---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONTROLLED SUB-EMS PERSONNEL"
description: "Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Provides that emergency medical services personnel may administer Schedule II, III, IV, or V controlled substances to a person in the scope of their employment without a written, electronic, or oral prescription of a prescriber. Defines emergency medical services personnel. Includes \"emergency medical services personnel\" in the definition of \"practitioner\" under the Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "100th"
identifier: "HB 3910"
citation: "Illinois HB 3910 (100th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 42
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-10"
last_action: "2017-08-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/81f03cb1-e241-40dc-9f7d-f22923a7de8d"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3910&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=105897&SessionID=91&GA=100"
source_hash: "ab8827eacaca7ea09d9e317f8ec06fd42552f4d0e124ce5f9761180639c6ae7f"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
---

# Illinois HB 3910 (100th) — CONTROLLED SUB-EMS PERSONNEL

Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Provides that emergency medical services personnel may administer Schedule II, III, IV, or V controlled substances to a person in the scope of their employment without a written, electronic, or oral prescription of a prescriber. Defines emergency medical services personnel. Includes "emergency medical services personnel" in the definition of "practitioner" under the Act.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB3910&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=105897&DocNum=3910&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB3910eng&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=105897&DocNum=3910&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB3910enr&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=105897&DocNum=3910&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kathleen Willis — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-10** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Kathleen Willis `filing`
- **2017-02-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-10** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-01** Assigned to Police & First Responders Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-08** Do Pass / Short Debate Police & First Responders Committee; 015-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-08** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2017-03-09** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2017-03-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2017-03-09** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry Costello, II
- **2017-03-09** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John M. Cabello
- **2017-03-09** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Silvana Tabares
- **2017-03-09** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Christine Winger
- **2017-03-09** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit
- **2017-03-09** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Frances Ann Hurley
- **2017-03-09** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Deb Conroy
- **2017-03-09** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sam Yingling
- **2017-03-09** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.
- **2017-03-09** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch
- **2017-03-09** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Wojcicki Jimenez
- **2017-03-09** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. David B. Reis
- **2017-03-14** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman
- **2017-03-15** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-16** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2017-03-16** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 17, 2017 `reading-1`
- **2017-03-16** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart
- **2017-04-26** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
- **2017-04-27** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-27** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-02** Assigned to Criminal Law `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-09** Do Pass Criminal Law; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 10, 2017
- **2017-05-12** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro
- **2017-05-19** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-05-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 22, 2017
- **2017-05-26** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2017 `reading-3`
- **2017-05-30** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Neil Anderson
- **2017-05-31** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-05-31** Passed Both Houses
- **2017-06-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-08-22** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2017-08-22** Effective Date January 1, 2018
- **2017-08-22** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0280 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/81f03cb1-e241-40dc-9f7d-f22923a7de8d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).