---
type: "Bill"
title: "REGISTER NURSE-EXAM/REMEDIATE"
description: "Amends the Nurse Practice Act. Provides that the Board of Nursing shall review and make a recommendation for the approval or disapproval of a program by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation based on, among other criteria, a measurement of program effectiveness based on a passage rate of all graduates over the 3 most recent calendar years without reference to first-time test takers. Provides that a graduate who does not take an examination for licensure within the first 90 days after graduation and a graduate who has failed the exam will be required to return to the institution of higher education for remediation prior to repeating or taking the exam. Provides that a graduate may retake the exam only after the institution of higher education provides approval once remediation has been successfully completed. Provides that institutional approval to retake expires 6 months after issuance of the approval to retake. Provides that a graduate with an expired approval is required to repeat the remediation and reapproval process."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "HB 2509"
citation: "Illinois HB 2509 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Don Harmon", "Eva-Dina Delgado"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 52
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-15"
last_action: "2023-08-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ed56687-192a-4d67-a7f0-56376c923647"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=2509&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=147595&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "93fbe9f9f4b182f57c1debb2db01b23af9755c356c3ce43cf993fcc5de7951a9"
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 2509 (103rd) — REGISTER NURSE-EXAM/REMEDIATE

Amends the Nurse Practice Act. Provides that the Board of Nursing shall review and make a recommendation for the approval or disapproval of a program by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation based on, among other criteria, a measurement of program effectiveness based on a passage rate of all graduates over the 3 most recent calendar years without reference to first-time test takers. Provides that a graduate who does not take an examination for licensure within the first 90 days after graduation and a graduate who has failed the exam will be required to return to the institution of higher education for remediation prior to repeating or taking the exam. Provides that a graduate may retake the exam only after the institution of higher education provides approval once remediation has been successfully completed. Provides that institutional approval to retake expires 6 months after issuance of the approval to retake. Provides that a graduate with an expired approval is required to repeat the remediation and reapproval process.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB2509.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB2509eng.pdf)
3. **House Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB2509ham001.pdf)
4. **House Amendment 002** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB2509ham002.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB2509enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **82–31** (pass) · lower
- Executive — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Health Care Licenses, Amendment 2 — **7–3** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · lower
- Health Care Licenses — **11–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Don Harmon — primary (person)
- Eva-Dina Delgado — primary (person)
- Camille Y. Lilly — cosponsor (person)
- Lindsey LaPointe — cosponsor (person)
- Nicholas K. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Terri Bryant — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-15** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Eva-Dina Delgado `filing`
- **2023-02-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-15** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2023-02-23** Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08** Do Pass / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee; 011-000-000
- **2023-03-08** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-03-21** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Eva-Dina Delgado `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-03-21** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
- **2023-03-22** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Health Care Licenses Committee
- **2023-03-22** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-03-22** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-03-23** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
- **2023-03-27** Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
- **2023-03-27** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
- **2023-04-20** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicholas K. Smith
- **2023-04-20** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lindsey LaPointe
- **2023-04-26** Approved for Consideration Rules Committee; 005-000-000
- **2023-04-26** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-04-26** Third Reading Deadline Extended-Rule May 19, 2023
- **2023-04-28** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Eva-Dina Delgado `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-04-28** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
- **2023-05-02** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Health Care Licenses Committee
- **2023-05-03** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Health Care Licenses Committee; 007-003-002 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-09** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2023-05-09** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 082-031-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-09** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled `amendment-failure`
- **2023-05-10** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-05-10** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-05-10** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Omar Aquino
- **2023-05-10** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Willie Preston
- **2023-05-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-05-10** Referred to Assignments
- **2023-05-12** Sponsor Removed Sen. Willie Preston
- **2023-05-16** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-16** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 19, 2023
- **2023-05-16** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Don Harmon
- **2023-05-16** Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 19, 2023
- **2023-05-17** Waive Posting Notice
- **2023-05-17** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Omar Aquino
- **2023-05-17** Do Pass Executive; 011-000-001
- **2023-05-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-17** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 18, 2023
- **2023-05-17** Sponsor Removed Sen. Omar Aquino
- **2023-05-19** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-001 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-19** Passed Both Houses
- **2023-05-19** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Terri Bryant
- **2023-06-16** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-08-11** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2023-08-11** Effective Date January 1, 2024
- **2023-08-11** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0533 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7ed56687-192a-4d67-a7f0-56376c923647`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).