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Bill	NURSES-LIC BY ENDORSEMENT	Amends the Nursing and Advanced Practice Nursing Act. Provides that an applicant for licensure by endorsement who is a registered professional nurse or a licensed practical nurse under the laws of another state or territory of the United States may, in lieu of taking and passing the examination required by the Department, have passed a state, regional, or national examination that is substantially equivalent to or more stringent than the examination given by the Department, if the applicant has actively practiced nursing in another state or territory of the United States for 2 of the preceding 3 years without having his or her license acted against by the licensing authority of any jurisdiction. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	93rd	SB 78	Illinois SB 78 (93rd)	bill		enacted		3	47	2	2003-01-22	2003-08-12	openstates	ocd-bill/bc70d75a-5a47-4155-9d8c-0c87b9532541	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=78&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=525&SessionID=3&GA=93	bbff1a72510d8894a587abb2e94a08c85f90889b5b54cf62c3fc86f9e4fea9f9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 78 (93rd) — NURSES-LIC BY ENDORSEMENT

Amends the Nursing and Advanced Practice Nursing Act. Provides that an applicant for licensure by endorsement who is a registered professional nurse or a licensed practical nurse under the laws of another state or territory of the United States may, in lieu of taking and passing the examination required by the Department, have passed a state, regional, or national examination that is substantially equivalent to or more stringent than the examination given by the Department, if the applicant has actively practiced nursing in another state or territory of the United States for 2 of the preceding 3 years without having his or her license acted against by the licensing authority of any jurisdiction. 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 — 115–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 55–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Elaine Nekritz — cosponsor (person)
• Miguel del Valle — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2003-01-22 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Miguel del Valle filing
• 2003-01-22 First Reading reading-1
• 2003-01-22 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2003-01-29 Assigned to Licensed Activities referral-committee
• 2003-02-26 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Miguel del Valle amendment-introduction
• 2003-02-26 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2003-02-26 Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Miguel del Valle amendment-introduction
• 2003-02-26 Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2003-02-26 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Licensed Activities
• 2003-02-26 Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Licensed Activities
• 2003-02-27 Senate Committee Amendment No. 3 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Miguel del Valle amendment-introduction
• 2003-02-27 Senate Committee Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2003-02-27 Senate Committee Amendment No. 3 Rules Refers to Licensed Activities
• 2003-02-27 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2003-02-27 Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Held in Licensed Activities
• 2003-02-27 Senate Committee Amendment No. 3 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2003-02-28 Do Pass as Amended Licensed Activities; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2003-02-28 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 4, 2003
• 2003-03-11 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
• 2003-03-14 Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2003-03-21 Second Reading reading-2
• 2003-03-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 24, 2003
• 2003-03-24 Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2003-03-24 Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) amendment-failure
• 2003-03-24 Arrived in House introduction
• 2003-03-24 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2003-03-25 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
• 2003-03-25 First Reading reading-1
• 2003-03-25 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2003-03-31 Assigned to Registration and Regulation Committee referral-committee
• 2003-04-02 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William Delgado
• 2003-04-02 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Maria Antonia Berrios
• 2003-04-02 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Edward J. Acevedo
• 2003-04-02 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Elaine Nekritz
• 2003-04-02 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Susana Mendoza
• 2003-04-10 Do Pass / Short Debate Registration and Regulation Committee; 014-000-000 committee-passage
• 2003-04-10 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2003-05-01 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2003-05-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2003-05-07 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2003-05-07 Passed Both Houses
• 2003-05-07 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Susana Mendoza
• 2003-05-21 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
• 2003-06-05 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2003-08-12 Filed Without Signature
• 2003-08-12 Effective Date January 1, 2004
• 2003-08-12 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0519 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bc70d75a-5a47-4155-9d8c-0c87b9532541. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).