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Bill	GEOLOGIST LICENSING ACT-SUNSET	Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act. Extends the repeal date of the Professional Geologist Licensing Act from January 1, 2016 to January 1, 2026. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	99th	SB 749	Illinois SB 749 (99th)	bill		enacted		3	31	2	2015-02-03	2015-07-10	openstates	ocd-bill/d9a923b3-df45-4981-811f-0e618807e89f	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=749&GAID=13&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=85897&SessionID=88&GA=99	fbfb0db4bf8d718f2b16c0be18d8fb00926e41560d21e64479dce61c75fad11c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 749 (99th) — GEOLOGIST LICENSING ACT-SUNSET

Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act. Extends the repeal date of the Professional Geologist Licensing Act from January 1, 2016 to January 1, 2026. Effective immediately.

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 — 51–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Iris Y. Martinez — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-03 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Iris Y. Martinez filing
• 2015-02-03 First Reading reading-1
• 2015-02-03 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2015-02-11 Assigned to Licensed Activities and Pensions referral-committee
• 2015-02-19 Postponed - Licensed Activities and Pensions
• 2015-03-09 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Iris Y. Martinez amendment-introduction
• 2015-03-09 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2015-03-11 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Licensed Activities and Pensions
• 2015-03-18 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2015-03-19 Do Pass as Amended Licensed Activities and Pensions; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2015-03-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 24, 2015
• 2015-03-24 Second Reading reading-2
• 2015-03-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 25, 2015
• 2015-03-24 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
• 2015-03-26 Third Reading - Passed; 051-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2015-03-27 Arrived in House introduction
• 2015-03-31 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Robert Rita
• 2015-04-14 First Reading reading-1
• 2015-04-14 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2015-04-20 Assigned to Business & Occupational Licenses Committee referral-committee
• 2015-04-29 Do Pass / Short Debate Business & Occupational Licenses Committee; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2015-04-30 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2015-05-06 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2015-05-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2015-05-13 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2015-05-13 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Fortner
• 2015-05-13 Passed Both Houses
• 2015-06-11 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2015-07-10 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2015-07-10 Effective Date July 10, 2015
• 2015-07-10 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0026 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d9a923b3-df45-4981-811f-0e618807e89f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).