republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/97th/sb-2936.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "REGULATION-TECH"
description: "Amends the Dietetic and Nutrition Services Practice Act. Changes the short title to the Dietitian Nutritionist Practice Act. Provides that any person who practices, offers to practice, attempts to practice, or holds oneself out as being able to provide dietetics and nutrition services without being licensed under the Act shall, in addition to any other penalty provided by law, pay a civil penalty to the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation in an amount not to exceed $10,000 (instead of $5,000) for each offense as determined by the Department. Reduces the number of members on the Dietitian Nutritionist Practice Board to 5 (instead of 7). Provides that to qualify for licensure as a dietitian nutritionist, the number of hours completed in a dietetic internship or documented, supervised practice experience in dietetics and nutrition services is a minimum of 1,200 hours (instead of 900 hours). Provides that the Department may, with regard to any license, refuse to issue or renew or may revoke, suspend, place on probation, reprimand or take other disciplinary or non-disciplinary action as the Department may deem proper, including imposing fines not to exceed $10,000 (instead of $1,000) per violation, for any one or any combination of specified offenses. Creates a provision concerning the confidentiality of all information collected by the Department in the course of an examination or investigation of a licensee or applicant. Repeals provisions concerning transition and deposit of fees and fines. Makes other changes. Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act to extend the Dietitian Nutritionist Practice Act from January 1, 2013 to January 1, 2023. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "SB 2936"
citation: "Illinois SB 2936 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 62
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2012-02-01"
last_action: "2012-12-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b151fd43-72be-41d6-8c55-9f2b1945410f"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2936&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=63811&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "23541206bb0984339cd4439451250d7f413dc4b3269199ebff0b269314349f06"
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 SB 2936 (97th) — REGULATION-TECH

Amends the Dietetic and Nutrition Services Practice Act. Changes the short title to the Dietitian Nutritionist Practice Act. Provides that any person who practices, offers to practice, attempts to practice, or holds oneself out as being able to provide dietetics and nutrition services without being licensed under the Act shall, in addition to any other penalty provided by law, pay a civil penalty to the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation in an amount not to exceed $10,000 (instead of $5,000) for each offense as determined by the Department. Reduces the number of members on the Dietitian Nutritionist Practice Board to 5 (instead of 7). Provides that to qualify for licensure as a dietitian nutritionist, the number of hours completed in a dietetic internship or documented, supervised practice experience in dietetics and nutrition services is a minimum of 1,200 hours (instead of 900 hours). Provides that the Department may, with regard to any license, refuse to issue or renew or may revoke, suspend, place on probation, reprimand or take other disciplinary or non-disciplinary action as the Department may deem proper, including imposing fines not to exceed $10,000 (instead of $1,000) per violation, for any one or any combination of specified offenses. Creates a provision concerning the confidentiality of all information collected by the Department in the course of an examination or investigation of a licensee or applicant. Repeals provisions concerning transition and deposit of fees and fines. Makes other changes. Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act to extend the Dietitian Nutritionist Practice Act from January 1, 2013 to January 1, 2023. 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=09700SB2936&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=63811&DocNum=2936&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB2936eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=63811&DocNum=2936&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB2936enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=63811&DocNum=2936&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **102–7** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **51–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Iris Y. Martinez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-01** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Iris Y. Martinez `filing`
- **2012-02-01** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-02-01** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2012-02-07** Assigned to Licensed Activities `referral-committee`
- **2012-02-24** Postponed - Licensed Activities
- **2012-03-01** Postponed - Licensed Activities
- **2012-03-02** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Iris Y. Martinez `amendment-introduction`
- **2012-03-02** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-06** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Licensed Activities
- **2012-03-07** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2012-03-08** Do Pass as Amended Licensed Activities; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2012-03-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 21, 2012
- **2012-03-22** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dale A. Righter
- **2012-04-17** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael Noland
- **2012-05-02** Re-referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2012-11-27** Approved for Consideration Assignments
- **2012-11-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading November 28, 2012
- **2012-11-27** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As January 8, 2013 `reading-3`
- **2012-11-27** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Iris Y. Martinez `amendment-introduction`
- **2012-11-27** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2012-11-27** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Licensed Activities
- **2012-11-28** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2012-11-28** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading November 29, 2012
- **2012-11-28** Sponsor Removed Sen. Dale A. Righter
- **2012-11-28** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein `amendment-introduction`
- **2012-11-28** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2012-11-28** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Ron Sandack
- **2012-11-29** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Sponsorship changed to Senator Dale Righter.
- **2012-11-29** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Licensed Activities; 008-000-000
- **2012-11-29** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2012-11-29** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Martinez `amendment-passage`
- **2012-11-29** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2012-11-29** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2012-11-29** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III
- **2012-11-29** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- **2012-11-29** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Donne E. Trotter
- **2012-11-29** 3/5 Vote Required
- **2012-11-29** Third Reading - Passed; 051-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2012-11-29** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) `amendment-failure`
- **2012-12-03** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2012-12-03** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Angelo Saviano
- **2012-12-03** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-12-03** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2012-12-03** Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee `referral-committee`
- **2012-12-03** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) January 8, 2013
- **2012-12-04** Motion Filed to Suspend Rule 25 Health Care Licenses Committee; Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
- **2012-12-04** Motion to Suspend Rule 25 - Prevailed by Voice Vote
- **2012-12-04** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Zalewski
- **2012-12-04** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe
- **2012-12-04** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
- **2012-12-04** Do Pass / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2012-12-04** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2012-12-04** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2012-12-04** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2012-12-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2012-12-05** 3/5 Vote Required
- **2012-12-05** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 102-007-002 `reading-3, passage`
- **2012-12-05** Passed Both Houses
- **2012-12-07** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2012-12-28** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2012-12-28** Effective Date December 28, 2012
- **2012-12-28** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-1141 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b151fd43-72be-41d6-8c55-9f2b1945410f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).