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Bill	NURSING-QUALIFICATIONS FOR LIC	Amends the Nursing and Advanced Practice Nursing Act. Provides that an applicant for registered nurse licensure or licensed practical nurse licensure shall have graduated, or will graduate prior to testing, from an approved program. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	93rd	HB 2553	Illinois HB 2553 (93rd)	bill		enacted		3	42	3	2003-02-20	2003-07-22	openstates	ocd-bill/43ef3942-be3b-429b-9052-6793e1679751	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2553&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=4527&SessionID=3&GA=93	381f2ecb1a8e122a252fe267137005482269eaef933e36cc096a302b8345cb46	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 2553 (93rd) — NURSING-QUALIFICATIONS FOR LIC

Amends the Nursing and Advanced Practice Nursing Act. Provides that an applicant for registered nurse licensure or licensed practical nurse licensure shall have graduated, or will graduate prior to testing, from an approved program. 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. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 54–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 109–0 (pass) · lower
• Concurrence — 116–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Steve Davis — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2003-02-20 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Steve Davis filing
• 2003-02-20 First Reading reading-1
• 2003-02-20 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2003-02-26 Assigned to Registration and Regulation Committee referral-committee
• 2003-03-13 Do Pass / Short Debate Registration and Regulation Committee; 017-000-000 committee-passage
• 2003-03-13 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2003-03-26 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2003-03-26 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2003-03-27 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin Joyce
• 2003-03-27 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. James D. Brosnahan
• 2003-03-27 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 109-000-003 reading-3, passage
• 2003-04-02 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2003-04-02 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 3, 2003 reading-1
• 2003-04-03 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Edward D. Maloney
• 2003-04-08 First Reading reading-1
• 2003-04-08 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2003-04-16 Assigned to Licensed Activities referral-committee
• 2003-04-30 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Edward D. Maloney amendment-introduction
• 2003-04-30 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2003-04-30 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Licensed Activities
• 2003-04-30 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2003-05-01 Do Pass as Amended Licensed Activities; 005-000-000 committee-passage
• 2003-05-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 6, 2003
• 2003-05-06 Second Reading reading-2
• 2003-05-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 7, 2003
• 2003-05-12 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
• 2003-05-12 Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2003-05-13 Arrived in House introduction
• 2003-05-13 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
• 2003-05-14 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Steve Davis; Motion #1
• 2003-05-14 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2003-05-16 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Registration and Regulation Committee referral-committee
• 2003-05-23 Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2003
• 2003-05-28 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends be Adopted Registration and Regulation Committee; 010-000-000
• 2003-05-31 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 116-000-000
• 2003-05-31 Passed Both Houses
• 2003-06-01 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
• 2003-06-01 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
• 2003-06-27 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2003-07-22 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2003-07-22 Effective Date July 22, 2003
• 2003-07-22 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0265 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/43ef3942-be3b-429b-9052-6793e1679751. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).