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Bill	DENTAL LICENSE-QUALIFICATIONS	Amends the Illinois Dental Practice Act. In provisions requiring applicants for a dental license who did not graduate from a dental school in the United States or Canada to complete 2 years of general dental clinical training in the United States or Canada prior to licensure, removes provisions allowing the applicant to substitute other forms of training and requiring the applicant to have received specified certification from a dean of an approved college or school in the United States or Canada or a program director of an advanced dental education program.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	99th	HB 1496	Illinois HB 1496 (99th)	bill		enacted		3	25	2	2015-02-05	2015-08-14	openstates	ocd-bill/d7579771-89b6-4993-84a9-d35f22273e48	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1496&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=86250&SessionID=88&GA=99	a1bc95ec2aeb8f2d543a8b357c22a5528b712de5d5016b08a78e43e8da2f4c6c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 1496 (99th) — DENTAL LICENSE-QUALIFICATIONS

Amends the Illinois Dental Practice Act. In provisions requiring applicants for a dental license who did not graduate from a dental school in the United States or Canada to complete 2 years of general dental clinical training in the United States or Canada prior to licensure, removes provisions allowing the applicant to substitute other forms of training and requiring the applicant to have received specified certification from a dean of an approved college or school in the United States or Canada or a program director of an advanced dental education program.

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 — 57–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 117–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Michael P. McAuliffe — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-05 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe filing
• 2015-02-06 First Reading reading-1
• 2015-02-06 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2015-02-24 Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee referral-committee
• 2015-03-11 Do Pass / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee; 012-000-000 committee-passage
• 2015-03-11 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2015-03-17 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2015-03-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2015-03-18 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 117-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2015-03-19 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2015-03-19 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 24, 2015 reading-1
• 2015-03-20 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Darin M. LaHood
• 2015-03-24 First Reading reading-1
• 2015-03-24 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2015-04-08 Assigned to Licensed Activities and Pensions referral-committee
• 2015-04-16 Do Pass Licensed Activities and Pensions; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2015-04-16 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 21, 2015
• 2015-05-14 Second Reading reading-2
• 2015-05-14 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 18, 2015
• 2015-05-21 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2015-05-21 Passed Both Houses
• 2015-06-19 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2015-08-14 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2015-08-14 Effective Date January 1, 2016
• 2015-08-14 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0366 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d7579771-89b6-4993-84a9-d35f22273e48. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).