---
type: "Bill"
title: "HEARING INSTRUMT-CONTINUING ED"
description: "Amends the Hearing Instrument Consumer Protection Act. Provides that no more than 5 hours of continuing education credit per year can be obtained through programs sponsored by hearing instrument manufacturers. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "SB 630"
citation: "Illinois SB 630 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-02-18"
last_action: "2003-08-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/63567759-ca74-43ad-83cc-f83912f790ba"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=630&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=3278&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "7b800eb11d07cd1a23410fa3578a075d52b847748433a4129ee7c8217de8a6d2"
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 630 (93rd) — HEARING INSTRUMT-CONTINUING ED

Amends the Hearing Instrument Consumer Protection Act. Provides that no more than 5 hours of continuing education credit per year can be obtained through programs sponsored by hearing instrument manufacturers. Effective immediately.

## 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=09300SB0630&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=3278&DocNum=630&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB0630eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=3278&DocNum=630&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB0630enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=3278&DocNum=630&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **114–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- M. Maggie Crotty — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-02-18** Filed with Secretary by Sen. M. Maggie Crotty `filing`
- **2003-02-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-02-18** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-19** Assigned to Licensed Activities `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-28** Do Pass Licensed Activities; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-02-28** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 4, 2003
- **2003-03-05** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-03-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 6, 2003
- **2003-03-11** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Wendell E. Jones
- **2003-03-20** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2003-03-20** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Donne E. Trotter
- **2003-03-20** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-03-20** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2003-03-20** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-03-20** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Kurt M. Granberg
- **2003-03-21** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-03-21** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-26** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Boland
- **2003-03-31** Assigned to Registration and Regulation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-10** Do Pass / Short Debate Registration and Regulation Committee; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-04-10** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-05-14** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2003-05-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-05-16** Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b); May 23, 2003
- **2003-05-20** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-001-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-05-20** Passed Both Houses
- **2003-06-18** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2003-08-12** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2003-08-12** Effective Date August 12, 2003
- **2003-08-12** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0525 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/63567759-ca74-43ad-83cc-f83912f790ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).