republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/100th/sb-589.md

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Bill	EXPANDED FUNCTION DENTAL ASST	Amends the Illinois Dental Practice Act. Allows a dental assistant, after being authorized by a dentist, to remove loose, broken, or irritating orthodontic appliances on a patient of record for the purpose of eliminating pain or discomfort. Provides that dental assistants who have undergone certain training may hold themselves out as expanded function dental assistants. Sets forth the training requirements for expanded function dental assistants and the services that may be provided. Provides that any procedure completed by an expanded function dental assistant must be approved by the supervising dentist and examined prior to dismissal of the patient. Sets forth certain limits on expanded function dental assistants.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	100th	SB 589	Illinois SB 589 (100th)	bill		enacted		3	58	2	2017-01-24	2017-08-18	openstates	ocd-bill/d8ecfd4e-1be9-4f6b-bfdc-cc0827ac2303	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=589&GAID=14&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=100544&SessionID=91&GA=100	76ece84b8df9b67da42889e8e8953146527441633232046d318385d6308849f2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 589 (100th) — EXPANDED FUNCTION DENTAL ASST

Amends the Illinois Dental Practice Act. Allows a dental assistant, after being authorized by a dentist, to remove loose, broken, or irritating orthodontic appliances on a patient of record for the purpose of eliminating pain or discomfort. Provides that dental assistants who have undergone certain training may hold themselves out as expanded function dental assistants. Sets forth the training requirements for expanded function dental assistants and the services that may be provided. Provides that any procedure completed by an expanded function dental assistant must be approved by the supervising dentist and examined prior to dismissal of the patient. Sets forth certain limits on expanded function dental assistants.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 55–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 113–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Barbara Wheeler — cosponsor (person)
• Neil Anderson — primary (person)
• Thomas M. Bennett — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-24 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Neil Anderson filing
• 2017-01-24 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-01-24 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2017-02-01 Assigned to Licensed Activities and Pensions referral-committee
• 2017-02-06 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Neil Anderson amendment-introduction
• 2017-02-06 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2017-02-07 Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Neil Anderson amendment-introduction
• 2017-02-07 Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2017-02-08 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Licensed Activities and Pensions
• 2017-02-08 Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Licensed Activities and Pensions
• 2017-02-09 Postponed - Licensed Activities and Pensions
• 2017-02-09 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Licensed Activities and Pensions
• 2017-02-09 Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Postponed - Licensed Activities and Pensions
• 2017-02-15 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Wm. Sam McCann
• 2017-02-16 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2017-02-16 Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2017-02-16 Do Pass as Amended Licensed Activities and Pensions; 008-000-001 committee-passage
• 2017-02-16 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 28, 2017
• 2017-03-14 Second Reading reading-2
• 2017-03-14 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 15, 2017
• 2017-03-23 Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Neil Anderson amendment-introduction
• 2017-03-23 Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2017-03-28 Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Assignments Refers to Licensed Activities and Pensions
• 2017-03-29 Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Postponed - Licensed Activities and Pensions
• 2017-04-04 Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Neil Anderson amendment-introduction
• 2017-04-04 Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2017-04-05 Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Assignments Refers to Licensed Activities and Pensions
• 2017-04-06 Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Postponed - Licensed Activities and Pensions
• 2017-04-06 Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Postponed - Licensed Activities and Pensions
• 2017-04-14 Senate Floor Amendment No. 5 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Neil Anderson amendment-introduction
• 2017-04-14 Senate Floor Amendment No. 5 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2017-04-25 Senate Floor Amendment No. 5 Assignments Refers to Licensed Activities and Pensions
• 2017-04-27 Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Recommend Do Adopt Licensed Activities and Pensions; 009-000-000
• 2017-04-28 Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2017 reading-3
• 2017-05-02 Recalled to Second Reading reading-2
• 2017-05-02 Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Adopted; Anderson amendment-passage
• 2017-05-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
• 2017-05-02 Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2017-05-02 Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) amendment-failure
• 2017-05-02 Senate Floor Amendment No. 5 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) amendment-failure
• 2017-05-03 Arrived in House introduction
• 2017-05-03 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
• 2017-05-09 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-05-09 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2017-05-15 Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee referral-committee
• 2017-05-17 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas M. Bennett
• 2017-05-19 Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 26, 2017
• 2017-05-24 Do Pass / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee; 014-000-000 committee-passage
• 2017-05-24 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2017-05-24 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Wheeler
• 2017-05-24 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2017-05-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2017-05-26 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2017-05-26 Passed Both Houses
• 2017-06-23 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-08-18 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2017-08-18 Effective Date January 1, 2018
• 2017-08-18 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0215 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d8ecfd4e-1be9-4f6b-bfdc-cc0827ac2303. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).