IL SB3265 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly
Status
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5)
Status: Introduced on February 3 2026 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2026-03-27 - Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
Pending: Senate Assignments Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on February 3 2026 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2026-03-27 - Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
Pending: Senate Assignments Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Summary
Amends the Illinois Dental Practice Act. Provides that "community health center" means a migrant health center, community health center, health care program for the homeless or for residents of public housing supported under the federal Public Health Service Act, or FQHC, including an FQHC Look-Alike, as designated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, that operates at least one federally designated primary health care delivery site in Illinois. Provides that "physician" means a person licensed under the Medical Practice Act of 1987 to practice medicine in all of its branches and does not include a chiropractic physician. In provisions concerning acts constituting the practice of dental hygiene, provides that a public health dental hygienist may not administer local anesthesia except as provided in the amendatory provisions. Provides that a dental hygienist practicing in a community health center may administer local anesthetics upon the successful completion of a training program approved by the Department and under the general supervision of a dentist as long as the community health center: (i) has adopted written policies and procedures establishing supervision by a dentist or physician at the time the local anesthetics are administered, and (ii) ensures that a dentist or physician is physically present in the clinic at the time the local anesthetics are administered.
Title
DENTAL HYGIENIST-ANESTHESIA
Sponsors
| Sen. Mattie Hunter [D] | Sen. Emil Jones [D] | Sen. Ram Villivalam [D] | Sen. Javier Cervantes [D] |
| Sen. Graciela Guzman [D] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-27 | Senate | Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments |
| 2026-03-27 | Senate | Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments |
| 2026-03-27 | Senate | Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments |
| 2026-03-26 | Senate | Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Graciela Guzmán |
| 2026-03-25 | Senate | Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Postponed - Licensed Activities |
| 2026-03-25 | Senate | Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Licensed Activities |
| 2026-03-25 | Senate | Postponed - Licensed Activities |
| 2026-03-13 | Senate | Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As March 27, 2026 |
| 2026-03-10 | Senate | Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Licensed Activities |
| 2026-03-10 | Senate | Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Javier L. Cervantes |
| 2026-03-06 | Senate | Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments |
| 2026-03-06 | Senate | Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mattie Hunter |
| 2026-03-05 | Senate | Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Ram Villivalam |
| 2026-03-03 | Senate | Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Licensed Activities |
| 2026-02-26 | Senate | Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments |
| 2026-02-26 | Senate | Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mattie Hunter |
| 2026-02-25 | Senate | Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III |
| 2026-02-17 | Senate | Assigned to Licensed Activities |
| 2026-02-03 | Senate | Referred to Assignments |
| 2026-02-03 | Senate | First Reading |
| 2026-02-03 | Senate | Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mattie Hunter |
Code Citations
| Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 225 | 25 | 18 | Amended Code | Citation Text |
| 225 | 25 | 4 | Amended Code | Citation Text |
