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IDFPR Spring 2026 Legislative Initiatives

House Bill 1807 (Rep. Sharon Chung / Sen. Javier Cervantes) was signed into law as Public Act 104-0542 on July 10, 2026. The legislation reforms the standards for nurse program effectiveness, ending the existing moratorium on placing nursing school programs on probationary status and making other changes to ensure graduates are prepared to pass the NCLEX examination upon graduation from a nursing program at an Illinois university.

House Bill 3711 (Rep. Kelly Cassidy / Sen. Celina Villanueva) was signed into law as Public Act 104-0764 on August 7, 2026.  strengthens patient protections by establishing for licensed health care professionals, hospitals, and hospital affiliates a duty to report accusations of inappropriate sexual conduct and unjustified intimate conduct to State regulators. With this change, the State will have the ability to swiftly open an investigation into the matter and suspend or take other appropriate action against a license, thereby preventing continued harm to patients.

House Bill 4749 (Rep. Sharon Chung / Sen. Suzy Glowiak Hilton) was signed into law as Public Act 104-0677 on July 31, 2026. The legislation authorizes the Department to temporarily suspend, without a prior hearing, licenses which did not meet the qualifications of licensure the time of application. 

House Bill 4762 (Rep. Theresa Mah / Sen. Christopher Belt) was signed into law as Public Act 104-0558 on July 10, 2026. The legislation reduces barriers to licensure by revising the factors under consideration by the Department in reviewing any conviction history, such as whether a prior conviction is directly related to the profession and whether the person is of ‘good moral character.’ The bill provides a pathway for the Department to automatically remove certain public discipline and make it confidential after a certain number of years. 

House Bill 4754 (Rep. Margaret Croke / Sen. Michael Halpin) was signed into law as Public Act 104-0504 on June 26, 2026. The legislation requires private educational lenders to include in their annual reports to the Department data about annual private education loan default rates, as well as private education loans originated with a cosigner. 

House Bill 5290 (Rep. Margaret Croke / Sen. Laura Ellman) was signed into law as Public Act 104-0516 on June 26, 2026. The legislation makes cleanup and technical edits to the Sales Finance Agency Act to modernize the Act, mirror other statutes under the Division of Financial Institutions, and clarify the Department’s authority. 

House Bill 5384 (Rep. Margaret Croke / Sen. Mark Walker) was signed into law as Public Act 104-0520 on June 26, 2026. The legislation authorizes the Department to promulgate licensing fees related to the Financial Institutions Fund via administrative rule, consistent with modern best practices and agency precedent. The legislation will also eliminate the mandate for the Department to conduct examinations of all licensees annually, thereby allowing the Department to focus its examination efforts where they are most needed.   

House Bill 5387 (Rep. Bob Morgan / Sen. Suzy Glowiak Hilton) was signed into law as Public Act 104-0796 on August 7, 2026. The legislation is an annual sunset extension from IDFPR. This legislation makes technical updates and modernizations to various health professions’ licensing Acts scheduled to sunset on January 1st, 2027, and extends those sunset provisions to January 1st, 2032. The licensing Acts which were extended are: the Clinical Psychologist Licensing Act, the Marriage and Family Therapy Licensing Act, the Massage Therapy Practice Act, the Medical Practice Act of 1987, the Licensed Certified Professional Midwife Practice Act, the Illinois Optometric Practice Act, and the Boxing and Full Contact Martial Arts Act. Additionally, this initiative makes technical changes to the Illinois Physical Therapy Act, the Sex Offender Evaluation and Treatment Provider Act, the Barber, Cosmetology, Esthetics, Hair Braiding, and Nail Technology Act of 1985, the Electrologist Licensing Act, the Professional Service Corporation Act, and the Professional Limited Liability Company Act. 

Senate Bill 3222 (Sen. Kimberly Lightford / Rep. Will Guzzardi) was signed into law as Public Act 104-0463 on June 12, 2026. The legislation creates the Illinois Hemp Act and makes numerous changes to various statutes regarding cannabis, including changing the business hours for dispensaries, increasing the maximum possession limit, allowing medical cannabis patients to purchase their prescriptions from recreational dispensaries, and more. 

