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type: "Bill"
title: "RECORDS-PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT"
description: "Amends the Vital Records Act. Provides that \"certifying health care professional\" includes a physician assistant. Defines \"physician assistant\". Provides that in the absence of a certifying health care professional or with his or her approval, a medical certification may be completed and signed by a physician assistant."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "102nd"
identifier: "SB 3498"
citation: "Illinois SB 3498 (102nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Laura M. Murphy", "Randy E. Frese"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-19"
last_action: "2022-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/933b4a8d-3409-49ee-b9c6-b0c497630fba"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3498&GAID=16&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=138450&SessionID=110&GA=102"
source_hash: "24fcccda24593b31d103609dc8b897c7ffffabc4190729d2e158e5c16654d910"
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 3498 (102nd) — RECORDS-PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT
Amends the Vital Records Act. Provides that "certifying health care professional" includes a physician assistant. Defines "physician assistant". Provides that in the absence of a certifying health care professional or with his or her approval, a medical certification may be completed and signed by a physician assistant.
## 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/10200SB3498.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB3498eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB3498enr.pdf)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **550** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **1120** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Laura M. Murphy — primary (person)
- Randy E. Frese — primary (person)
- Camille Y. Lilly — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Brady — cosponsor (person)
- Doris Turner — cosponsor (person)
- John Connor — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen Willis — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-01-19** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Laura M. Murphy `filing`
- **2022-01-19** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-01-19** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-26** Assigned to Licensed Activities `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-28** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. John Connor
- **2022-02-01** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Doris Turner
- **2022-02-10** Do Pass Licensed Activities; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 15, 2022
- **2022-02-15** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 16, 2022
- **2022-02-16** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-16** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2022-02-17** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Randy E. Frese
- **2022-02-17** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-02-17** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-07** Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-16** Do Pass / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-16** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2022-03-23** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2022-03-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2022-03-24** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen Willis
- **2022-03-31** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-31** Passed Both Houses
- **2022-03-31** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Brady
- **2022-03-31** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
- **2022-04-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-13** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-13** Effective Date January 1, 2023
- **2022-05-13** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0844 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/933b4a8d-3409-49ee-b9c6-b0c497630fba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).