---
type: "Bill"
title: "DENTAL PRACTICE-DENTAL HYGIENE"
description: "Amends the Illinois Dental Practice Act. Provides that a dentist's written order to a hygienist of necessary services for patients in a long-term care facility or a mental health or developmental disability facility who are unable to travel to a dental office must be implemented within 120 (rather than 90) days of its issuance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "SB 190"
citation: "Illinois SB 190 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2003-02-04"
last_action: "2003-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3f3bac68-769e-409c-9458-7c9b8eafc24a"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=190&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=1677&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "30d65c2eb6a254e273d6227e8eac63ad1ccc3d7c705a710f4dcd3f3d2650f0f3"
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 190 (93rd) — DENTAL PRACTICE-DENTAL HYGIENE

Amends the Illinois Dental Practice Act. Provides that a dentist's written order to a hygienist of necessary services for patients in a long-term care facility or a mental health or developmental disability facility who are unable to travel to a dental office must be implemented within 120 (rather than 90) days of its issuance.

## 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=09300SB0190&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=1677&DocNum=190&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB0190eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=1677&DocNum=190&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB0190enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=1677&DocNum=190&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurrence — **57–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dale E. Risinger — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-02-04** Filed with Secretary by Sen. J. Bradley Burzynski `filing`
- **2003-02-04** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-02-04** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-21** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Susan Garrett
- **2003-02-26** Assigned to Licensed Activities `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-05** Do Pass Licensed Activities; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-03-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 11, 2003
- **2003-03-13** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-03-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 18, 2003
- **2003-03-20** Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Dale E. Risinger
- **2003-03-20** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. J. Bradley Burzynski
- **2003-03-24** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-03-24** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2003-03-24** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-03-24** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
- **2003-03-25** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-03-25** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-27** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. David E. Miller
- **2003-03-31** Assigned to Registration and Regulation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-10** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Registration and Regulation Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2003-04-10** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Registration and Regulation Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2003-04-10** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Registration and Regulation Committee; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-04-10** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-05-01** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2003-05-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-05-07** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry L. Mitchell
- **2003-05-07** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-05-08** Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01
- **2003-05-08** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01-May 09, 2003
- **2003-05-20** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Dale E. Risinger `filing`
- **2003-05-20** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-22** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Licensed Activities `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-23** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Be Adopted Licensed Activities; 008-000-000
- **2003-05-28** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 057-000-000
- **2003-05-28** Passed Both Houses
- **2003-06-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2003-07-08** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-08** Effective Date January 1, 2004
- **2003-07-08** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0113 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3f3bac68-769e-409c-9458-7c9b8eafc24a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).