republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/103rd/hb-5059.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "PRE-LICENSE DENTAL PRACTICE"
description: "Amends the Illinois Dental Practice Act. Creates a pre-license practice allowance for an individual enrolled in a specialty or residency training program to practice dentistry prescribed by and incidental to the individual's program of residency or specialty training if the individual applied for a general dental license or a temporary training license. Provides for the conditions of and restrictions on a pre-license practice allowance. Waives the renewal fee for individuals who applied for initial licensure less than 6 months before the start of the renewal period. Waives the renewal fee for the 2024 license renewal cycle for faculty restricted licensees who paid renewal fees in 2022 and 2023 and whose licenses were terminated and then renewed by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "HB 5059"
citation: "Illinois HB 5059 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Suzy Glowiak Hilton", "Theresa Mah"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-07"
last_action: "2024-07-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa116493-bab8-46e8-a8c9-5b4adcb6ef63"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=5059&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=153049&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "16013a9e4ed4114d3dad6bc6a40b36cc073f7193d92cbcbd2ed804a9cc2923a0"
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 HB 5059 (103rd) — PRE-LICENSE DENTAL PRACTICE

Amends the Illinois Dental Practice Act. Creates a pre-license practice allowance for an individual enrolled in a specialty or residency training program to practice dentistry prescribed by and incidental to the individual's program of residency or specialty training if the individual applied for a general dental license or a temporary training license. Provides for the conditions of and restrictions on a pre-license practice allowance. Waives the renewal fee for individuals who applied for initial licensure less than 6 months before the start of the renewal period. Waives the renewal fee for the 2024 license renewal cycle for faculty restricted licensees who paid renewal fees in 2022 and 2023 and whose licenses were terminated and then renewed by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. Effective immediately.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB5059.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB5059eng.pdf)
3. **House Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB5059ham001.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB5059enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Health Care Licenses — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Licensed Activities — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **59–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Suzy Glowiak Hilton — primary (person)
- Theresa Mah — primary (person)
- Dagmara Avelar — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Weber — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-07** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Theresa Mah `filing`
- **2024-02-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-02-08** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2024-03-05** Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-27** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Theresa Mah `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-03-27** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
- **2024-04-02** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Health Care Licenses Committee
- **2024-04-03** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Health Care Licenses Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-03** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee; 011-000-000
- **2024-04-03** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-04-03** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dagmara Avelar
- **2024-04-11** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-04-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2024-04-16** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-16** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Tom Weber
- **2024-04-17** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-04-17** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-04-17** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Suzy Glowiak Hilton
- **2024-04-17** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-04-17** Referred to Assignments
- **2024-04-24** Assigned to Licensed Activities `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-30** Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 10, 2024
- **2024-05-01** Do Pass Licensed Activities; 008-000-000
- **2024-05-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 7, 2024 `reading-2`
- **2024-05-08** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-05-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 8, 2024
- **2024-05-16** Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-16** Passed Both Houses
- **2024-06-13** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-07-19** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2024-07-19** Effective Date July 19, 2024
- **2024-07-19** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0687 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aa116493-bab8-46e8-a8c9-5b4adcb6ef63`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).