republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/98th/hb-2996.md

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Bill	OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY-SUNSET	Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act. Extends the repeal of the Illinois Occupational Therapy Practice Act from January 1, 2014 to January 1, 2024. Amends the Illinois Occupational Therapy Practice Act. Makes changes to Section headings and provisions concerning definitions, civil penalties, administration of Act, the Occupational Therapy Board, applications, examinations, licenses, fees, advertising, discipline, injunctions, investigations, hearings, confidentiality, subpoenas, findings and reports of the Board, restoration of licenses, suspensions, penalties, and home rule. Makes other changes. Effective December 31, 2013.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	HB 2996	Illinois HB 2996 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	31	2	2013-02-26	2013-08-09	openstates	ocd-bill/23a2deed-4234-41dd-865d-d162a2b01baa	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2996&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=74847&SessionID=85&GA=98	32a5b308c38ebab19bf2196aa93bfeb2a40a9e9898618e9807845dd51f0c8902	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 2996 (98th) — OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY-SUNSET

Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act. Extends the repeal of the Illinois Occupational Therapy Practice Act from January 1, 2014 to January 1, 2024. Amends the Illinois Occupational Therapy Practice Act. Makes changes to Section headings and provisions concerning definitions, civil penalties, administration of Act, the Occupational Therapy Board, applications, examinations, licenses, fees, advertising, discipline, injunctions, investigations, hearings, confidentiality, subpoenas, findings and reports of the Board, restoration of licenses, suspensions, penalties, and home rule. Makes other changes. 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 — 116–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 48–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Deborah Mell — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-26 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Michael J. Zalewski filing
• 2013-02-26 First Reading reading-1
• 2013-02-26 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2013-03-07 Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee referral-committee
• 2013-03-08 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Michael J. Zalewski amendment-introduction
• 2013-03-08 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2013-03-11 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Health Care Licenses Committee
• 2013-03-13 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Health Care Licenses Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2013-03-13 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2013-03-13 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2013-03-22 Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Deborah Mell
• 2013-04-10 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2013-04-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2013-04-15 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2013-04-16 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2013-04-16 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 17, 2013 reading-1
• 2013-04-23 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
• 2013-04-23 First Reading reading-1
• 2013-04-23 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2013-04-25 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; 048-000-001 reading-3, passage
• 2013-05-16 Passed Both Houses
• 2013-06-14 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-08-09 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2013-08-09 Effective Date December 31, 2013
• 2013-08-09 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0264 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/23a2deed-4234-41dd-865d-d162a2b01baa. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).