Illinois 102nd Regular Session Status: Passed Senate Bipartisan · 10 D · 8 R cosponsors

SB 2068 — NURSE LICENSURE COMPACT

Last action — Session Sine Die

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed House
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 102nd Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Amends the Nurse Practice Act. Ratifies and approves the Nurse Licensure Compact, which allows for the issuance of multistate licenses that allow nurses to practice in their home state and other compact states. Provides that the Nurse Licensure Compact does not supersede existing State labor laws. Provides that the State may not share with or disclose to the Interstate Commission of Nurse Licensure Compact Administrators or any other state any of the contents of a nationwide criminal history records check conducted for the purpose of multistate licensure under the Nurse Licensure Compact.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Session Sine Die

  2. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura Fine

  3. Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments

  4. Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2021

  5. Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 21, 2021

  6. Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 7, 2021

  7. Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As April 30, 2021

  8. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 21, 2021

  9. Second Reading

  10. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Celina Villanueva

  11. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Steve Stadelman

  12. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Bill Cunningham

  13. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Jil Tracy

  14. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Adriane Johnson

  15. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Karina Villa

  16. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Neil Anderson

  17. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Terri Bryant

  18. Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Melinda Bush

  19. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Christopher Belt

  20. Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachelle Crowe

  21. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Craig Wilcox

  22. Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 25, 2021

  23. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. John F. Curran

  24. Do Pass Licensed Activities; 009-000-000

  25. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Suzy Glowiak Hilton

  26. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Chapin Rose

  27. Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison

  28. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan McConchie

  29. Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dale Fowler

  30. Assigned to Licensed Activities

  31. Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Sara Feigenholtz

  32. Referred to Assignments

  33. First Reading

  34. Filed with Secretary by Sen. Cristina Castro

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 19 co-sponsors · 163 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (19)

Not signed on (163)

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 2068 do?
Amends the Nurse Practice Act. Ratifies and approves the Nurse Licensure Compact, which allows for the issuance of multistate licenses that allow nurses to practice in their home state and other compact states. Provides that the Nurse Licensure Compact does not supersede existing State labor laws. Provides that the State may not share with or disclose to the Interstate Commission of Nurse Licensure Compact Administrators or any other state any of the contents of a nationwide criminal history records check conducted for the purpose of multistate licensure under the Nurse Licensure Compact.
Who sponsors SB 2068?
SB 2068 is sponsored by Sara Feigenholtz (Democrat), Julie A. Morrison (Democrat), Rachelle Crowe, Melinda Bush, Chapin Rose (Republican), John F. Curran (Republican), Craig Wilcox (Republican), Christopher Belt (Democrat), Terri Bryant (Republican), Neil Anderson (Republican), Karina Villa (Democrat), Adriane L. Johnson (Democrat), Jil Tracy (Republican), Bill Cunningham (Democrat), Steve Stadelman (Democrat), Celina Villanueva (Democrat), Laura Fine (Democrat), Suzy Glowiak Hilton (Democrat), Dan McConchie (Republican), and Dale Fowler (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 2068?
This bill died with 102nd Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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