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type: "Bill"
title: "DENTISTS-LOAN REPAYMENT ASSIST"
description: "Creates the Loan Repayment Assistance for Dentists Act. Requires the Department of Public Health to establish an educational loan repayment assistance program for dentists who practice in designated shortage areas in this State for 3 years and who accept certain medical payments under the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that under the program, for each year that a qualified applicant practices full time in this State in a designated shortage area as a dentist, the Department shall, subject to appropriation, award a grant to that person in an amount equal to the amount in dental school loans that the person must repay that year. Provides that the total amount in grants that a person may be awarded under the program must not exceed $25,000. Provides that the Department shall require recipients to use the grants to pay off their dental school loans. Provides that loan repayment recipients who fail to practice full time in this State for 3 years shall repay the Department a sum equal to 3 times the amount received under the program. Effective July 1, 2007."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "SB 387"
citation: "Illinois SB 387 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-02-07"
last_action: "2007-08-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/208faf55-81de-4541-a0ae-6c032235ff02"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=387&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=28021&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "9b8a714650a71dcaf8b37d453b3a747c10c46087dea888173fd79499a05fec31"
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 SB 387 (95th) — DENTISTS-LOAN REPAYMENT ASSIST
Creates the Loan Repayment Assistance for Dentists Act. Requires the Department of Public Health to establish an educational loan repayment assistance program for dentists who practice in designated shortage areas in this State for 3 years and who accept certain medical payments under the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that under the program, for each year that a qualified applicant practices full time in this State in a designated shortage area as a dentist, the Department shall, subject to appropriation, award a grant to that person in an amount equal to the amount in dental school loans that the person must repay that year. Provides that the total amount in grants that a person may be awarded under the program must not exceed $25,000. Provides that the Department shall require recipients to use the grants to pay off their dental school loans. Provides that loan repayment recipients who fail to practice full time in this State for 3 years shall repay the Department a sum equal to 3 times the amount received under the program. Effective July 1, 2007.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB0387&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=28021&DocNum=387&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB0387eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=28021&DocNum=387&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB0387enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=28021&DocNum=387&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **580** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **1150** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- William R. Haine — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2007-02-07** Filed with Secretary by Sen. William R. Haine `filing`
- **2007-02-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-02-07** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-08** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. William Delgado
- **2007-02-21** Assigned to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-02** Do Pass Higher Education; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-03-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 2, 2007
- **2007-03-02** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Dale A. Righter
- **2007-03-02** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. John O. Jones
- **2007-03-02** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-03-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 6, 2007
- **2007-03-16** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. William R. Haine `amendment-introduction`
- **2007-03-16** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-21** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Higher Education
- **2007-03-22** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Higher Education; 009-000-000
- **2007-03-29** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Donne E. Trotter
- **2007-03-29** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-03-29** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Haine `amendment-passage`
- **2007-03-29** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2007-03-29** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-03-30** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2007-03-30** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-04-02** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Daniel V. Beiser
- **2007-04-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-04-09** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-19** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Renée Kosel
- **2007-04-30** Assigned to Higher Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-16** Do Pass / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-05-17** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-05-17** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Bost
- **2007-05-22** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2007-05-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-05-23** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-05-23** Passed Both Houses
- **2007-06-21** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2007-08-20** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2007-08-20** Effective Date August 20, 2007
- **2007-08-20** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0297 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/208faf55-81de-4541-a0ae-6c032235ff02`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).