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Bill	DENTAL ASSTS-SUPERVISION	Amends the Illinois Dental Practice Act. Provides that a dentist utilizing dental assistants shall not supervise more than 4 dental assistants at any one time for placing, carving, and finishing of amalgam restorations; the monitoring of nitrous oxide; and pit and fissure sealants. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	SB 2941	Illinois SB 2941 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	26	2	2012-02-01	2012-08-02	openstates	ocd-bill/36bb1784-27c6-4d00-a2ff-752e6b8ecdb7	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2941&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=63819&SessionID=84&GA=97	61ecbca0b19f6df3dc80a257e1a6688fb6d6a358a6438108d8f440175114fe8a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2941 (97th) — DENTAL ASSTS-SUPERVISION

Amends the Illinois Dental Practice Act. Provides that a dentist utilizing dental assistants shall not supervise more than 4 dental assistants at any one time for placing, carving, and finishing of amalgam restorations; the monitoring of nitrous oxide; and pit and fissure sealants. 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 — 108–6 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Kirk W. Dillard — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-02-01 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kirk W. Dillard 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 Do Pass Licensed Activities; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-02-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 27, 2012
• 2012-03-01 Second Reading reading-2
• 2012-03-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 6, 2012
• 2012-03-28 Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2012-03-28 Arrived in House introduction
• 2012-03-30 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Zalewski
• 2012-03-30 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2012-03-30 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-03-30 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2012-04-16 Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee referral-committee
• 2012-04-16 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly Burke
• 2012-04-25 Do Pass / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-04-25 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-05-02 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2012-05-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-05-10 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 108-006-000 reading-3, passage
• 2012-05-10 Passed Both Houses
• 2012-06-08 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2012-08-02 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2012-08-02 Effective Date August 2, 2012
• 2012-08-02 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0886 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/36bb1784-27c6-4d00-a2ff-752e6b8ecdb7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).