republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/92nd/hb-2595.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "OPTOMETRIC PRACTICE-LICENSE"
description: "OPTOMETRIC PRACTICE-LICENSE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "92nd"
identifier: "HB 2595"
citation: "Illinois HB 2595 (92nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 57
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2001-02-26T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "2001-08-21T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e704968e-ea38-4687-8f4d-3e478db92016"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/92gatoc.html"
source_hash: "41b2af9c28118fcc15dbf8df17dc40a8233fa26b400dec40bf7afededea4b80b"
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 HB 2595 (92nd) — OPTOMETRIC PRACTICE-LICENSE

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB2595** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/hbgroups/hb/920HB2595LV.html)

## Sponsors

- CURRIE — cosponsor (person)
- LUECHTEFELD — cosponsor (person)
- TURNER,ART — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-02-26T00:00:00-06:00** FILED WITH CLERK `introduction`
- **2001-02-27T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR CURRIE
- **2001-02-27T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2001-02-27T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-28T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE EXECUTIVE `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 013-000-000 HEXC
- **2001-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2001-04-04T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-TURNER,ART
- **2001-04-04T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL
- **2001-04-04T00:00:00-05:00** RULES REFERS TO HREG
- **2001-04-04T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **2001-04-04T00:00:00-05:00** HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE
- **2001-04-04T00:00:00-05:00** PRIMARY SPONSOR CHANGED TO TURNER,ART
- **2001-04-05T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-TURNER,ART
- **2001-04-05T00:00:00-05:00** RECOMMENDS BE ADOPTED HREG/020-000-000
- **2001-04-05T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-TURNER,ART
- **2001-04-05T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **2001-04-05T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2001-04-06T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 111-000-000 `reading-3`
- **2001-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** ARRIVE IN SENATE
- **2001-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING 01-04-17
- **2001-04-18T00:00:00-05:00** CHIEF SPONSOR LUECHTEFELD
- **2001-04-18T00:00:00-05:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2001-04-18T00:00:00-05:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-25T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE LICENSED ACT. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-03T00:00:00-05:00** POSTPONED
- **2001-05-10T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS 007-000-000 SLIC
- **2001-05-10T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 01-05-11
- **2001-05-16T00:00:00-05:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY `introduction`
- **2001-05-16T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-LUECHTEFELD
- **2001-05-16T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO SRUL
- **2001-05-16T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **2001-05-16T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 01-05-17
- **2001-05-16T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-LUECHTEFELD
- **2001-05-16T00:00:00-05:00** RULES REFERS TO SLIC
- **2001-05-17T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-LUECHTEFELD
- **2001-05-17T00:00:00-05:00** BE ADOPTED SLIC/008-000-000
- **2001-05-17T00:00:00-05:00** RECALLED TO SECOND READING
- **2001-05-17T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-LUECHTEFELD
- **2001-05-17T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **2001-05-17T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 01-05-18
- **2001-05-18T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 057-000-000 `reading-3`
- **2001-05-18T00:00:00-05:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **2001-05-18T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01
- **2001-05-22T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION FILED CONCUR 01/TURNER,ART
- **2001-05-22T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION REFERRED TO HRUL
- **2001-05-22T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01
- **2001-05-29T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR REFERRED TO HREG
- **2001-05-29T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01
- **2001-05-31T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR SA #1
- **2001-05-31T00:00:00-05:00** RECOMMENDS BE ADOPTED HREG/014-000-000
- **2001-05-31T00:00:00-05:00** HSE CONCURS IN SEN AMENDMENTS (NO.) 01/117-000-000
- **2001-05-31T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **2001-06-29T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2001-08-21T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **2001-08-21T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 01-08-21
- **2001-08-21T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 92-0451

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e704968e-ea38-4687-8f4d-3e478db92016`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).