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Bill	PUBLIC HEALTH DENTAL HYGIENIST	Amends the Illinois Dental Practice Act. Changes the definition of "public health dental hygienist." Provides that the requirement that a public health dental hygienist have additional structured courses in dental education in advanced areas specific to public health dentistry shall include emergency procedures for medically compromised patients, pharmacology, medical recordkeeping procedures, geriatric dentistry, pediatric dentistry, and pathology provided by an educational institution accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation, such as a dental school or dental hygiene program, or a statewide dental association, approved by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to provide continuing education, that has developed and conducted training programs for expanded functions for dental assistants and hygienists. Provides that the training program must include a minimum of 26 hours of didactic study; include 8 hours of in-person classroom experience with an outcome assessment examination that tests the competency of the didactic subjects required by the Act; require the hygienist to complete an 8-hour, on-site mentoring experience monitored by the dentist who will have a public health supervision agreement with the hygienist; issue a certificate of completion of the training program, which must be kept on file at the supervising dentist's office and which will be made available to the Department upon request; and operate in a public health setting pursuant to a written public health supervision agreement with a dentist who is working in or has contracted with a local or State government agency or institution or who is providing services as part of a certified school-based program or school-based oral health program. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	101st	HB 2676	Illinois HB 2676 (101st)	bill		enacted		3	45	2	2019-02-14	2019-07-12	openstates	ocd-bill/88ada31e-ac2e-421a-ace4-3fd268c63598	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2676&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=118869&SessionID=108&GA=101	418c742201cd2271df7d92a227b4afc92dfeeda226bce0ce986ce901fc2d6868	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 2676 (101st) — PUBLIC HEALTH DENTAL HYGIENIST

Amends the Illinois Dental Practice Act. Changes the definition of "public health dental hygienist." Provides that the requirement that a public health dental hygienist have additional structured courses in dental education in advanced areas specific to public health dentistry shall include emergency procedures for medically compromised patients, pharmacology, medical recordkeeping procedures, geriatric dentistry, pediatric dentistry, and pathology provided by an educational institution accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation, such as a dental school or dental hygiene program, or a statewide dental association, approved by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to provide continuing education, that has developed and conducted training programs for expanded functions for dental assistants and hygienists. Provides that the training program must include a minimum of 26 hours of didactic study; include 8 hours of in-person classroom experience with an outcome assessment examination that tests the competency of the didactic subjects required by the Act; require the hygienist to complete an 8-hour, on-site mentoring experience monitored by the dentist who will have a public health supervision agreement with the hygienist; issue a certificate of completion of the training program, which must be kept on file at the supervising dentist's office and which will be made available to the Department upon request; and operate in a public health setting pursuant to a written public health supervision agreement with a dentist who is working in or has contracted with a local or State government agency or institution or who is providing services as part of a certified school-based program or school-based oral health program. Effective immediately.

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 — 115–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Chuck Weaver — cosponsor (person)
• Dan Ugaste — cosponsor (person)
• Emil Jones, III — cosponsor (person)
• Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant — primary (person)
• Michael J. Zalewski — primary (person)
• Neil Anderson — cosponsor (person)
• Rachelle Crowe — cosponsor (person)
• Terra Costa Howard — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-14 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Michael J. Zalewski filing
• 2019-02-14 First Reading reading-1
• 2019-02-14 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2019-02-26 Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee referral-committee
• 2019-03-25 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Michael J. Zalewski amendment-introduction
• 2019-03-25 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2019-03-26 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Health Care Licenses Committee
• 2019-03-27 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Health Care Licenses Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2019-03-27 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee; 015-000-000 committee-passage
• 2019-03-29 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2019-04-02 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2019-04-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2019-04-03 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Michael J. Zalewski amendment-introduction
• 2019-04-03 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2019-04-04 Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2019-04-04 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2019-04-09 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-11 Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Martin J. Moylan
• 2019-04-11 Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Michael J. Zalewski
• 2019-04-11 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2019-04-11 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2019-04-11 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2019-04-11 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Terra Costa Howard
• 2019-04-11 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Ugaste
• 2019-04-11 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2019-04-11 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2019-04-11 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant
• 2019-04-11 First Reading reading-1
• 2019-04-11 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2019-04-24 Assigned to Licensed Activities referral-committee
• 2019-05-01 Postponed - Licensed Activities
• 2019-05-02 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III
• 2019-05-03 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Neil Anderson
• 2019-05-08 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachelle Crowe
• 2019-05-09 Do Pass Licensed Activities; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2019-05-09 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 14, 2019
• 2019-05-09 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Chuck Weaver
• 2019-05-14 Second Reading reading-2
• 2019-05-14 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 15, 2019
• 2019-05-16 Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2019-05-16 Passed Both Houses
• 2019-06-14 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-07-12 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2019-07-12 Effective Date July 12, 2019
• 2019-07-12 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0064 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/88ada31e-ac2e-421a-ace4-3fd268c63598. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).