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 15, 2015
- **2015-05-14** Do Pass / Short Debate Consumer Protection Committee; 014-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2015-05-14** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2015-05-18** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2015-05-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2015-05-19** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2015-05-19** Passed Both Houses
- **2015-06-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-07-16** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2015-07-16** Effective Date July 16, 2015
- **2015-07-16** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0062 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5799af8f-c15a-47e3-9f8a-a1206a25b50b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).