---
type: "Bill"
title: "NURSE PRACT ACT-DELEGATION"
description: "Amends the Nurse Practice Act. In a provision prohibiting a registered professional nurse from delegating the nursing activity of medication administration to an unlicensed person, provides that \"medication administration\" does not include prepackaged medications administered to an individual detainee in a correctional facility by corrections personnel in accordance with Title 20 of the Illinois Administrative Code. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "HB 2395"
citation: "Illinois HB 2395 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-02-19"
last_action: "2009-08-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d89750c5-81ac-43fc-abd3-0bb55047c967"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2395&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=44511&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "caa312da566ee266a8cc7a85d9ec63be6b68e281a90062a4b7f073dae20aef16"
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 2395 (96th) — NURSE PRACT ACT-DELEGATION

Amends the Nurse Practice Act. In a provision prohibiting a registered professional nurse from delegating the nursing activity of medication administration to an unlicensed person, provides that "medication administration" does not include prepackaged medications administered to an individual detainee in a correctional facility by corrections personnel in accordance with Title 20 of the Illinois Administrative Code. 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=09600HB2395&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=44511&DocNum=2395&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB2395eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=44511&DocNum=2395&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB2395enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=44511&DocNum=2395&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Angelo Saviano — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-19** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Angelo Saviano `filing`
- **2009-02-19** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-02-19** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-23** Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-11** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Health Care Licenses Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2009-03-11** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Health Care Licenses Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2009-03-11** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-03-11** 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 114-000-000 `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
- **2009-03-27** Sponsor Removed 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`
- **2009-04-21** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Don Harmon
- **2009-04-23** Do Pass Licensed Activities; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-04-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 28, 2009
- **2009-05-12** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-05-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** May 18, 2009
- **2009-05-19** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-05-19** Passed Both Houses
- **2009-06-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-14** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-14** Effective Date August 14, 2009
- **2009-08-14** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0516 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d89750c5-81ac-43fc-abd3-0bb55047c967`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).