---
type: "Bill"
title: "DENTAL PRACTICE ACT-TECH"
description: "Amends the Illinois Dental Practice Act. Makes a technical change to a Section concerning social security numbers on license applications."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "SB 2251"
citation: "Illinois SB 2251 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 42
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2004-01-15"
last_action: "2004-08-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1be38d3d-bc8f-4158-9e11-79a7c7953a95"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2251&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=8128&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "862467de377159dc0466dfc32d0a880f5260f4e8b32878404354dc2e191503f0"
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 2251 (93rd) — DENTAL PRACTICE ACT-TECH

Amends the Illinois Dental Practice Act. Makes a technical change to a Section concerning social security numbers on license applications.

## 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=09300SB2251&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=8128&DocNum=2251&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB2251eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=8128&DocNum=2251&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB2251enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=8128&DocNum=2251&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **33–24** (pass) · upper
- Concurrence — **43–12** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **94–20** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- James A. DeLeo — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-01-15** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Emil Jones, Jr. `filing`
- **2004-01-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2004-01-15** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-18** Assigned to State Government `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-26** Do Pass State Government; 005-004-000 `committee-passage`
- **2004-02-26** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 2, 2004
- **2004-03-24** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2004-03-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 25, 2004
- **2004-03-25** Third Reading - Passed; 033-024-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2004-03-25** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- **2004-03-25** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2004-03-25** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2004-03-26** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Angelo Saviano
- **2004-03-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2004-03-26** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2004-03-30** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-30** Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-11** Assigned to Registration and Regulation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-14** Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 31, 2004
- **2004-05-19** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Registration and Regulation Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2004-05-19** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Registration and Regulation Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2004-05-19** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Registration and Regulation Committee; 012-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2004-05-19** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2004-05-19** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John J. Millner
- **2004-05-19** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Eileen Lyons
- **2004-05-20** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2004-05-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2004-05-24** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 094-020-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2004-05-25** Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01
- **2004-05-25** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01-May 26, 2004
- **2004-05-26** Sponsor Removed Sen. Mattie Hunter
- **2004-05-26** Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. James A. DeLeo
- **2004-05-26** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. James A. DeLeo `filing`
- **2004-05-26** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-27** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Licensed Activities `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-27** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Be Adopted Licensed Activities; 006-001-000
- **2004-05-28** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 043-012-000
- **2004-05-28** Passed Both Houses
- **2004-06-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2004-08-20** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2004-08-20** Effective Date August 20, 2004
- **2004-08-20** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0978 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1be38d3d-bc8f-4158-9e11-79a7c7953a95`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).