Senate Bill 3896 (Sen. Suzy Glowiak Hilton / Rep. Theresa Mah) was signed into law as Public Act 104-0745 on July 31, 2026. The legislation creates a license for Virtual Wholesale Drug Distributors, entitles which do not take possession of the drugs but broker the sale of drugs. This legislation regulates such businesses and allows them to provide their service in Illinois. 

Senate Bill 3897 (Sen. Suzy Glowiak Hilton / Rep. Marcus Evans) was signed into law as Public Act 104-0746 on July 31, 2026. The legislation is an annual sunset extension from IDFPR. This legislation makes technical updates and modernizations to various design, service, and sales professions’ licensing Acts scheduled to sunset on January 1st, 2027, and extends those sunset provisions to January 1st, 2032. The licensing Acts which were extended are: the Cemetery Oversight Act, the Registered Interior Designers Act, the Landscape Architecture Registration Act, the Community Association Manager Licensing and Disciplinary Act, the Detection of Deception Examiners Act, the Home Inspector License Act, and the Real Estate Appraiser Licensing Act. Additionally, this initiative makes technical changes to the Auction License Act and the Appraisal Management Company Registration Act.

IDFPR Spring 2025 Legislative Initiatives

House Bill 3637 (Rep. Dee Avelar / Sen. Karina Villa) was signed into law as Public Act 104-0432 on August 22, 2025. The legislation extends disciplinary protections to licensed health care professionals who perform health care services which are legal in Illinois.

Senate Bill 1797 (Sen. Mark Walker / Rep. Edgar Gonzalez) was signed into law as Public Act 104-0428 on August 18, 2025. The legislation regulates digital asset businesses in Illinois. It protects consumers by establishing regulatory oversight of these businesses via consumer disclosures, customer asset safeguards, and customer service standards. 

Senate Bill 2318 (Sen. Laura Ellman / Rep. Margaret Croke) was signed into law as Public Act 104-0144 on August 1, 2025. The legislation requires fintech companies to first possess customer deposit insurance before being able to formally refer to themselves as a “bank.” 

Senate Bill 2319 (Sen. Laura Ellman / Rep. Curtis Tarver) was signed into law as Public Act 104-0429 on August 18, 2025. The legislation regulates digital asset kiosks in Illinois. It caps transaction fees, requires kiosk operators to provide refunds to legitimate scam victims, and limits daily transaction amounts for new and existing customers alike. 

Senate Bill 2457 (Sen. Mark Walker / Rep. Margaret Croke) was signed into law as Public Act 104-0149 on August 1, 2025. The legislation eliminates the Collection Agency Board and sunset provisions for this profession’s Act while making other technical changes and modernizations.

Senate Bill 2492 (Sen. Suzy Glowiak Hilton / Rep. Bob Morgan) was signed into law as Public Act 104-0151 on August 1, 2025. The legislation extends the sunset of the Dental Practice Act for five years and makes other technical changes and modernizations.

Senate Bill 2494 (Sen. Suzy Glowiak Hilton / Rep. Bob Morgan) was signed into law as Public Act 104-0152 on August 1, 2025. The legislation extends the sunset of the Respiratory Care Practice Act and the Athletic Trainers Practice Act for five years and makes other technical changes and modernizations.

Senate Bill 2495 (Sen. Suzy Glowiak Hilton / Rep. Bob Morgan) was signed into law as Public Act 104-0153 on August 1, 2025. The legislation extends the sunset of the Barber, Cosmetology, Esthetics, Hair Braiding, and Nail Technology Act for five years and makes other technical changes and modernizations.

Senate Bill 2496 (Sen. Suzy Glowiak Hilton / Rep. Bob Morgan) was signed into law as Public Act 104-0154 on August 1, 2025. The legislation extends the sunset of the Physical Therapy Act for five years and makes other technical changes and modernizations.

Senate Bill 2503 (Sen. Suzy Glowiak Hilton / Rep. Marcus Evans) was signed into law as Public Act 104-0427 on August 15, 2025. The legislation extends the sunset of the Roofing Industry Licensing Act and the Professional Geologist Licensing Act for five years and makes other technical changes and modernizations.

