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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "ACUPUNCTURE LIC-GUEST INSTRUCT"
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description: "Amends the Acupuncture Practice Act. Allows an invited guest acupuncturist from another state or country to engage in professional education if he or she is currently licensed in another state or country and has an active, undisciplined license, or he or she is currently certified in good standing as an acupuncturist by the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (instead of requiring both components). Effective immediately."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
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legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
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session: "96th"
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identifier: "SB 1444"
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citation: "Illinois SB 1444 (96th)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 26
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2009-02-18"
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last_action: "2009-08-14"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b595f17e-f434-46f0-b1ac-360036bb2723"
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source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1444&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=42815&SessionID=76&GA=96"
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source_hash: "d85ebc071dec1f574552ac25716e5d8ba87e1215c1c227de75e66d12f9f47897"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
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---
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# Illinois SB 1444 (96th) — ACUPUNCTURE LIC-GUEST INSTRUCT
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Amends the Acupuncture Practice Act. Allows an invited guest acupuncturist from another state or country to engage in professional education if he or she is currently licensed in another state or country and has an active, undisciplined license, or he or she is currently certified in good standing as an acupuncturist by the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (instead of requiring both components). Effective immediately.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB1444&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=42815&DocNum=1444&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB1444eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=42815&DocNum=1444&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB1444enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=42815&DocNum=1444&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
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## Votes
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- Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ira I. Silverstein — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2009-02-18** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein `filing`
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- **2009-02-18** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2009-02-18** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
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- **2009-02-25** Assigned to Licensed Activities `referral-committee`
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- **2009-03-06** Do Pass Licensed Activities; 006-000-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2009-03-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 10, 2009
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- **2009-03-24** Second Reading `reading-2`
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- **2009-03-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 25, 2009
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- **2009-03-26** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2009-03-26** Arrived in House `introduction`
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- **2009-03-26** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2009-03-26** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Daniel J. Burke
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- **2009-03-26** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2009-03-26** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2009-04-14** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2009-04-23** Re-assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2009-04-29** Do Pass / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2009-04-29** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2009-05-12** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2009-05-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2009-05-19** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2009-05-19** Passed Both Houses
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- **2009-06-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2009-08-14** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
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- **2009-08-14** Effective Date August 14, 2009
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- **2009-08-14** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0483 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b595f17e-f434-46f0-b1ac-360036bb2723`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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