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type: "Bill"
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title: "REGISTERED SURGICAL ASSISTANT"
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description: "Amends the University of Illinois Hospital Act, the Ambulatory Surgical Treatment Center Act, and the Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that every hospital, including the University of Illinois Hospital, and every ambulatory surgical treatment center must employ a surgical technologist or contract for the services of a surgical technologist. Sets forth educational and certification requirements for such surgical technologists. Provides for a waiver of the requirement to employ or contract for the services of a surgical technologist under certain conditions. States that these provisions do not prohibit a facility from employing or contracting for the services of a surgical technologist who meets certain other criteria. Effective January 1, 2014."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
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legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
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session: "97th"
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identifier: "SB 2915"
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citation: "Illinois SB 2915 (97th)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 64
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2012-02-01"
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last_action: "2012-12-28"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a21323b-b00a-44ca-b874-61b215a1a23d"
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source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2915&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=63514&SessionID=84&GA=97"
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source_hash: "f9fc6a412bbb368067aaf1580b5a820b5136597886bff3e0ad8b4fb1ed857f07"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
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---
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# Illinois SB 2915 (97th) — REGISTERED SURGICAL ASSISTANT
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Amends the University of Illinois Hospital Act, the Ambulatory Surgical Treatment Center Act, and the Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that every hospital, including the University of Illinois Hospital, and every ambulatory surgical treatment center must employ a surgical technologist or contract for the services of a surgical technologist. Sets forth educational and certification requirements for such surgical technologists. Provides for a waiver of the requirement to employ or contract for the services of a surgical technologist under certain conditions. States that these provisions do not prohibit a facility from employing or contracting for the services of a surgical technologist who meets certain other criteria. Effective January 1, 2014.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB2915&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=63514&DocNum=2915&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB2915eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=63514&DocNum=2915&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB2915enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=63514&DocNum=2915&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
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## Votes
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- Third Reading — **51–2** (pass) · upper
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- Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
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- Concurrence — **51–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Iris Y. Martinez — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2012-02-01** Filed with Secretary by Sen. M. Maggie Crotty `filing`
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- **2012-02-01** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2012-02-01** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
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- **2012-02-07** Assigned to Licensed Activities `referral-committee`
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- **2012-02-24** Postponed - Licensed Activities
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- **2012-03-01** Postponed - Licensed Activities
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- **2012-03-08** Do Pass Licensed Activities; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2012-03-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 21, 2012
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- **2012-03-30** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As April 26, 2012 `reading-3`
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- **2012-04-26** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 11, 2012 `reading-3`
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- **2012-05-11** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 25, 2012 `reading-3`
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- **2012-05-18** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. M. Maggie Crotty `amendment-introduction`
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- **2012-05-18** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
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- **2012-05-18** Second Reading `reading-2`
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- **2012-05-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 21, 2012
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- **2012-05-22** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. M. Maggie Crotty `amendment-introduction`
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- **2012-05-22** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
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- **2012-05-22** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Licensed Activities
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- **2012-05-22** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Licensed Activities
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- **2012-05-23** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled in Licensed Activities; by Senator Crotty `amendment-failure`
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- **2012-05-23** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Licensed Activities; 010-000-000
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- **2012-05-25** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
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- **2012-05-25** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Crotty `amendment-passage`
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- **2012-05-25** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
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- **2012-05-25** Third Reading - Passed; 051-002-000 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2012-05-25** Arrived in House `introduction`
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- **2012-05-25** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Lisa M. Dugan
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- **2012-05-25** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2012-05-25** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2012-05-25** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2012-05-28** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 30, 2012
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- **2012-05-28** Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2012-05-30** Motion Filed to Suspend Rule 25 Health Care Licenses Committee; Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
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- **2012-05-30** Motion to Suspend Rule 25 - Prevailed by Voice Vote
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- **2012-05-30** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2012
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- **2012-05-31** Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2012-11-09** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) January 8, 2013
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- **2012-11-09** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2012-11-26** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie `amendment-introduction`
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- **2012-11-26** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2012-11-26** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Executive Committee
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- **2012-11-27** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Executive Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2012-11-27** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Executive Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2012-11-27** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2012-11-27** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2012-11-27** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2012-11-28** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
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- **2012-11-28** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2012-11-28** 3/5 Vote Required
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- **2012-11-28** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2012-11-28** Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1
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- **2012-11-28** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1 - November 29, 2012
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- **2012-11-29** Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
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- **2012-12-04** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Iris Y. Martinez `filing`
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- **2012-12-04** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
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- **2012-12-04** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Licensed Activities `referral-committee`
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- **2012-12-04** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Licensed Activities; 008-000-000
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- **2012-12-05** 3/5 Vote Required
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- **2012-12-05** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 051-000-000
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- **2012-12-05** Passed Both Houses
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- **2012-12-07** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2012-12-28** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
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- **2012-12-28** Effective Date December 28, 2012
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- **2012-12-28** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-1140 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8a21323b-b00a-44ca-b874-61b215a1a23d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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