---
type: "Bill"
title: "DCEO-NURSING EDUCATION"
description: "Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall conduct a study regarding the recruitment and training of masters-prepared nurses to serve as nursing school faculty. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "HB 4461"
citation: "Illinois HB 4461 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 44
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2006-01-10"
last_action: "2006-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c768cfba-d7c6-478a-8c40-adf5b403f28a"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4461&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=22711&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "2d99ad1916adbf17929a67e489a8dddf9947e54bf9220ad09d7b52c452c6362c"
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 4461 (94th) — DCEO-NURSING EDUCATION

Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall conduct a study regarding the recruitment and training of masters-prepared nurses to serve as nursing school faculty. 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=09400HB4461&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=22711&DocNum=4461&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB4461eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=22711&DocNum=4461&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB4461enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=22711&DocNum=4461&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Concurrence, Amendment 1 — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- JoAnn D. Osmond — primary (person)
- John J. Millner — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2006-01-10** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. JoAnn D. Osmond `filing`
- **2006-01-10** Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Ruth Munson
- **2006-01-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-01-10** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2006-01-24** Assigned to Health Care Availability and Access Committee `referral-committee`
- **2006-02-07** Do Pass / Short Debate Health Care Availability and Access Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2006-02-07** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2006-02-09** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2006-02-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2006-02-14** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry Osterman
- **2006-02-15** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2006-02-16** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2006-02-16** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading February 22, 2006 `reading-1`
- **2006-02-16** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
- **2006-02-16** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. William E. Peterson
- **2006-02-22** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-02-22** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2006-03-01** Assigned to State Government `referral-committee`
- **2006-03-08** Do Pass State Government; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2006-03-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 9, 2006
- **2006-03-08** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
- **2006-03-15** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Christine Radogno
- **2006-03-23** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Don Harmon `amendment-introduction`
- **2006-03-23** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2006-03-29** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to State Government
- **2006-03-29** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
- **2006-03-29** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt State Government; 008-000-000
- **2006-03-29** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2006-03-29** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Harmon `amendment-passage`
- **2006-03-29** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 30, 2006
- **2006-03-30** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. John J. Millner
- **2006-03-30** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2006-03-30** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2006-03-30** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
- **2006-04-04** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. JoAnn D. Osmond
- **2006-04-04** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2006-04-05** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000
- **2006-04-05** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
- **2006-04-05** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 112-000-000
- **2006-04-05** Passed Both Houses
- **2006-05-04** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2006-06-30** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2006-06-30** Effective Date June 30, 2006
- **2006-06-30** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0970 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c768cfba-d7c6-478a-8c40-adf5b403f28a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).