Other Spring 2026 Legislation Impacting IDFPR

Division of Banking:

House Bill 4649 (Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz / Sen. Steve Stadelman) was signed into law as Public Act 104-0660 on July 30, 2026. The legislation authorizes a court to grant a temporary restraining order should there be suspicion of financial exploitation. The bill allows the court to make several decisions, such as freezing those assets, awarding sole temporary use and possession to said adult, or further directing law enforcement. While the right to petition the court for such orders already existed, this now authorizes ex parte temporary injunctions. 

House Bill 4911 (Rep. Katie Stuart / Sen. Kimberly Lightford) was signed into law as Public Act 104-0662 on July 30, 2026. The legislation seeks to address the financial exploitation of seniors by expanding the scope of mandated reporters for elder financial abuse to include bank tellers. Notably, if a bank teller willfully does not report as required under the Act, they will be referred to IDFPR. This bill further directs the Department to establish a database by which to receive reports of suspected or alleged abuse by July 1, 2028. 

Senate Bill 2951 (Sen. Robert Martwick / Rep. Daniel Didech) was signed into law as Public Act 104-0842 on August 21, 2026. The legislation provides that any indebtedness of any kind that is secured by a mortgage or deed of trust like a mortgage has a 10-year period to commence an action to satisfy the outstanding debt. 

Senate Bill 3777 (Sen. Adriane Johnson / Rep. Justin Slaughter) was signed into law as Public Act 104-0744 on July 31, 2026. The legislation provides that it is a civil rights violation to use criteria or methods including practices, policies, and groups of practices or policies that have the effect of subjecting individuals to discrimination prohibited under the Act. 

Division of Financial Institutions:

House Bill 4533 (Rep. Lisa Hernandez / Sen. Karina Villa) was signed into law as Public Act 104-0495 on June 26, 2026. The legislation provides that licensees may offer every customer who transmits money internationally the option to make a voluntary donation to the Illinois DREAM Fund, as specified. The bill requires the Department to provide to licensees under the Act electronic copies of all marketing materials created by the Illinois DREAM Fund Commission for licensees.

House Bill 4770 (Rep. Jay Hoffman / Sen. David Koehler) was signed into law as Public Act 104-0505 on June 26, 2026. The legislation makes updates to the Illinois Credit Union Act, including several administrative changes and amendments regarding hiring practices. The bill provides that, when marketing or advertising digital assets, digital asset business activities conducted by covered persons or service providers, and related administrative functions to the members of the credit union, the members shall receive the specified information. 

Senate Bill 3561 (Sen. Michael Hastings / Rep. Bob Rita) was signed into law as Public Act 104-0475 on June 25, 2026. The legislation creates the Buy-Now-Pay-Later Loan Consumer Protection Act, which establishes a new regulatory scheme under the Department for BNPL companies operating in Illinois. 

Division of Professional Regulation:

House Bill 3460 (Rep. Michael Crawford / Sen. Mattie Hunter) was signed into law as Public Act 104-0478 on June 26, 2026. The legislation creates an apprenticeship pathway to licensure for professionals licensed under the Barber, Cosmetology, Esthetics, Hair Braiding, and Nail Technology Act. Apprentices may only provide licensed services under the supervision of a cosmetologist, barber, esthetician, or nail technician with an active license and for the scope of services for which the supervising licensed professional is licensed to practice. The bill makes several other related changes to the Act. 

House Bill 4154 (Rep. Natalie Manley / Sen. David Koehler) was signed into law as Public Act 104-0461 on June 1, 2026. The legislation eliminates the requirement for pharmacist applicants for licensure to pass the Multistate Pharmacy Jurisprudence Examination and requires instead the successful completion of a jurisprudence module established by the Illinois Pharmacists Association and continuing education on pharmacy law. 

House Bill 4793 (Rep. Rick Ryan / Sen. David Koehler) was signed into law as Public Act 104-0679 on July 31, 2026. The legislation authorizes pharmacists to use professional judgment to resolve limited, non-clinical prescription omissions when appropriate while not altering the diagnosis, drug selection, dose, or duration, and does not replace prescriber decision-making. 

House Bill 4826 (Rep. Kelly Cassidy / Sen. Ram Villivalam) was signed into law as Public Act 104-0777 on August 7, 2026. The legislation clarifies that continuing education credit cannot be earned if the course, program, seminar, instruction, webinar, or education activity promotes or provides guidance on the performance of prohibited practices. 

