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Bill	VETERINARY MEDICINE-SUNSET	Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act. Extends the repeal of the Veterinary Medicine and Surgery Practice Act of 2004 from January 1, 2014 to January 1, 2024. Amends the Veterinary Medicine and Surgery Practice Act of 2004. Defines "address of record" and "veterinarian". Makes changes to provisions concerning exemptions, restrictions on practice, administration of the Act, the Veterinarian Licensing and Disciplinary Board, renewal of licenses, licensure without examination, fees, continuing education, advertisements, disciplinary actions, injunctions, investigations, hearings, records, and violations of the Act. Provides that veterinarians have authority to dispense drugs in emergency situations as specified in the Act and that all information collected by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation in the course of an examination or investigation of a licensee or applicant shall be maintained for the confidential use of the Department. Effective December 31, 2013.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	HB 2517	Illinois HB 2517 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	34	2	2013-02-20	2013-08-13	openstates	ocd-bill/fe68763e-5977-4001-ae33-a6b1788bfbf7	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2517&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=74315&SessionID=85&GA=98	f8d02515b54b3c495932926ac0121ae0a44125e3ee7363a645f3651fce652878	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 2517 (98th) — VETERINARY MEDICINE-SUNSET

Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act. Extends the repeal of the Veterinary Medicine and Surgery Practice Act of 2004 from January 1, 2014 to January 1, 2024. Amends the Veterinary Medicine and Surgery Practice Act of 2004. Defines "address of record" and "veterinarian". Makes changes to provisions concerning exemptions, restrictions on practice, administration of the Act, the Veterinarian Licensing and Disciplinary Board, renewal of licenses, licensure without examination, fees, continuing education, advertisements, disciplinary actions, injunctions, investigations, hearings, records, and violations of the Act. Provides that veterinarians have authority to dispense drugs in emergency situations as specified in the Act and that all information collected by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation in the course of an examination or investigation of a licensee or applicant shall be maintained for the confidential use of the Department. Effective December 31, 2013.

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 — 52–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 117–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Frances Ann Hurley — primary (person)
• Julie A. Morrison — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-20 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Michael J. Zalewski filing
• 2013-02-20 First Reading reading-1
• 2013-02-20 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2013-03-04 Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee referral-committee
• 2013-03-13 Do Pass / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2013-03-13 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2013-04-09 Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Frances Ann Hurley
• 2013-04-15 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Martin J. Moylan
• 2013-04-15 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Natalie A. Manley
• 2013-04-15 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ann Williams
• 2013-04-15 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Deborah Conroy
• 2013-04-15 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sue Scherer
• 2013-04-15 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch
• 2013-04-15 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2013-04-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2013-04-16 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 117-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2013-04-17 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2013-04-17 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 18, 2013 reading-1
• 2013-04-23 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
• 2013-04-23 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison
• 2013-04-23 First Reading reading-1
• 2013-04-23 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2013-04-24 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
• 2013-05-01 Assigned to Licensed Activities and Pensions referral-committee
• 2013-05-09 Do Pass Licensed Activities and Pensions; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2013-05-09 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 14, 2013
• 2013-05-14 Second Reading reading-2
• 2013-05-14 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 15, 2013
• 2013-05-16 Third Reading - Passed; 052-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2013-05-16 Passed Both Houses
• 2013-06-14 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-08-13 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2013-08-13 Effective Date December 31, 2013
• 2013-08-13 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0339 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fe68763e-5977-4001-ae33-a6b1788bfbf7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).