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type: "Bill"
title: "DENTAL ASSTS-SUPERVISION"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "SB 2941"
citation: "Illinois SB 2941 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2012-02-01"
last_action: "2012-08-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36bb1784-27c6-4d00-a2ff-752e6b8ecdb7"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2941&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=63819&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "61ecbca0b19f6df3dc80a257e1a6688fb6d6a358a6438108d8f440175114fe8a"
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 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](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB2941&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=63819&DocNum=2941&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB2941eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=63819&DocNum=2941&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB2941enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=63819&DocNum=2941&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **530** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **1086** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/36bb1784-27c6-4d00-a2ff-752e6b8ecdb7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).