House Bill 5225 (Rep. Natalie Manley / Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel) was signed into law as Public Act 104-0561 on July 10, 2026. The legislation authorizes speech-language pathologists who have completed continuing education in age-appropriate autism diagnostic evaluation methods to, as part of the Illinois Early Intervention Program, diagnose autism spectrum disorders in children under 3 years of age with no known co-occurring medical conditions. The SLP must also refer the child to the appropriate medical personnel for further evaluations. 

House Bill 5435 (Rep. Theresa Mah / Sen. Karina Villa) was signed into law as Public Act 104-0702 on July 31, 2026. The legislation requires an applicant for a clinical social worker license to first obtain a social worker license. 

Senate Bill 712 (Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel / Rep. Natalie Manley) was signed into law as Public Act 104-0618 on July 24, 2026. The legislation exempts schools and non-profits from the business ownership requirements of Section 150 of the Behavior Analyst Licensing Act and allows licensed behavior analysts to co-own professional service corporations and professional limited liability companies with related professions. 

Senate Bill 2846 (Sen. Javier Cervantes / Rep. Bob Morgan) was signed into law as Public Act 104-0637 on July 24, 2026. The legislation updates outdated language within the Dental Practice Act regarding examining authorities and makes a clarifying change about the training requirements for expanded function dental assistants. 

Senate Bill 3325 (Sen. Adriane Johnson / Rep. Camille Lilly) was signed into law as Public Act 104-0755 on August 7, 2026. The legislation provides that courses covering the topics of perimenopause and menopause may count toward the requirement that a health care professional who has continuing education requirements complete at least a one-hour course in training on implicit bias awareness per renewal period. 

Senate Bill 3445 (Sen. Bill Cunningham / Rep. Bob Rita) was signed into law as Public Act 104-0728 on July 31, 2026. The legislation allows the delegation of certain tasks, such as the administration of heparin, in kidney dialysis centers if certain conditions, including proper training, education, and experience, are met. 

Senate Bill 3688 (Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel / Rep. Natalie Manley) was signed into law as Public Act 104-0825 on August 7, 2026. The legislation requires physicians, licensed professional nurses, registered nurses, and physician assistants to study perimenopause and menopause as part of their curriculum.

Other Spring 2025 Legislation Impacting IDFPR

Division of Banking:

House Bill 3467 (Rep. Dee Avelar / Sen. Robert Martwick) was signed into law as Public Act 104-0310 on August 15, 2025. The legislation makes changes to the membership of the State Banking Board of Illinois. This bill also amends the Savings Bank Act and the Illinois Credit Union Act and makes a series of changes regarding data processing, stakeholder remote meeting options for board meetings, and account usage by minors.

Senate Bill 1537 (Sen. Elgie Sims / Rep. Maurice West) was signed into law as Public Act 104-0383 on August 15, 2025. The legislation makes various changes to educational income share agreements to protect student borrowers.

Division of Financial Institutions:

Senate Bill 1301 (Sen. Mattie Hunter / Rep. Kimberly Du Buclet) was signed into law as Public Act 104-0092 on August 1, 2025. The legislation allows the State Treasurer to review the current and historical ratings that a financial institution has received under the Illinois Community Reinvestment Act when deciding to deposit funds into that financial institution. 

Senate Bill 1994 (Sen. Dave Koehler / Rep. Jay Hoffman) was signed into law as Public Act 104-0403 on August 15, 2025. The legislation allows credit unions to preemptively share information with elderly or disabled members who may be the subject of financial exploitations and changes the minimum number of annual meetings for board members with either a 1 or 2 rating in CAMELS to meet four times annually instead of six.

Division of Professional Regulation:

House Bill 1270 (Rep. Bill Hauter / Sen. Suzy Glowiak Hilton) was signed into law as Public Act 104-0170 on August 15, 2025. The legislation allows licensed health care professionals to place their active licenses into volunteer status without paying a fee. Licensees with this status will be allowed to only engage in the volunteer practice of their profession in free or public clinics. 

