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type: "Bill"
title: "ADVNCED PRACTICE NURSE-LICENSE"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "SB 2998"
citation: "Illinois SB 2998 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2014-02-07"
last_action: "2014-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0440364e-5f29-4e7d-b23b-e77d9214030c"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2998&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=79262&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "53440af354bfeb892e65215bf2a51ccfb25368ee26fa8210a69fb1d565ba44a2"
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 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](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB2998&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=79262&DocNum=2998&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB2998eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=79262&DocNum=2998&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB2998enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=79262&DocNum=2998&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **1020** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **560** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0440364e-5f29-4e7d-b23b-e77d9214030c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).