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Bill	ASTC-HOSPITL-OPERATNG RM NURSE	Amends the Ambulatory Surgical Treatment Center Act and the Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that a registered nurse licensed under the Nursing and Advanced Practice Nursing Act and qualified by training and experience in operating room nursing shall be present in the operating room and function as the circulating nurse during all invasive or operative procedures. Provides that such a circulating nurse is responsible for coordinating all nursing care, patient safety needs, and the needs of the surgical team in the operating room.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	94th	SB 2238	Illinois SB 2238 (94th)	bill		enacted		3	32	2	2006-01-11	2006-06-23	openstates	ocd-bill/e4fa8b72-b0ac-4114-99eb-048e76d619b3	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2238&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=22769&SessionID=50&GA=94	99f3d96489e70c4600fcff19e5518a296a756b9cd0d4cd750476c3a8b4595bb3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2238 (94th) — ASTC-HOSPITL-OPERATNG RM NURSE

Amends the Ambulatory Surgical Treatment Center Act and the Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that a registered nurse licensed under the Nursing and Advanced Practice Nursing Act and qualified by training and experience in operating room nursing shall be present in the operating room and function as the circulating nurse during all invasive or operative procedures. Provides that such a circulating nurse is responsible for coordinating all nursing care, patient safety needs, and the needs of the surgical team in the operating room.

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 — 106–5 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 53–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Carol Ronen — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2006-01-11 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Carol Ronen filing
• 2006-01-11 First Reading reading-1
• 2006-01-11 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2006-01-12 Assigned to Health & Human Services referral-committee
• 2006-01-31 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
• 2006-02-01 Do Pass Health & Human Services; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2006-02-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 2, 2006
• 2006-02-02 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
• 2006-02-02 Second Reading reading-2
• 2006-02-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 7, 2006
• 2006-02-08 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
• 2006-02-08 Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2006-02-08 Arrived in House introduction
• 2006-02-08 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2006-02-16 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Julie Hamos
• 2006-02-16 First Reading reading-1
• 2006-02-16 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2006-03-08 Assigned to Registration and Regulation Committee referral-committee
• 2006-03-15 Do Pass / Short Debate Registration and Regulation Committee; 023-000-000 committee-passage
• 2006-03-16 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2006-03-16 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook
• 2006-03-16 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
• 2006-03-24 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2006-03-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2006-03-28 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Terry R. Parke
• 2006-03-28 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
• 2006-03-28 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 106-005-001 reading-3, passage
• 2006-03-28 Passed Both Houses
• 2006-04-26 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2006-06-23 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2006-06-23 Effective Date January 1, 2007
• 2006-06-23 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0915 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e4fa8b72-b0ac-4114-99eb-048e76d619b3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).