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type: "Bill"
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title: "PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS"
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description: "Amends various Acts to add physician assistants to provisions applicable to physicians, including adding physician assistant members to various committees and boards. Amends the Illinois Identification Card Act. Specifies that the physician assistant who may make a determination of disability for the purposes of an Illinois Persons with a Disability Identification Card is a physician assistant who has been delegated the authority to make this determination by his or her supervising physician. Amends the Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse and Dependency Act. Adds the President of the Illinois Academy of Physician Assistants or his or her designee to the Illinois Advisory Council on Alcoholism and Other Drug Dependency. Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Adds representative of a professional organization representing physician assistants to various task forces and councils. Requires that the Department of Public Health consult with the Illinois Academy of Physician Assistants in developing the summary of health care for women and that the summary be distributed to physician assistants. Requires that the Department of Public Health consult with a statewide professional organization representing physician assistants in developing the POLST form. Makes other changes."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
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legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
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session: "99th"
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identifier: "SB 2900"
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citation: "Illinois SB 2900 (99th)"
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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: 50
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2016-02-18"
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last_action: "2016-07-15"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e10b240-63c4-41a6-9034-d0c11e893fe1"
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source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2900&GAID=13&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=96222&SessionID=88&GA=99"
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source_hash: "b0583a29c120a8995a421617114cff72453416e2bfff83f272bcee350d22f923"
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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 2900 (99th) — PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS
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Amends various Acts to add physician assistants to provisions applicable to physicians, including adding physician assistant members to various committees and boards. Amends the Illinois Identification Card Act. Specifies that the physician assistant who may make a determination of disability for the purposes of an Illinois Persons with a Disability Identification Card is a physician assistant who has been delegated the authority to make this determination by his or her supervising physician. Amends the Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse and Dependency Act. Adds the President of the Illinois Academy of Physician Assistants or his or her designee to the Illinois Advisory Council on Alcoholism and Other Drug Dependency. Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Adds representative of a professional organization representing physician assistants to various task forces and councils. Requires that the Department of Public Health consult with the Illinois Academy of Physician Assistants in developing the summary of health care for women and that the summary be distributed to physician assistants. Requires that the Department of Public Health consult with a statewide professional organization representing physician assistants in developing the POLST form. Makes other changes.
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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=09900SB2900&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=96222&DocNum=2900&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB2900eng&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=96222&DocNum=2900&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB2900enr&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=96222&DocNum=2900&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
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## Votes
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- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper
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- Third Reading — **110–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Adam Brown — cosponsor (person)
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- Carol Sente — cosponsor (person)
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- Gregory Harris — cosponsor (person)
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- Iris Y. Martinez — primary (person)
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- Jaime M. Andrade, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Jerry Costello, II — cosponsor (person)
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- Katherine Cloonen — cosponsor (person)
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- Margo McDermed — cosponsor (person)
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- Martin J. Moylan — cosponsor (person)
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- Mike Smiddy — cosponsor (person)
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- Robert Martwick — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-02-18** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Iris Y. Martinez `filing`
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- **2016-02-18** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2016-02-18** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
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- **2016-03-02** Assigned to Licensed Activities and Pensions `referral-committee`
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- **2016-04-01** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Iris Y. Martinez `amendment-introduction`
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- **2016-04-01** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
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- **2016-04-05** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Licensed Activities and Pensions
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- **2016-04-06** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. William R. Haine
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- **2016-04-06** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
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- **2016-04-06** Do Pass as Amended Licensed Activities and Pensions; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2016-04-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 7, 2016
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- **2016-04-12** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Iris Y. Martinez `amendment-introduction`
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- **2016-04-12** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
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- **2016-04-13** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael Connelly
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- **2016-04-13** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Licensed Activities and Pensions
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- **2016-04-14** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Licensed Activities and Pensions; 010-000-000
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- **2016-04-19** Second Reading `reading-2`
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- **2016-04-19** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Martinez `amendment-passage`
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- **2016-04-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 20, 2016
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- **2016-04-21** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pat McGuire
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- **2016-04-21** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2016-04-21** Arrived in House `introduction`
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- **2016-04-21** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Zalewski
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- **2016-04-21** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2016-04-21** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2016-04-28** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Tim Butler
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- **2016-04-28** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Wojcicki Jimenez
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- **2016-04-28** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
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- **2016-04-28** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe
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- **2016-04-28** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.
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- **2016-04-28** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert Martwick
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- **2016-04-28** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Gregory Harris
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- **2016-05-02** Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2016-05-10** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Adam Brown
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- **2016-05-11** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Margo McDermed
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- **2016-05-11** Do Pass / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2016-05-11** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2016-05-17** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2016-05-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2016-05-23** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-001-000 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2016-05-23** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Sente
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- **2016-05-23** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry Costello, II
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- **2016-05-23** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Katherine Cloonen
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- **2016-05-23** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Smiddy
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- **2016-05-23** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Martin J. Moylan
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- **2016-05-23** Passed Both Houses
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- **2016-06-21** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2016-07-15** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
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- **2016-07-15** Effective Date January 1, 2017
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- **2016-07-15** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0581 `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/1e10b240-63c4-41a6-9034-d0c11e893fe1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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