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Bill	HEARING INSTRUMENT-RECIPROCITY	Amends the Hearing Instrument Consumer Protection Act. Provides that the Department shall grant reciprocity to a hearing instrument dispenser who has a valid license, or its equivalent, from another state which has an examination that is comparable to the examination required under the Act and who has been actively practicing as a hearing instrument dispenser for at least 3 months or is certified by the National Board for Certification in Hearing Instrument Sciences.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	HB 2443	Illinois HB 2443 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	47	3	2009-02-19	2009-08-25	openstates	ocd-bill/1d259a6b-5ede-47ec-8536-1797b8a64eec	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2443&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=44605&SessionID=76&GA=96	9209fd8abd11a4200904232cf0e10c7244f2abb6a986581312b3c0b0c24023a7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 2443 (96th) — HEARING INSTRUMENT-RECIPROCITY

Amends the Hearing Instrument Consumer Protection Act. Provides that the Department shall grant reciprocity to a hearing instrument dispenser who has a valid license, or its equivalent, from another state which has an examination that is comparable to the examination required under the Act and who has been actively practicing as a hearing instrument dispenser for at least 3 months or is certified by the National Board for Certification in Hearing Instrument Sciences.

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 — 114–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 48–0 (pass) · upper
• Concurrence — 118–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Dan Reitz — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-02-19 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Dan Reitz filing
• 2009-02-19 Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Angelo Saviano
• 2009-02-19 Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Arthur L. Turner
• 2009-02-19 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-02-19 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2009-02-23 Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee referral-committee
• 2009-02-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore
• 2009-02-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
• 2009-03-04 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Health Care Licenses Committee amendment-introduction
• 2009-03-04 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Health Care Licenses Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2009-03-04 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-03-04 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-03-23 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2009-03-23 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2009-03-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-03-24 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-03-25 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2009-03-25 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 26, 2009 reading-1
• 2009-03-27 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John J. Cullerton
• 2009-03-27 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
• 2009-03-30 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-03-30 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2009-04-15 Assigned to Consumer Protection referral-committee
• 2009-04-22 Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. William R. Haine
• 2009-04-22 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. William R. Haine amendment-introduction
• 2009-04-22 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2009-04-23 Held in Consumer Protection
• 2009-04-28 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Consumer Protection
• 2009-04-30 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2009-04-30 Do Pass as Amended Consumer Protection; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-04-30 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 5, 2009
• 2009-05-12 Second Reading reading-2
• 2009-05-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2009
• 2009-05-15 Third Reading - Passed; 048-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-05-15 Arrived in House introduction
• 2009-05-15 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
• 2009-05-18 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Dan Reitz
• 2009-05-18 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2009-05-26 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2009-05-26 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Health Care Licenses Committee referral-committee
• 2009-05-26 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Health Care Licenses Committee; 010-000-000
• 2009-05-28 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 118-000-000
• 2009-05-28 Passed Both Houses
• 2009-06-26 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2009-08-25 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2009-08-25 Effective Date January 1, 2010
• 2009-08-25 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0683 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1d259a6b-5ede-47ec-8536-1797b8a64eec. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).