Committee Update Summer 2018

There was a lot of great movement this Summer. Dozens of ILABA members signed up to become Licensure Advocates and participated in advocacy trainings, hosted by the Legislative Committee. Committee members and ILABA advocates spent the summer meeting with their...

Committee Update Spring 2018

House Bill 5580 was introduced and sponsored by Rep. Dan Brady. Rep. Deb Conroy joined as co-sponsor after it was initially introduced to the Healthcare Licenses Committee. Despite the compelling testimony of ILABA members and hundreds of witness slips that behavior...

Committee Update Fall 2017

October of 2017, ILABA engaged Philippe Largent of Largent Government Solutions, LLC as the lobbyist to help pursue licensure. The Legislative Committee eagerly began working with Mr. Largent in this capacity, based on the limited progress made to date and the...

Committee Update Spring 2017

During the Spring of 2017 legislative session, Rep. Dan Brady filed House Bill 1970 (link does not need to be included) as Chief Sponsor. After being referred to the Healthcare Licenses Committee, Reps. Keith Wheeler, Stephanie Kifowit, and Grant Wehrli joined as...

Committee Update Winter 2017

During 2014, ILABA began drafting a proposed licensure bill. ILABA engaged with states that had already passed licensure and continued to refine the proposed licensing act based on the feedback from other States that had started or completed this process.In February...