---
type: "Bill"
title: "PHARMACY-REMOTE PROCESSING"
description: "Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act. Provides that a student pharmacist or licensed pharmacy technician engaged in remote prescription processing of dialysate or devices necessary to perform home peritoneal renal dialysis at a licensed pharmacy shall be permitted to access an employer pharmacy's database from his or her home or other remote location while under the supervision of a pharmacist for the purpose of performing certain prescription processing functions, provided that the pharmacy establishes controls to protect the privacy and security of confidential records. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "102nd"
identifier: "SB 194"
citation: "Illinois SB 194 (102nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Morgan", "Julie A. Morrison"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-09"
last_action: "2021-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5b72fad9-cd82-490e-8662-98ba9a73708c"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=194&GAID=16&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=129398&SessionID=110&GA=102"
source_hash: "3a2ce3d53c196d63d9769eef027d1689653dd573fbc6fe7f400f06c22f4663b2"
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 SB 194 (102nd) — PHARMACY-REMOTE PROCESSING

Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act. Provides that a student pharmacist or licensed pharmacy technician engaged in remote prescription processing of dialysate or devices necessary to perform home peritoneal renal dialysis at a licensed pharmacy shall be permitted to access an employer pharmacy's database from his or her home or other remote location while under the supervision of a pharmacist for the purpose of performing certain prescription processing functions, provided that the pharmacy establishes controls to protect the privacy and security of confidential records. Effective immediately.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB0194.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB0194eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB0194enr.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Bob Morgan — primary (person)
- Julie A. Morrison — primary (person)
- Christopher Belt — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Caulkins — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-09** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Julie A. Morrison `filing`
- **2021-02-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-09** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-17** Assigned to Licensed Activities `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Do Pass Licensed Activities; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 23, 2021
- **2021-04-13** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-04-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** April 14, 2021
- **2021-04-14** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Christopher Belt
- **2021-04-21** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-22** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2021-04-22** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Bob Morgan
- **2021-04-23** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-23** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-28** Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-05** Do Pass / Consent Calendar Health Care Licenses Committee; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-05** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Consent Calendar
- **2021-05-12** Second Reading - Consent Calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-05-12** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Consent Calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-05-13** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Caulkins
- **2021-05-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Consent Calendar
- **2021-05-14** Third Reading - Consent Calendar - First Day `reading-3`
- **2021-05-21** Third Reading - Consent Calendar - Passed 111-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-21** Passed Both Houses
- **2021-06-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-09** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-09** Effective Date July 9, 2021
- **2021-07-09** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0084 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5b72fad9-cd82-490e-8662-98ba9a73708c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).