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Bill	DHS-DSP PILOT PROGRAM	Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Delays the implementation date for the direct support professional credential pilot program to State Fiscal Year 2028 (rather than 2025). Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	104th	SB 3255	Illinois SB 3255 (104th)	bill		enacted	Don Harmon Robert "Bob" Rita	4	55	5	2026-02-03	2026-06-16	openstates	ocd-bill/c1db8807-80b3-474e-95a7-f607a15af113	https://ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=3255&GAID=18&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=166025&SessionID=114	02764ee9b91491e68f1d7afee93402cad1255b732c8d6ffe59d4e131634bba46	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 3255 (104th) — DHS-DSP PILOT PROGRAM

Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Delays the implementation date for the direct support professional credential pilot program to State Fiscal Year 2028 (rather than 2025). Effective immediately.

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

• Executive — 8–4 (pass) · lower
• Education — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Concurrence, Amendment 1 — 37–21 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 57–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 77–39 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Don Harmon — primary (person)
• Robert "Bob" Rita — primary (person)
• Adriane Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Debbie Meyers-Martin — cosponsor (person)
• Elgie R. Sims, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Mark L. Walker — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-03 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Laura M. Murphy filing
• 2026-02-03 First Reading reading-1
• 2026-02-03 Referred to Assignments
• 2026-02-17 Assigned to Education referral-committee
• 2026-02-24 Postponed - Education
• 2026-03-04 Do Pass Education; 013-000-000
• 2026-03-04 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 5, 2026 reading-2
• 2026-03-05 Second Reading reading-2
• 2026-03-05 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 10, 2026
• 2026-03-31 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Adriane Johnson
• 2026-04-14 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** April 15, 2026
• 2026-04-16 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 passage, reading-3
• 2026-04-17 Arrived in House introduction
• 2026-04-17 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Mary Gill
• 2026-04-17 First Reading reading-1
• 2026-04-17 Referred to Rules Committee
• 2026-04-27 Assigned to Executive Committee referral-committee
• 2026-04-28 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mark L. Walker
• 2026-05-07 Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 15, 2026
• 2026-05-15 Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Sharon Chung
• 2026-05-15 Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
• 2026-05-15 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Li Arellano, Jr.
• 2026-05-25 Assigned to Executive Committee referral-committee
• 2026-05-25 Committee/Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2026
• 2026-05-25 Moved to Suspend Rule 21 Rep. Elizabeth "Lisa" Hernandez
• 2026-05-25 Suspend Rule 21 - Prevailed 066-029-000
• 2026-05-29 Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Robert "Bob" Rita
• 2026-05-29 Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 008-004-000
• 2026-05-29 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2026-05-29 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2026-05-29 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2026-05-31 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Robert "Bob" Rita amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-31 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
• 2026-05-31 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 005-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-05-31 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2026-05-31 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2026-05-31 Chair Rules Standard Debate
• 2026-05-31 Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Don Harmon
• 2026-05-31 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 077-039-000 passage, reading-3
• 2026-05-31 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin
• 2026-05-31 Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1
• 2026-05-31 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1 - May 31, 2026
• 2026-05-31 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
• 2026-05-31 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Don Harmon filing
• 2026-05-31 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments
• 2026-05-31 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Be Approved for Consideration Assignments
• 2026-06-01 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 037-021-000
• 2026-06-01 3/5 Vote Required
• 2026-06-01 Senate Concurs
• 2026-06-01 Passed Both Houses
• 2026-06-01 Sponsor Removed Sen. Li Arellano, Jr.
• 2026-06-10 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-06-16 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2026-06-16 Effective Date June 16, 2026
• 2026-06-16 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0469 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c1db8807-80b3-474e-95a7-f607a15af113. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).