republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/102nd/sb-493.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "INS-ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS"
description: "Creates the Uniform Electronic Transactions in Dental Care Billing Act. Requires all dental plan carriers and dental care providers to exchange claims and eligibility information electronically using the standard electronic data interchange transactions for claims submissions, payments, and verification of benefits required under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act in order to be compensable by the dental plan carrier. Provides that no dental plan carrier or dental care provider may add to or modify the uniform electronic claims and eligibility requirements adopted by the Department. Provides that the Act applies to all dental plan carriers. Grants the Director of Insurance the right to investigate complaints filed under the Act. Sets forth criteria for complaints filed under the Act. Requires the Department of Insurance to adopt rules, and allows the Department to establish exemptions to the Act by rule. Defines terms. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "102nd"
identifier: "SB 493"
citation: "Illinois SB 493 (102nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dave Syverson", "Maura Hirschauer"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 36
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-23"
last_action: "2021-07-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71b0b7eb-18f2-4868-9308-ade7b3dae2db"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=493&GAID=16&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=133065&SessionID=110&GA=102"
source_hash: "b6c55632284726ff8fc2773220f71a9fb27b5fcbd9d996e7462e0d5bbeaeaf20"
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 493 (102nd) — INS-ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS

Creates the Uniform Electronic Transactions in Dental Care Billing Act. Requires all dental plan carriers and dental care providers to exchange claims and eligibility information electronically using the standard electronic data interchange transactions for claims submissions, payments, and verification of benefits required under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act in order to be compensable by the dental plan carrier. Provides that no dental plan carrier or dental care provider may add to or modify the uniform electronic claims and eligibility requirements adopted by the Department. Provides that the Act applies to all dental plan carriers. Grants the Director of Insurance the right to investigate complaints filed under the Act. Sets forth criteria for complaints filed under the Act. Requires the Department of Insurance to adopt rules, and allows the Department to establish exemptions to the Act by rule. Defines terms. Effective immediately.

## 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/10200SB0493.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB0493eng.pdf)
3. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB0493sam001.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB0493enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dave Syverson — primary (person)
- Maura Hirschauer — primary (person)
- Dale Fowler — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Jacobs — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-23** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Dave Syverson `filing`
- **2021-02-23** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-23** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03** Assigned to Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Dale Fowler
- **2021-03-19** Do Pass Insurance; 012-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 23, 2021
- **2021-04-09** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Dave Syverson `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-09** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-13** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-04-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** April 14, 2021
- **2021-04-14** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Insurance
- **2021-04-15** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Insurance; 008-000-000
- **2021-04-21** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-04-21** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Syverson `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading **
- **2021-04-23** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-26** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2021-04-26** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Bob Morgan
- **2021-04-27** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-27** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-28** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Maura Hirschauer
- **2021-05-04** Assigned to Insurance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-11** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul Jacobs
- **2021-05-11** Do Pass / Consent Calendar Insurance Committee; 019-000-000 `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
- **2021-05-21** 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`
- **2021-07-23** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-23** Effective Date July 23, 2021
- **2021-07-23** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0146 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/71b0b7eb-18f2-4868-9308-ade7b3dae2db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).