House Bill 1365 (Rep. Bob Morgan / Sen. Julie Morrison) was signed into law as Public Act 104-0178 on August 15, 2025. The legislation allows mental health profession applicants to practice their professions while awaiting licensure, if conditions are met. The bill also removes duplicative good moral character provisions, allows for inactive statuses for licenses, and requires the Department allow for reasonable exam accommodations for those whose primary language is not English.

House Bill 1806 (Rep. Bob Morgan / Sen. Ram Villivalam) was signed into law as Public Act 104-0054 on August 1, 2025. The legislation creates the Wellness and Oversight for Psychological Resources Act, which ensures only licensed human mental health professionals are providing therapy services in Illinois, not artificial intelligence.

House Bill 2459 (Rep. Natalie Manley / Sen. Suzy Glowiak Hilton) was signed into law as Public Act 104-0228 on August 15, 2025. The legislation adds two new pathways to licensure as a Certified Public Accountant in Illinois. The bill also establishes a method for out-of-state CPAs whose home state’s licensure requirements are not equivalent to Illinois’ requirements to petition for an equivalency determination to have Illinois accountancy privileges.

House Bill 2688 (Rep. Yolanda Morris / Sen. Lakeisha Collins) was signed into law as Public Act 104-0244 on August 15, 2025. The legislation authorizes certified nurse midwives to enter into written collaborative agreements with physicians to provide home birth services. The bill allows certified nurse midwives to provide out-of-hospital birth services in a licensed birth center without collaborative agreements and provide out-of-hospital birth services in all practice settings under written collaborative agreements with full practice authority APRNs within federal primary care health professional shortage areas and maternity care deserts.

House Bill 3435 (Rep. Natalie Manley / Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel) was signed into law as Public Act 104-0306 on August 15, 2025. The legislation provides that health and mental health professionals licensed in another state operating under the auspices of the American Red Cross may practice in Illinois to the extent authorized by the Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act regardless of whether an emergency declaration is in effect.

House Bill 3709 (Rep. Anna Moeller / Sen. Celina Villanueva) was signed into law as Public Act 104-0433) on August 22, 2025. The legislation requires public higher education institutions with student health services to provide students with access to health care providers who can prescribe contraception and medication abortion. The bill requires any student health services pharmacies to dispense contraception and medication abortion to students who wish to fill their prescriptions at the university pharmacy.

Senate Bill 1325 (Sen. Julie Morrison / Rep. Theresa Mah) was signed into law as Public Act 104-0094 on August 1, 2025. The legislation adds two members to the Board of Dentistry: one who must hold a permit to administer moderate sedation and one who must hold a permit to administer deep sedation and general anesthesia. 

Senate Bill 1463 (Sen. Julie Morrison / Rep. Theresa Mah) was signed into law as Public Act 104-0103 on August 1, 2025. The legislation provides that applicants for licensure as a general dentist or dental hygienist who meets all qualifications for licensure may practice their profession while awaiting the issuance of their license and makes other changes to the Act.

Senate Bill 2154 (Sen. Cristina Castro / Rep. Margaret Croke) was signed into law as Public Act 104-0134 on August 1, 2025. The legislation provides that the scopes of practice of cosmetologists and estheticians include the use of hydrodermabrasion, microdermabrasion, and dermaplaning on the stratum corneum of the epidermis. The bill also prohibits these licensees to intentionally impact the living layers of the skin.

Division of Real Estate:

Senate Bill 1383 (Sen. Sara Feigenholtz / Rep. Dan Didech) was signed into law as Public Act 104-0377 on August 15, 2025. The legislation extends the Condominium and Common Interest Community  Ombudsperson Act until January 1, 2029, and makes conforming changes.

Senate Bill 2001 (Sen. Linda Holmes / Rep. Katie Stuart) was signed into law as Public Act 104-0130 on August 1, 2025. The legislation requires auctioneers to verify and certify if anything they are auctioning has been stolen or acquired illegally. 

Senate Bill 2351 (Sen. Mike Halpin / Rep. Dan Swanson) was signed into law as Public Act 104-0145 on August 1, 2025. The legislation makes clarifying changes to the definitions of estate sale, estate sale service, and online auction, to account for modernizations in the industry. 

