---
type: "Bill"
title: "HEARING INSTRUMENT DISPENSER"
description: "Amends the Board and Care Home Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning exemptions from other Acts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "99th"
identifier: "SB 462"
citation: "Illinois SB 462 (99th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 60
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2015-01-28"
last_action: "2016-08-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d97b4d6-93e6-40cf-95ab-7569b8f176f6"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=462&GAID=13&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=84425&SessionID=88&GA=99"
source_hash: "4b54a1b972f58404d904c0f13123df7769748723911de942c9165c8e0ef04eed"
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 462 (99th) — HEARING INSTRUMENT DISPENSER

Amends the Board and Care Home Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning exemptions from other Acts.

## 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=09900SB0462&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=84425&DocNum=462&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB0462eng&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=84425&DocNum=462&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB0462enr&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=84425&DocNum=462&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurrence, Amendment 2 — **58–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurrence — **58–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Iris Y. Martinez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-01-28** Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton `filing`
- **2015-01-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-01-28** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-18** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-26** Do Pass Executive; 016-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2015-03-26** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 14, 2015
- **2015-04-15** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 16, 2015
- **2015-04-24** Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 15, 2015
- **2015-05-15** Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2015
- **2015-10-08** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As October 20, 2015 `reading-3`
- **2015-10-10** Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-05** Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
- **2016-04-12** Approved for Consideration Assignments
- **2016-04-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 13, 2016
- **2016-04-12** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Iris Y. Martinez `amendment-introduction`
- **2016-04-12** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-13** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Licensed Activities and Pensions
- **2016-04-14** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Licensed Activities and Pensions; 010-000-000
- **2016-04-14** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-04-14** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Martinez `amendment-passage`
- **2016-04-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 18, 2016
- **2016-04-18** Third Reading - Passed; 045-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2016-04-18** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2016-04-19** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.
- **2016-04-19** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-04-19** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-26** Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-05** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr. `amendment-introduction`
- **2016-05-05** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-09** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Health Care Licenses Committee
- **2016-05-11** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Health Care Licenses Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2016-05-11** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2016-05-11** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2016-05-11** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr. `amendment-introduction`
- **2016-05-11** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-16** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Health Care Licenses Committee
- **2016-05-18** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Health Care Licenses Committee; 012-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-05-19** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2016-05-19** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2016-05-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2016-05-24** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2016-05-25** Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1, 2
- **2016-05-25** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1, 2 - May 26, 2016
- **2016-05-26** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Iris Y. Martinez `filing`
- **2016-05-26** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-26** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Iris Y. Martinez `filing`
- **2016-05-26** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-26** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Licensed Activities and Pensions `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-26** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Licensed Activities and Pensions `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-30** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Licensed Activities and Pensions; 011-000-000
- **2016-05-30** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Licensed Activities and Pensions; 011-000-000
- **2016-05-31** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 058-000-000
- **2016-05-31** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Senate Concurs 058-000-000
- **2016-05-31** Senate Concurs
- **2016-05-31** Passed Both Houses
- **2016-06-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2016-08-19** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2016-08-19** Effective Date August 19, 2016
- **2016-08-19** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0847 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4d97b4d6-93e6-40cf-95ab-7569b8f176f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).