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type: "Bill"
title: "PHYSICAL THERAPY ACT-SUNSET"
description: "Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act to change the repeal date of the Illinois Physical Therapy Act from January 1, 2026 to January 1, 2031. Amends the Illinois Physical Therapy Act. Changes references from \"Director\" to \"Secretary\". Makes changes in provisions concerning legislative intent; definitions; physical therapy services; dry needling; licensure requirements; powers and duties of the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation; the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act; duties and functions of the Secretary of Financial and Professional Regulation and the Physical Therapy Licensing and Disciplinary Board; qualifications for licensure; license applications; examinations; restoration of expired licenses; inactive licenses; fees and returned checks; disciplinary actions; violations; investigations and hearings; confidentiality; and temporary suspension of a license. Adds provisions concerning the applicant's or licensee's address of record and email address of record. Makes other changes. Provides that the provisions amending the Regulatory Sunset Act are effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "104th"
identifier: "SB 2496"
citation: "Illinois SB 2496 (104th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Morgan", "Suzy Glowiak Hilton"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-07"
last_action: "2025-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39683d4d-bfab-4e2d-b2e8-d73b9f73259d"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=2496&GAID=18&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=162624&SessionID=114"
source_hash: "9f66bb0b170ef219cb0f8d731880101e825f3207b7ced9b03a1b9ff9b812e3a0"
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 2496 (104th) — PHYSICAL THERAPY ACT-SUNSET
Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act to change the repeal date of the Illinois Physical Therapy Act from January 1, 2026 to January 1, 2031. Amends the Illinois Physical Therapy Act. Changes references from "Director" to "Secretary". Makes changes in provisions concerning legislative intent; definitions; physical therapy services; dry needling; licensure requirements; powers and duties of the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation; the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act; duties and functions of the Secretary of Financial and Professional Regulation and the Physical Therapy Licensing and Disciplinary Board; qualifications for licensure; license applications; examinations; restoration of expired licenses; inactive licenses; fees and returned checks; disciplinary actions; violations; investigations and hearings; confidentiality; and temporary suspension of a license. Adds provisions concerning the applicant's or licensee's address of record and email address of record. Makes other changes. Provides that the provisions amending the Regulatory Sunset Act are 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/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB2496.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB2496eng.pdf)
3. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB2496sam001.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB2496enr.pdf)
## Votes
- Licensed Activities — **60** (pass) · upper
- Licensed Activities — **60** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **560** (pass) · upper
- Health Care Licenses — **130** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **1110** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bob Morgan — primary (person)
- Suzy Glowiak Hilton — primary (person)
- Jawaharial Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly A. Lightford — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-02-07** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Suzy Glowiak Hilton `filing`
- **2025-02-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-07** Referred to Assignments
- **2025-03-04** Assigned to Licensed Activities `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Suzy Glowiak Hilton `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-03-05** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
- **2025-03-12** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Licensed Activities
- **2025-03-19** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-19** Do Pass as Amended Licensed Activities; 006-000-000
- **2025-03-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 20, 2025 `reading-2`
- **2025-03-20** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 1, 2025
- **2025-04-04** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
- **2025-04-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading **
- **2025-04-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2025-04-09** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-09** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2025-04-09** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Bob Morgan
- **2025-04-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-04-09** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2025-04-17** Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-23** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jawaharial Williams
- **2025-04-23** Do Pass / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee; 013-000-000
- **2025-04-23** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-05-16** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-05-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2025-05-22** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-22** Passed Both Houses
- **2025-06-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-08-01** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2025-08-01** Effective Date August 1, 2025; Some Provisions
- **2025-08-01** Effective Date January 1, 2026; Some Provisions
- **2025-08-01** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0154 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/39683d4d-bfab-4e2d-b2e8-d73b9f73259d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).