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type: "Bill"
title: "DENTISTS-LOAN REPAYMENT ASSIST"
description: "Amends the Loan Repayment Assistance for Dentists Act. Provides that the term \"dental payments\" includes compensation for services rendered under the Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Act and the Children's Health Insurance Program Act. Provides that assistance under the educational loan repayment assistance program shall commence once the dentist or dental specialist begins (i) practicing in a designated shortage area and (ii) accepting dental payments. Prohibits the Department of Public Health from setting a minimum amount of dental payments as a condition of eligibility for assistance. Provides that an applicant for assistance must commit to (instead of continue) full-time practice in a designated shortage area for a minimum of 2 years (instead of for 2 years). Provides that the total amount in grants that a person may be awarded must not exceed $25,000 per year for each year of eligibility (instead of for a 4-year period). Prohibits a person from receiving grants for more than 4 years. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "SB 275"
citation: "Illinois SB 275 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2009-02-06"
last_action: "2009-08-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1c77b72-5e5d-484a-a018-7b4dcce8680c"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=275&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=40980&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "26991c79fe88751c3db253550a4ababb84564b510a626114d3fceeafdafb6377"
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 275 (96th) — DENTISTS-LOAN REPAYMENT ASSIST
Amends the Loan Repayment Assistance for Dentists Act. Provides that the term "dental payments" includes compensation for services rendered under the Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Act and the Children's Health Insurance Program Act. Provides that assistance under the educational loan repayment assistance program shall commence once the dentist or dental specialist begins (i) practicing in a designated shortage area and (ii) accepting dental payments. Prohibits the Department of Public Health from setting a minimum amount of dental payments as a condition of eligibility for assistance. Provides that an applicant for assistance must commit to (instead of continue) full-time practice in a designated shortage area for a minimum of 2 years (instead of for 2 years). Provides that the total amount in grants that a person may be awarded must not exceed $25,000 per year for each year of eligibility (instead of for a 4-year period). Prohibits a person from receiving grants for more than 4 years. 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=09600SB0275&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=40980&DocNum=275&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB0275eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=40980&DocNum=275&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB0275enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=40980&DocNum=275&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Concurrence — **560** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **1140** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **590** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Dave Syverson — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2009-02-06** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Dave Syverson `filing`
- **2009-02-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-02-06** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-18** Assigned to Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-25** Do Pass Human Services; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-02-25** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 26, 2009
- **2009-02-27** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-02-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 4, 2009
- **2009-04-02** Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-04-02** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2009-04-02** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-02** Chief House Sponsor Rep. David E. Miller
- **2009-04-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-02** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-14** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-20** Re-assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-22** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2009-04-29** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Health Care Licenses Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2009-04-29** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Health Care Licenses Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2009-04-29** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee; 007-000-001 `committee-passage`
- **2009-04-29** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-05-12** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-05-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-05-13** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-05-13** Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1
- **2009-05-13** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1 - May 14, 2009
- **2009-05-27** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Dave Syverson `filing`
- **2009-05-27** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-27** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-28** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Human Services; 007-000-000
- **2009-05-29** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 056-000-000
- **2009-05-29** Passed Both Houses
- **2009-06-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-25** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-25** Effective Date August 25, 2009
- **2009-08-25** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0757 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d1c77b72-5e5d-484a-a018-7b4dcce8680c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).