---
type: "Bill"
title: "FOOD LABELING-SESAME"
description: "Amends the Illinois Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. Provides that a food is misbranded if it contains sesame, unless it bears labeling stating that fact. Provides that the Director of Public Health may adopt rules to establish exemptions. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "101st"
identifier: "HB 2123"
citation: "Illinois HB 2123 (101st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-06"
last_action: "2019-07-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bfa90d8d-8c2c-4589-a84b-30cd45798408"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2123&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=117799&SessionID=108&GA=101"
source_hash: "ab0ef4cb7d3edf2f5149839217e8e2bfcfca46a910bfb0a1d14421cc3a173799"
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 2123 (101st) — FOOD LABELING-SESAME

Amends the Illinois Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. Provides that a food is misbranded if it contains sesame, unless it bears labeling stating that fact. Provides that the Director of Public Health may adopt rules to establish exemptions. Effective immediately.

## 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=10100HB2123&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=117799&DocNum=2123&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB2123eng&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=117799&DocNum=2123&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB2123enr&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=117799&DocNum=2123&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Emil Jones, III — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Carroll — primary (person)
- Joyce Mason — cosponsor (person)
- Terra Costa Howard — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-06** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jonathan Carroll `filing`
- **2019-02-06** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Terra Costa Howard
- **2019-02-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-06** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-19** Assigned to Consumer Protection Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** Re-assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Do Pass / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-21** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-03-22** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jonathan Carroll `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-22** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Health Care Licenses Committee
- **2019-03-29** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Health Care Licenses Committee; 015-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-02** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2019-04-02** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-04-02** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason
- **2019-04-03** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-04-03** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-03** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-03** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Robert Peters
- **2019-04-03** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-03** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III
- **2019-04-08** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Emil Jones, III
- **2019-04-24** Assigned to Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-02** Do Pass Agriculture; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 7, 2019
- **2019-05-16** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 17, 2019
- **2019-05-21** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-05-21** Passed Both Houses
- **2019-06-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-26** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-26** Effective Date July 26, 2019
- **2019-07-26** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0129 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bfa90d8d-8c2c-4589-a84b-30cd45798408`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).