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type: "Bill"
title: "TEAM PHYSICIANS-EXEMPTIONS"
description: "Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Exempts certain health care professionals licensed to practice in another state or country from State licensure requirements if the professional is practicing in the State while under contract to provide services to an athletic team. Defines \"athletic team\". Limits the services the health care professional may provide. Limits the licensing exemption period to 10 days per sporting event. Authorizes the Secretary of Financial and Professional Regulation to grant one 20-day extension to the exemption period. Provides that an exempt health care professional is not authorized to practice at a health care clinic or facility. Effective September 1, 2015."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "99th"
identifier: "SB 785"
citation: "Illinois SB 785 (99th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-02-05"
last_action: "2015-07-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b0ffd673-2d69-4e4a-b5e3-cfc7467e79e1"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=785&GAID=13&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=86002&SessionID=88&GA=99"
source_hash: "9ccd02afeb3ff944b31afd7cebe7a7dc610cd8d35d88c965de2358e741dfe13e"
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 785 (99th) — TEAM PHYSICIANS-EXEMPTIONS
Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Exempts certain health care professionals licensed to practice in another state or country from State licensure requirements if the professional is practicing in the State while under contract to provide services to an athletic team. Defines "athletic team". Limits the services the health care professional may provide. Limits the licensing exemption period to 10 days per sporting event. Authorizes the Secretary of Financial and Professional Regulation to grant one 20-day extension to the exemption period. Provides that an exempt health care professional is not authorized to practice at a health care clinic or facility. Effective September 1, 2015.
## 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=09900SB0785&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=86002&DocNum=785&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB0785eng&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=86002&DocNum=785&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB0785enr&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=86002&DocNum=785&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **540** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **1150** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Napoleon Harris, III — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2015-02-05** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Napoleon Harris, III `filing`
- **2015-02-05** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-02-05** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2015-02-17** Assigned to Licensed Activities and Pensions `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-05** Postponed - Licensed Activities and Pensions
- **2015-03-11** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Napoleon Harris, III `amendment-introduction`
- **2015-03-11** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-12** Postponed - Licensed Activities and Pensions
- **2015-03-17** 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
- **2015-04-16** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 21, 2015
- **2015-04-22** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael Connelly
- **2015-04-22** Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2015-04-23** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2015-04-23** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.
- **2015-04-23** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-23** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-04** Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-08** Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 15, 2015
- **2015-05-13** Do Pass / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2015-05-13** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2015-05-20** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2015-05-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2015-05-22** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2015
- **2015-05-28** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2015-05-28** Passed Both Houses
- **2015-06-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-07-30** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2015-07-30** Effective Date September 1, 2015
- **2015-07-30** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0206 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b0ffd673-2d69-4e4a-b5e3-cfc7467e79e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).