republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/99th/sb-2985.md

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Bill	GENETIC COUNSELOR-REFERRAL	Amends the Genetic Counselor Licensing Act. Removes language prohibiting a genetic counselor from providing genetic counseling without a referral. Makes related changes.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	99th	SB 2985	Illinois SB 2985 (99th)	bill		enacted		3	30	2	2016-02-18	2016-07-22	openstates	ocd-bill/21ae3da3-7099-4260-9a01-17bdfee5823a	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2985&GAID=13&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=96312&SessionID=88&GA=99	d9a95a63aba1447d36570fe5a612a9fdb0bc39faab5175808bba28806dee922d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2985 (99th) — GENETIC COUNSELOR-REFERRAL

Amends the Genetic Counselor Licensing Act. Removes language prohibiting a genetic counselor from providing genetic counseling without a referral. Makes related changes.

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 — 49–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 115–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Iris Y. Martinez — primary (person)
• Sara Feigenholtz — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-18 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Iris Y. Martinez filing
• 2016-02-18 First Reading reading-1
• 2016-02-18 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2016-03-08 Assigned to Licensed Activities and Pensions referral-committee
• 2016-03-17 Do Pass Licensed Activities and Pensions; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2016-03-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 5, 2016
• 2016-04-13 Second Reading reading-2
• 2016-04-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 14, 2016
• 2016-04-14 Third Reading - Passed; 049-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2016-04-14 Arrived in House introduction
• 2016-04-15 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Daniel J. Burke
• 2016-04-15 First Reading reading-1
• 2016-04-15 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2016-04-18 Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee referral-committee
• 2016-04-22 Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
• 2016-04-22 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel J. Burke
• 2016-04-22 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
• 2016-04-22 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Sente
• 2016-04-22 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Norine K. Hammond
• 2016-05-04 Do Pass / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2016-05-04 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2016-05-04 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
• 2016-05-10 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2016-05-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2016-05-12 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2016-05-12 Passed Both Houses
• 2016-06-10 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-07-22 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2016-07-22 Effective Date January 1, 2017
• 2016-07-22 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0633 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/21ae3da3-7099-4260-9a01-17bdfee5823a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).