IDFPR Spring 2024 Legislative Initiatives

House Bill 779 (Rep. Nick Smith / Sen. Elgie Sims, Jr.) was signed into law as Public Act 103-0585 on March 22, 2024. The legislation modernizes the Pawnbroker Regulation Act with increased consumer protections and transparency, updating licensing regulations, and improving engagement between industry and law enforcement.

House Bill 4426 (Rep. Lisa Hernandez / Sen. Mike Porfirio) was signed into law as Public Act 103-0816 on August 9, 2024. The legislation extends the sunset date of the Illinois Certified Shorthand Reporters Act from January 1, 2025 until January 1, 2030 and makes other updates to the Act.

House Bill 5353 (Rep. Bob Morgan / Sen. Sara Feigenholtz) was signed into law as Public Act 103-0708 on July 19, 2024. The legislation includes changes that brings the State into compliance with the federal Service-members Civil Relief Act to enable license portability for military service-members and their spouses. 

Senate Bill 2660 (Sen. Javier Cervantes / Rep. Bob Morgan) was signed into law as Public Act 103-0757 on August 2, 2024. The legislation brings parity between massage therapists and health care workers regarding the requirement for chaperones for licensees charged with certain sexual offenses.  

Senate Bill 2731 (Sen. Suzy Glowiak Hilton / Rep. Bob Morgan) was signed into law as Public Act 103-0763 on August 2, 2024. The legislation extends the sunset date of the Genetic Counselor Licensing Act from January 1, 2025 until January 1, 2030 and makes other updates to the Act.

Senate Bill 3412 (Sen. Laura Ellman / Rep. Margaret Croke) was signed into law as Public Act 103-0991 on August 9, 2024. The legislation updates the Transmitters of Money Act based on the Uniform Money Transmission Modernization Act (“UMTMA”) model developed by the Conference of State Bank Supervisors, payment industry, and regulators.

Senate Bill 3550 (Sen. Sara Feigenholtz / Rep. Margaret Croke) was signed into law as Public Act 103-1014 on August 9, 2024. The legislation updates the Financial Institutions Code to remove antiquated language and provisions and otherwise align with other IDFPR statutes.

Senate Bill 3551 (Sen. Sara Feigenholtz / Rep. Margaret Croke) was signed into law as Public Act 103-1015 on August 9, 2024. This initiative gives IDFPR the ability to regulate shared appreciation mortgage products, otherwise known as shared appreciation agreements.

Senate Bill 3740 (Sen. Javier Cervantes / Rep. Jennifer Ladisch Douglass) was signed into law as Public Act 103-1039 on August 9, 2024. The legislation modernizes the Real Estate Licensing Act in accordance with current industry and agency practices. 

Other Spring 2024 Legislation Impacting the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation

Division of Financial Institutions:

Senate Bill 3235 (Sen. Chris Belt / Rep. Sonya Harper) was signed into law as Public Act 103-0959 on August 9, 2024. The legislation requires the Commission on Equity and Inclusion (“CEI”) to pursue a disparity study to identify and delineate geographies in Illinois exhibiting significant disparities by protected classes as identified by the Human Rights Act with respect to access to financial products or services and lending and investments by covered financial institutions.

Senate Bill 3314 (Sen. Bill Cunningham / Rep. Curtis Tarver) was signed into law as Public Act 103-0974 on August 9, 2024. The legislation directs the Department to publish rules regarding refinancing.

Senate Bill 3687 (Sen. Dave Koehler / Rep. Jay Hoffman) was signed into law as Public Act 103-1034 on August 9, 2024. The legislation makes various updates to the Illinois Credit Union Act, including addressing language ambiguity, tax exemptions for charitable accounts, and allowing for state-chartered credit unions to accept deposits from out-of-state government bodies.

Division of Professional Regulation:

House Bill 4570 (Rep. Dave Severin / Sen. Terri Bryant) was signed into law as Public Act 103-0676 on July 19, 2024. The legislation permits teachers already licensed as a barber teacher, cosmetology teacher, esthetics teacher, or nail technology teacher for at least 3 years under the Barber, Cosmetology, Esthetics, Hair Braiding, and Nail Technology Act use their previously earned education credits to fulfill the same requirements to be a teacher in the other professions under this Act.

