republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/98th/sb-3488.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "ARCHITECTURE PRACTICE ACT"
description: "Amends the Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989. Removes a provision stating that a member's service on the Illinois Architecture Licensing Board that occurred prior to the effective date of the Act shall not be considered in determining the length of his or her consecutive years of service. Further provides that an applicant for licensure under the Act shall be required to complete certain experience requirements in addition to the examination requirements under the Act, and that he or she has one year from the date of notification of successful completion of all examination and experience requirements to apply to the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation for a license. Includes a professional land surveyor in the definition of \"Illinois licensed design professional\". Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "SB 3488"
citation: "Illinois SB 3488 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2014-02-14"
last_action: "2014-08-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a78868ab-d395-45b1-b1db-e8751f62aa41"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3488&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=80879&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "ff8283bbb7dc87a83d3ad80494226af322681cdfa1065ce0df294befe1c63750"
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 3488 (98th) — ARCHITECTURE PRACTICE ACT

Amends the Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989. Removes a provision stating that a member's service on the Illinois Architecture Licensing Board that occurred prior to the effective date of the Act shall not be considered in determining the length of his or her consecutive years of service. Further provides that an applicant for licensure under the Act shall be required to complete certain experience requirements in addition to the examination requirements under the Act, and that he or she has one year from the date of notification of successful completion of all examination and experience requirements to apply to the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation for a license. Includes a professional land surveyor in the definition of "Illinois licensed design professional". 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=09800SB3488&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=80879&DocNum=3488&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB3488eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=80879&DocNum=3488&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB3488enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=80879&DocNum=3488&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **54–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Iris Y. Martinez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-14** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Iris Y. Martinez `filing`
- **2014-02-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-02-14** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-05** Assigned to Licensed Activities and Pensions `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-07** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Iris Y. Martinez `amendment-introduction`
- **2014-03-07** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-20** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Licensed Activities and Pensions
- **2014-03-20** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2014-03-21** Do Pass as Amended Licensed Activities and Pensions; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-03-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 25, 2014
- **2014-03-27** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2014-03-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 1, 2014
- **2014-04-01** Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-04-02** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2014-05-06** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Robert Rita
- **2014-05-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-05-06** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-07** Assigned to Business & Occupational Licenses Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-13** Do Pass / Short Debate Business & Occupational Licenses Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-05-14** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-05-15** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2014-05-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-05-23** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-05-23** Passed Both Houses
- **2014-06-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-08-15** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2014-08-15** Effective Date August 15, 2014
- **2014-08-15** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0976 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a78868ab-d395-45b1-b1db-e8751f62aa41`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).