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Bill	VETERINARY MED PRACT ACT	Amends the Veterinary Medicine and Surgery Practice Act of 2004. Provides that no person may practice veterinary medicine in the State except within the context of a veterinarian-client-patient relationship. Changes the definition of "veterinarian-client-patient relationship" to include a licensed veterinarian who has access to the animal patient's records and has been designated by the veterinarian with the prior relationship with the animal patient to provide reasonable and appropriate medical care if he or she is unavailable. Adds exemptions from the Act for certain specified persons. Requires a veterinarian to maintain patient records, which shall include certain specified information, for a minimum of 5 years from the date of the last known contact with an animal patient. Increases the maximum civil penalty allowed for a violation of the Act from $5,000 to $10,000. Makes several changes to the definition of "practice of veterinary medicine". Makes changes to the definitions of "accredited program in veterinary technology", "certified veterinary technician", and "complementary, alternative, and integrative therapies". Defines "immediate supervision", "licensed veterinarian", "veterinary premises", "veterinary prescription drugs", and "veterinary specialist". Replaces all references in the Act to "Director" with "Secretary". Makes other changes. Also makes technical changes. Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act. Extends the repeal date of the Veterinary Medicine and Surgery Practice Act of 2004 from January 1, 2014 to January 1, 2020. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	HB 5377	Illinois HB 5377 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	29	2	2010-02-04	2010-07-27	openstates	ocd-bill/f6f4bd93-639c-49cc-9b8c-0d9f0086decb	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5377&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=50411&SessionID=76&GA=96	44a03b78d36bf243d368f417d2da2dfc0dcb2d211bb0e097495cce6047fe6fa4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 5377 (96th) — VETERINARY MED PRACT ACT

Amends the Veterinary Medicine and Surgery Practice Act of 2004. Provides that no person may practice veterinary medicine in the State except within the context of a veterinarian-client-patient relationship. Changes the definition of "veterinarian-client-patient relationship" to include a licensed veterinarian who has access to the animal patient's records and has been designated by the veterinarian with the prior relationship with the animal patient to provide reasonable and appropriate medical care if he or she is unavailable. Adds exemptions from the Act for certain specified persons. Requires a veterinarian to maintain patient records, which shall include certain specified information, for a minimum of 5 years from the date of the last known contact with an animal patient. Increases the maximum civil penalty allowed for a violation of the Act from $5,000 to $10,000. Makes several changes to the definition of "practice of veterinary medicine". Makes changes to the definitions of "accredited program in veterinary technology", "certified veterinary technician", and "complementary, alternative, and integrative therapies". Defines "immediate supervision", "licensed veterinarian", "veterinary premises", "veterinary prescription drugs", and "veterinary specialist". Replaces all references in the Act to "Director" with "Secretary". Makes other changes. Also makes technical changes. Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act. Extends the repeal date of the Veterinary Medicine and Surgery Practice Act of 2004 from January 1, 2014 to January 1, 2020. 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 — 53–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 114–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Frank J. Mautino — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2010-02-04 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Frank J. Mautino filing
• 2010-02-05 First Reading reading-1
• 2010-02-05 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2010-02-16 Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee referral-committee
• 2010-03-03 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William B. Black
• 2010-03-04 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. David Reis
• 2010-03-10 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Health Care Licenses Committee amendment-introduction
• 2010-03-10 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Health Care Licenses Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2010-03-10 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2010-03-10 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2010-03-17 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2010-03-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2010-03-18 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2010-03-18 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2010-03-18 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 23, 2010 reading-1
• 2010-04-07 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Michael W. Frerichs
• 2010-04-12 First Reading reading-1
• 2010-04-12 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2010-04-15 Assigned to Executive referral-committee
• 2010-04-21 Do Pass Executive; 012-000-000 committee-passage
• 2010-04-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 22, 2010
• 2010-04-27 Second Reading reading-2
• 2010-04-27 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 28, 2010
• 2010-04-29 Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2010-04-29 Passed Both Houses
• 2010-05-28 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2010-07-27 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2010-07-27 Effective Date July 27, 2010
• 2010-07-27 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1322 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f6f4bd93-639c-49cc-9b8c-0d9f0086decb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).