---
type: "Bill"
title: "ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH-LICENSE"
description: "Amends the Environmental Health Practitioner Licensing Act. Requires the Department of Professional Regulation to issue a license as a licensed environmental health practitioner to any applicant who holds a Registered Environmental Health Specialist/Registered Sanitarian credential in good standing with the National Environmental Health Association. Effective July 1, 2009."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "HB 1119"
citation: "Illinois HB 1119 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 46
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2009-02-11"
last_action: "2009-08-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79ec376d-9dae-4cd9-a24a-cc3afe14f7f6"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1119&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=42798&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "3d60641c37d75d01c1028bbf8b578af8f15e5c5e12c50ee57b89795b1d3ae2a4"
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 1119 (96th) — ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH-LICENSE

Amends the Environmental Health Practitioner Licensing Act. Requires the Department of Professional Regulation to issue a license as a licensed environmental health practitioner to any applicant who holds a Registered Environmental Health Specialist/Registered Sanitarian credential in good standing with the National Environmental Health Association. Effective July 1, 2009.

## 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=09600HB1119&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=42798&DocNum=1119&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB1119eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=42798&DocNum=1119&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB1119enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=42798&DocNum=1119&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurrence — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Elizabeth Coulson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-11** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Elizabeth Coulson `filing`
- **2009-02-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-02-11** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-18** Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-25** Do Pass / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-02-25** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-03-23** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-03-23** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-03-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-03-24** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-03-25** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2009-03-25** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 26, 2009 `reading-1`
- **2009-03-27** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John J. Cullerton
- **2009-03-27** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
- **2009-03-30** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-30** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-15** Assigned to Licensed Activities `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-15** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Terry Link
- **2009-04-23** Held in Licensed Activities
- **2009-04-28** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Terry Link `amendment-introduction`
- **2009-04-28** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-28** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Terry Link `amendment-introduction`
- **2009-04-28** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-29** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Licensed Activities
- **2009-04-29** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Licensed Activities
- **2009-04-29** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2009-04-30** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Held in Licensed Activities
- **2009-04-30** Do Pass as Amended Licensed Activities; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-04-30** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 5, 2009
- **2009-05-08** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-14** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-05-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 15, 2009
- **2009-05-15** Third Reading - Passed; 050-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-05-15** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) `amendment-failure`
- **2009-05-15** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2009-05-15** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 2
- **2009-05-18** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
- **2009-05-18** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-26** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Health Care Licenses Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-26** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Health Care Licenses Committee; 007-000-000
- **2009-05-28** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 House Concurs 116-000-001
- **2009-05-28** Passed Both Houses
- **2009-06-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-25** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-25** Effective Date August 25, 2009
- **2009-08-25** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0671 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/79ec376d-9dae-4cd9-a24a-cc3afe14f7f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).