republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/101st/sb-167.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "DENTAL SERVICE"
description: "Amends the Illinois Dental Practice Act. Defines \"teledentistry\". Makes changes concerning the requirements that must be met by a dental assistant before the dental assistant may replace, carve, and finish amalgam restorations, place, pack, and finish composite restorations, and place interim restorations. In provisions concerning the qualifications for a permit to administer anesthesia and sedation, requires the Department to ensure that the dentist has completed and maintains certification in advanced cardiac life support or pediatric advanced life support. In provisions concerning death or incapacitation of a dentist, provides that specified personnel may contract with another dentist or dentists to continue the operations of the deceased or incapacitated dentist's practice for a period of one year (rather than no more than one year) from the time of death or incapacitation or the dentist or until the practice is sold, whichever occurs first. Provides that if the practice is not sold within the initial one-year period, the contract may be extended for additional 12-month periods by the Department, but the extension shall not exceed 3 additional 12-month periods. Sets forth specified requirements for extension. Changes repeal and operative dates for various provisions of the Act. Makes other changes. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "101st"
identifier: "SB 167"
citation: "Illinois SB 167 (101st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2019-07-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a69d0125-0982-4333-83e5-90d2ba2ad43a"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=167&GAID=15&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=115888&SessionID=108&GA=101"
source_hash: "2ca1acd6da6d18c237f277a765a97bdd47116f2951f9fce68b624791bbd0581a"
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 167 (101st) — DENTAL SERVICE

Amends the Illinois Dental Practice Act. Defines "teledentistry". Makes changes concerning the requirements that must be met by a dental assistant before the dental assistant may replace, carve, and finish amalgam restorations, place, pack, and finish composite restorations, and place interim restorations. In provisions concerning the qualifications for a permit to administer anesthesia and sedation, requires the Department to ensure that the dentist has completed and maintains certification in advanced cardiac life support or pediatric advanced life support. In provisions concerning death or incapacitation of a dentist, provides that specified personnel may contract with another dentist or dentists to continue the operations of the deceased or incapacitated dentist's practice for a period of one year (rather than no more than one year) from the time of death or incapacitation or the dentist or until the practice is sold, whichever occurs first. Provides that if the practice is not sold within the initial one-year period, the contract may be extended for additional 12-month periods by the Department, but the extension shall not exceed 3 additional 12-month periods. Sets forth specified requirements for extension. Changes repeal and operative dates for various provisions of the Act. Makes other changes. 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=10100SB0167&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=115888&DocNum=167&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100SB0167eng&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=115888&DocNum=167&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100SB0167enr&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=115888&DocNum=167&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **59–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dale Fowler — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Emil Jones, III — cosponsor (person)
- Laura Ellman — cosponsor (person)
- Michael P. McAuliffe — cosponsor (person)
- Neil Anderson — primary (person)
- Rachelle Crowe — cosponsor (person)
- Tony McCombie — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-30** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Neil Anderson `filing`
- **2019-01-30** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-30** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-30** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Dale Fowler
- **2019-02-13** Assigned to Licensed Activities `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-19** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III
- **2019-02-20** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachelle Crowe
- **2019-02-21** Do Pass Licensed Activities; 006-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 5, 2019
- **2019-03-05** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 6, 2019
- **2019-03-06** Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-03-06** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2019-03-06** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Tony McCombie
- **2019-03-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-06** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-07** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe
- **2019-03-26** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
- **2019-04-09** Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-09** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura Ellman
- **2019-05-01** Do Pass / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee; 014-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-02** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-05-14** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2019-05-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-05-21** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-05-21** Passed Both Houses
- **2019-06-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-26** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-26** Effective Date July 26, 2019
- **2019-07-26** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0162 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a69d0125-0982-4333-83e5-90d2ba2ad43a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).