republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/97th/hb-274.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "DENTAL PRAC-CONFIDENTIAL INFO"
description: "Amends the Illinois Dental Practice Act. Allows the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to refuse to issue, renew, revoke, suspend, or take other disciplinary action as the Department may deem proper against either a licensed dentist or dentist hygienist if the Department finds the licensee, after having his or her licensee placed on probationary status, has violated the terms of probation. Permits the Department to disclose information and documents in response to a federal, State, County, or local law enforcement agency subpoena in conjunction with an ongoing criminal investigation. Provides that the Department shall not disclose any information, including, but not limited to, any complaint against a licensee filed with the Department, however, a formal complaint filed by the Department against a licensee and any related information used in a proceeding or adjudication is a public record. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "HB 274"
citation: "Illinois HB 274 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-01-26"
last_action: "2011-07-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/14356a93-bc80-4dda-ad16-920245ca1553"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=274&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=54956&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "b45aae6bc31843537764b3e43919516f72edffb1288c159685fe0c68005b54bf"
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 HB 274 (97th) — DENTAL PRAC-CONFIDENTIAL INFO

Amends the Illinois Dental Practice Act. Allows the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to refuse to issue, renew, revoke, suspend, or take other disciplinary action as the Department may deem proper against either a licensed dentist or dentist hygienist if the Department finds the licensee, after having his or her licensee placed on probationary status, has violated the terms of probation. Permits the Department to disclose information and documents in response to a federal, State, County, or local law enforcement agency subpoena in conjunction with an ongoing criminal investigation. Provides that the Department shall not disclose any information, including, but not limited to, any complaint against a licensee filed with the Department, however, a formal complaint filed by the Department against a licensee and any related information used in a proceeding or adjudication is a public record. Effective immediately.

## 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=09700HB0274&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=54956&DocNum=274&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB0274eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=54956&DocNum=274&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB0274enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=54956&DocNum=274&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dan Reitz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-01-26** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Dan Reitz `filing`
- **2011-01-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-01-28** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-08** Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-16** Do Pass / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-02-16** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-02-17** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2011-02-17** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2011-02-24** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Dan Reitz `amendment-introduction`
- **2011-02-24** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-28** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-02** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2011-03-02** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2011-03-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-03-03** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-03-09** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2011-03-09** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 10, 2011 `reading-1`
- **2011-04-06** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
- **2011-04-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-07** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-27** Assigned to Licensed Activities `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-05** Do Pass Licensed Activities; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-05-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 6, 2011
- **2011-05-12** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-05-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2011
- **2011-05-17** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-05-17** Passed Both Houses
- **2011-06-15** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2011-07-14** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2011-07-14** Effective Date July 14, 2011
- **2011-07-14** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0102 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/14356a93-bc80-4dda-ad16-920245ca1553`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).