House Bill 5047 (Rep. Terra Costa Howard / Sen. Suzy Glowiak Hilton) was signed into law as Public Act 103-0686 on July 19, 2024. The legislation extends the time a license-pending nurse can practice while awaiting determination from the Department on licensure from three months to six months and adds full practice authority APRNs to those nursing licensure applicants who may practice while their licenses are pending.

House Bill 5135 (Rep. Robyn Gabel / Sen. Bill Cunningham) was signed into law as Public Act 103-0851 on August 9, 2024. The legislation requires applicants and licensees under the Barber, Cosmetology, Esthetics, Hair Braiding, and Nail Technology Act to take a one-time, one-hour course on identifying abnormal skin growth and provides a safe harbor for licensees who make referrals outside their scope of practice.

House Bill 5457 (Rep. Barbara Hernandez / Sen. Karina Villa) was signed into law as Public Act 103-0715 on July 19, 2024. The legislation requires examination accommodations for applicants under the Clinical Social Work and Social Work Practice Act, Marriage and Family Therapy Licensing Act, and Professional Counselor and Clinical Professional Counselor Licensing and Practice Act who primarily speak a language other than English and prohibits Department disciplinary action against a licensee solely for immigration violations.

Senate Bill 2586 (Sen. Bill Cunningham / Rep. Anna Moeller) was signed into law as Public Act 103-0902 on August 9, 2024. The legislation provides that a dentist may treat a patient of record to provide emergent care or conduct an initial consultation using teledentistry for the purpose of treating or assessing for acute pain, infection, injury, or any intraoral or perioral condition that presents immediate harm or discomfort to the patient for which treatment cannot be postponed. It also provides that a provider of dental services rendering emergent care or conducting an initial consultation through teledentistry must direct the patient to receive appropriate in-person care after the provision of teledentistry services.

Senate Bill 2643 (Sen. Doris Turner / Rep. Mary Gill) was signed into law as Public Act 103-0907 on August 9, 2024. The legislation adds identification and chain of custody regulations for the handling and storing of human remains by funeral establishments and crematory authorities, who shall maintain a chain of custody records that are uniquely identified to the deceased. When the Department receives a complaint under the Act, the agency would be required to inspect the premises.

Senate Bill 2819 (Sen. Omar Aquino / Rep. Barbara Hernandez) was signed into law as Public Act 103-0627 on July 1, 2024. The legislation removes the five-year cap an applicant has to successfully complete all examinations required by rule of the Department.

Senate Bill 2822 (Sen. Julie Morrison / Rep. Therea Mah) was signed into law as Public Act 103-0628 on July 1, 2024. The legislation requires licensees under the Dental Practice Act seeking a permit to issue moderate sedation to have experience administering sedation to 20 patients under the supervision of an instructor.

Senate Bill 3268 (Sen. Don Harmon / Rep. Robyn Gabel) was signed into law as Public Act 103-0593 on June 7, 2024. The legislation included a provision allowing pharmacists to administer tests and treatments for several health conditions.

Senate Bill 3767 (Sen. Suzy Glowiak Hilton / Rep. Dagmara Avelar) was signed into law as Public Act 103-1044 on August 9, 2024. The legislation permits applicants with experience gained in foreign countries to apply for licensure by endorsement under the design profession practice acts (Landscape Architecture Registration Act, Architecture Practice Act, Registered Interior Designers Act, Professional Engineering Practice Act, Professional Land Surveyor Act, and Structural Engineering Practice Act).

Division of Real Estate:

House Bill 5502 (Rep. Daniel Didech / Sen. Ram Villivalam) was signed into law as Public Act 103-0719 on July 19, 2024. The legislation provides that in a sale of a condominium unit by a unit owner, no condominium association may exercise any right of refusal, option to purchase, or right to disapprove the sale: (i) on the basis that the purchaser's financing is guaranteed by the Federal Housing Administration; or (ii) for a discriminatory or otherwise unlawful purpose.

Senate Bill 2740 (Sen. Dan McConchie / Rep. Kelly Cassidy) was signed into law as Public Act 103-0916 on August 9, 2024. The legislation provides that the board of managers of a condominium shall adopt a policy to reasonably accommodate a unit owner who is a person with a disability who requires an accessible parking space to ensure that person has access to the building.