republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/96th/hb-5744.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "GOOD SAMARITAN FREE CLINICS"
description: "Amends the Department of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that notwithstanding any law of the State or political subdivision of the State to the contrary, an individual or entity may engage in the practice of one of the specified professions without being licensed under any Act administered by the Department, provided that the individual or entity (1) is duly licensed by, or otherwise authorized to practice the profession by, any state or territory of the United States, (2) restricts his, her, or its licensed or authorized services and duties solely to the provision of care or service at a free medical clinic as defined in certain provisions of the Good Samaritan Act, and (3) provides only the care or services that the individual or entity is licensed or otherwise authorized to provide by any state or territory of the United States. Defines \"specified professions\". Makes other changes. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "HB 5744"
citation: "Illinois HB 5744 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2010-02-09"
last_action: "2010-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e505b1b-3f1c-4d1b-981e-356186348bb2"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5744&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=51083&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "8e09d051115bb31fb0c5c47f1ad308014e307fb4ce40376ee6ab0f9b3fc3dcc8"
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 5744 (96th) — GOOD SAMARITAN FREE CLINICS

Amends the Department of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that notwithstanding any law of the State or political subdivision of the State to the contrary, an individual or entity may engage in the practice of one of the specified professions without being licensed under any Act administered by the Department, provided that the individual or entity (1) is duly licensed by, or otherwise authorized to practice the profession by, any state or territory of the United States, (2) restricts his, her, or its licensed or authorized services and duties solely to the provision of care or service at a free medical clinic as defined in certain provisions of the Good Samaritan Act, and (3) provides only the care or services that the individual or entity is licensed or otherwise authorized to provide by any state or territory of the United States. Defines "specified professions". Makes other changes. Effective immediately.

## 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=09600HB5744&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=51083&DocNum=5744&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB5744eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=51083&DocNum=5744&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB5744enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=51083&DocNum=5744&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **51–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Angelo Saviano — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-02-09** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Angelo Saviano `filing`
- **2010-02-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-02-09** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-02-11** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
- **2010-02-16** Remove Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
- **2010-02-16** Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-03** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Health Care Licenses Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2010-03-03** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Health Care Licenses Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2010-03-03** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee; 011-000-001 `committee-passage`
- **2010-03-03** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-03-09** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Angelo Saviano `amendment-introduction`
- **2010-03-09** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-10** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-03-19** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2010-03-19** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2010-03-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-03-19** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
- **2010-03-25** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-03-25** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
- **2010-04-06** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2010-04-06** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 13, 2010 `reading-1`
- **2010-04-14** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Randall M. Hultgren
- **2010-04-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-04-15** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-15** Assigned to Licensed Activities `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-21** Do Pass Licensed Activities; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-04-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 22, 2010
- **2010-04-27** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2010-04-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 28, 2010
- **2010-04-30** Third Reading - Passed; 051-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-04-30** Passed Both Houses
- **2010-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2010-06-21** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2010-06-21** Effective Date June 21, 2010
- **2010-06-21** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0931 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9e505b1b-3f1c-4d1b-981e-356186348bb2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).