---
type: "Bill"
title: "MEDICAL PRACTICE-DISC BOARD"
description: "Amends the Medical Practice Act of 1987. Gives voting rights to the 2 public members of the Medical Disciplinary Board and considers them for determining a quorum. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "HB 1356"
citation: "Illinois HB 1356 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-02-06"
last_action: "2003-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0695f3a5-8454-4aea-bbd4-e687e692823d"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1356&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=2090&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "690f683cdee95a66135e8e2bfd8504eabc63b4e165554646f01ba0008cf0852d"
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 1356 (93rd) — MEDICAL PRACTICE-DISC BOARD

Amends the Medical Practice Act of 1987. Gives voting rights to the 2 public members of the Medical Disciplinary Board and considers them for determining a quorum. 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=09300HB1356&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=2090&DocNum=1356&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB1356eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=2090&DocNum=1356&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB1356enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=2090&DocNum=1356&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Angelo Saviano — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-02-06** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Angelo Saviano `filing`
- **2003-02-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-02-06** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-11** Assigned to Registration and Regulation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-21** Do Pass / Short Debate Registration and Regulation Committee; 014-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-02-21** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-02-26** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2003-02-26** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-02-26** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Eileen Lyons
- **2003-03-06** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
- **2003-03-13** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 117-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-03-13** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2003-03-13** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 18, 2003 `reading-1`
- **2003-03-20** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Antonio Munoz
- **2003-03-21** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-03-21** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-10** Assigned to Licensed Activities `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-01** Do Pass Licensed Activities; 006-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-05-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 6, 2003
- **2003-05-06** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 7, 2003
- **2003-05-09** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-05-09** Passed Both Houses
- **2003-06-06** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2003-07-10** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-10** Effective Date July 10, 2003
- **2003-07-10** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0138 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0695f3a5-8454-4aea-bbd4-e687e692823d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).