Illinois Senate Bill 251

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Introduced on January 22 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-29 - Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Javier L. Cervantes
Pending: Senate Assignments Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Creates the Operating Room Patient Safety Act. Provides that each surgical technologist hired or contracted by a health care facility on or after January 1, 2027 shall meet specified educational, certification, or experiential requirements. Provides that nothing in the Act prohibits an individual from performing surgical technology services if the individual is acting within the scope of the individual's license or registration or is a student or intern under the direct supervision of a licensed health care provider.

OPERATING ROOM SAFETY ACT

Sen. Cristina Castro [D]	Sen. David Koehler [D]	Sen. Adriane Johnson [D]	Sen. Mary Edly-Allen [D]
Sen. Javier Cervantes [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-29	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Javier L. Cervantes
2025-01-29	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen
2025-01-28	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Adriane Johnson
2025-01-28	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. David Koehler
2025-01-22	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2025-01-22	Senate	First Reading
2025-01-22	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Cristina Castro

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=251&GAID=18&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=114&GA=104
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/104/SB/10400SB0251.htm