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type: "Bill"
title: "DENTAL PRACTICE-TELEDENTISTRY"
description: "Amends the Illinois Dental Practice Act. Provides that a person who uses teledentistry is considered to practice dentistry under the Act. Provides that a dentist may not delegate teledentistry services unless authorized in the Act. Changes the definition of \"branches of dentistry\" to include dental anesthesiology. Changes the definition of \"teledentistry\" to include limited patient diagnosis and treatment planning (rather than patient care) using synchronous and asynchronous communications under an Illinois licensed dentist's authority (rather than a dentist's authority)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "102nd"
identifier: "SB 335"
citation: "Illinois SB 335 (102nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Katie Stuart", "Rachelle Crowe"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 39
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-19"
last_action: "2021-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b8df922a-8d3c-4e35-8f46-bfbcab959f9a"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=335&GAID=16&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=131710&SessionID=110&GA=102"
source_hash: "4290ad053eae68eb8bd4a1b44bf9e71d356f5220cbd1fb4d85bed42fb325869b"
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 335 (102nd) — DENTAL PRACTICE-TELEDENTISTRY
Amends the Illinois Dental Practice Act. Provides that a person who uses teledentistry is considered to practice dentistry under the Act. Provides that a dentist may not delegate teledentistry services unless authorized in the Act. Changes the definition of "branches of dentistry" to include dental anesthesiology. Changes the definition of "teledentistry" to include limited patient diagnosis and treatment planning (rather than patient care) using synchronous and asynchronous communications under an Illinois licensed dentist's authority (rather than a dentist's authority).
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB0335.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB0335eng.pdf)
3. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB0335sam001.pdf)
4. **Senate Amendment 002** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB0335sam002.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB0335enr.pdf)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **1120** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Katie Stuart — primary (person)
- Rachelle Crowe — primary (person)
- Kathleen Willis — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Jacobs — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-19** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Rachelle Crowe `filing`
- **2021-02-19** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-19** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03** Assigned to Licensed Activities `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Do Pass Licensed Activities; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 23, 2021
- **2021-03-24** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 25, 2021
- **2021-04-09** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Rachelle Crowe `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-09** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-13** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Licensed Activities
- **2021-04-16** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Rachelle Crowe `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-16** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-20** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Licensed Activities
- **2021-04-21** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Licensed Activities; 007-000-000
- **2021-04-21** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Licensed Activities; 007-000-000
- **2021-04-22** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-04-22** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Crowe `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-22** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Crowe `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-22** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-22** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2021-04-22** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart
- **2021-04-23** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-23** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-11** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul Jacobs
- **2021-05-12** Do Pass / Consent Calendar Health Care Licenses Committee; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-12** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Consent Calendar
- **2021-05-13** Second Reading - Consent Calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-05-13** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Consent Calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-05-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Consent Calendar
- **2021-05-20** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen Willis
- **2021-05-21** Third Reading - Consent Calendar - First Day `reading-3`
- **2021-05-26** Third Reading - Consent Calendar - Passed 112-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-26** Passed Both Houses
- **2021-06-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-09** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-09** Effective Date January 1, 2022
- **2021-07-09** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0093 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b8df922a-8d3c-4e35-8f46-bfbcab959f9a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).