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Bill	ACUPUNCTURE LIC-GUEST INSTRUCT	Amends the Acupuncture Practice Act. Allows an invited guest acupuncturist from another state or country to engage in professional education if he or she is currently licensed in another state or country and has an active, undisciplined license, or he or she is currently certified in good standing as an acupuncturist by the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (instead of requiring both components). Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	SB 1444	Illinois SB 1444 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	26	2	2009-02-18	2009-08-14	openstates	ocd-bill/b595f17e-f434-46f0-b1ac-360036bb2723	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1444&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=42815&SessionID=76&GA=96	d85ebc071dec1f574552ac25716e5d8ba87e1215c1c227de75e66d12f9f47897	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 1444 (96th) — ACUPUNCTURE LIC-GUEST INSTRUCT

Amends the Acupuncture Practice Act. Allows an invited guest acupuncturist from another state or country to engage in professional education if he or she is currently licensed in another state or country and has an active, undisciplined license, or he or she is currently certified in good standing as an acupuncturist by the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (instead of requiring both components). 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 — 116–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 57–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ira I. Silverstein — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-02-18 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein filing
• 2009-02-18 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-02-18 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2009-02-25 Assigned to Licensed Activities referral-committee
• 2009-03-06 Do Pass Licensed Activities; 006-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-03-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 10, 2009
• 2009-03-24 Second Reading reading-2
• 2009-03-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 25, 2009
• 2009-03-26 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-03-26 Arrived in House introduction
• 2009-03-26 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2009-03-26 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Daniel J. Burke
• 2009-03-26 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-03-26 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2009-04-14 Assigned to Executive Committee referral-committee
• 2009-04-23 Re-assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee referral-committee
• 2009-04-29 Do Pass / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-04-29 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-05-12 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2009-05-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-05-19 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-05-19 Passed Both Houses
• 2009-06-17 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2009-08-14 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2009-08-14 Effective Date August 14, 2009
• 2009-08-14 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0483 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b595f17e-f434-46f0-b1ac-360036bb2723. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).