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Bill	ADVNCED PRACTICE NURSE-LICENSE	Amends the Nurse Practice Act. Makes changes to provisions concerning the qualifications for licensure as an advanced practice nurse. Provides that an applicant for licensure to practice as an advanced practice nurse shall have successfully completed requirements to practice as, and holds and maintains (rather than only holds) a current, national certification as a nurse midwife, clinical nurse specialist, nurse practitioner, or certified registered nurse anesthetist from the appropriate national certifying body as determined by rule of the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. Deletes provisions concerning license renewal requirements for certain advanced practice nurses licensed before the 95th General Assembly.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	SB 2998	Illinois SB 2998 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	30	2	2014-02-07	2014-08-01	openstates	ocd-bill/0440364e-5f29-4e7d-b23b-e77d9214030c	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2998&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=79262&SessionID=85&GA=98	53440af354bfeb892e65215bf2a51ccfb25368ee26fa8210a69fb1d565ba44a2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2998 (98th) — ADVNCED PRACTICE NURSE-LICENSE

Amends the Nurse Practice Act. Makes changes to provisions concerning the qualifications for licensure as an advanced practice nurse. Provides that an applicant for licensure to practice as an advanced practice nurse shall have successfully completed requirements to practice as, and holds and maintains (rather than only holds) a current, national certification as a nurse midwife, clinical nurse specialist, nurse practitioner, or certified registered nurse anesthetist from the appropriate national certifying body as determined by rule of the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. Deletes provisions concerning license renewal requirements for certain advanced practice nurses licensed before the 95th General Assembly.

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 — 102–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 56–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Iris Y. Martinez — primary (person)
• Michael P. McAuliffe — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-02-07 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Iris Y. Martinez filing
• 2014-02-07 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-02-07 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2014-02-19 Assigned to Licensed Activities and Pensions referral-committee
• 2014-02-19 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
• 2014-02-25 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. William R. Haine
• 2014-02-27 Do Pass Licensed Activities and Pensions; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2014-02-27 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 4, 2014
• 2014-03-04 Second Reading reading-2
• 2014-03-04 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 5, 2014
• 2014-03-05 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2014-03-05 Arrived in House introduction
• 2014-03-20 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.
• 2014-03-20 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-03-20 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2014-04-23 Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee referral-committee
• 2014-04-29 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe
• 2014-04-30 Do Pass / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2014-04-30 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-05-07 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2014-05-07 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-05-09 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 102-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2014-05-09 Passed Both Houses
• 2014-05-09 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
• 2014-05-09 Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
• 2014-06-06 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-06-06 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-08-01 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2014-08-01 Effective Date January 1, 2015
• 2014-08-01 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0837 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0440364e-5f29-4e7d-b23b-e77d9214030c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).