republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/103rd/hb-2948.md

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Bill	DFPR-OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN	Amends the Department of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Creates the Office of the Ombudsman for International Applicants within the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to assist international applicants in meeting the foreign education requirements for those licensed under the Medical Practice Act of 1987 and the Nurse Practice Act. Provides that the duties of the Office of the Ombudsman for International Applicants would include: (i) answering questions about meeting foreign education requirements; (ii) assisting international applicants in successful completion of the application forms; (iii) coordinating with personnel of the Department in processing the applications; and (iv) providing direction to community organizations that assist international applicants.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	103rd	HB 2948	Illinois HB 2948 (103rd)	bill		enacted	Omar Aquino Theresa Mah	4	33	5	2023-02-16	2023-08-11	openstates	ocd-bill/e82bc159-9cf2-4973-8a98-9db43f8840aa	https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=2948&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=148094&SessionID=112	4347fba4b895baffc035bbe8ee40eb9bba181573c90bfe1a111923631908578d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 2948 (103rd) — DFPR-OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN

Amends the Department of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Creates the Office of the Ombudsman for International Applicants within the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to assist international applicants in meeting the foreign education requirements for those licensed under the Medical Practice Act of 1987 and the Nurse Practice Act. Provides that the duties of the Office of the Ombudsman for International Applicants would include: (i) answering questions about meeting foreign education requirements; (ii) assisting international applicants in successful completion of the application forms; (iii) coordinating with personnel of the Department in processing the applications; and (iv) providing direction to community organizations that assist international applicants.

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. House Amendment 001 (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 90–14 (pass) · lower
• Health Care Licenses, Amendment 1 — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• Licensed Activities — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Health Care Licenses — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 56–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Omar Aquino — primary (person)
• Theresa Mah — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-16 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Theresa Mah filing
• 2023-02-16 First Reading reading-1
• 2023-02-16 Referred to Rules Committee
• 2023-02-23 Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee referral-committee
• 2023-03-08 Do Pass / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee; 011-000-000
• 2023-03-08 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2023-03-21 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Theresa Mah amendment-introduction
• 2023-03-21 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
• 2023-03-22 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Health Care Licenses Committee
• 2023-03-22 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2023-03-22 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2023-03-23 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Health Care Licenses Committee; 012-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-24 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2023-03-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2023-03-24 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 090-014-000 passage, reading-3
• 2023-03-27 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2023-03-27 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2023-03-27 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Omar Aquino
• 2023-03-27 First Reading reading-1
• 2023-03-27 Referred to Assignments
• 2023-04-12 Assigned to Licensed Activities referral-committee
• 2023-04-20 Do Pass Licensed Activities; 008-000-000
• 2023-04-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 25, 2023 reading-2
• 2023-04-25 Second Reading reading-2
• 2023-04-25 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 26, 2023
• 2023-05-11 Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 25, 2023
• 2023-05-12 Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 19, 2023
• 2023-05-18 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 passage, reading-3
• 2023-05-18 Passed Both Houses
• 2023-06-16 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2023-08-11 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2023-08-11 Effective Date January 1, 2024
• 2023-08-11 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0537 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e82bc159-9cf2-4973-8a98-9db43f8840aa. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).