---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONTROL SUB-OPIOIDS-COMPLIANCE"
description: "Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Provides that a pharmacist may not refuse to fill a valid prescription solely because it is not prescribed electronically. Provides that a compliance action with respect to this provision initiated by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation prior to December 31, 2030 is limited to a non-disciplinary warning letter or citation, unless the prescriber fails to abide by the initial non-disciplinary warning letter or citation, has acted in bad faith, or a pattern of practice in violation of this Section occurs. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "HB 4874"
citation: "Illinois HB 4874 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dagmara Avelar", "Suzy Glowiak Hilton"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 41
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-06"
last_action: "2024-08-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ad4670c-0a1e-458f-9d53-f026b0ce0ec9"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=4874&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=152730&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "2f35dc24039d5c3276f6ebb57a29587ef82e74380d1dbc0385c563e9cbf251ff"
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 4874 (103rd) — CONTROL SUB-OPIOIDS-COMPLIANCE

Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Provides that a pharmacist may not refuse to fill a valid prescription solely because it is not prescribed electronically. Provides that a compliance action with respect to this provision initiated by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation prior to December 31, 2030 is limited to a non-disciplinary warning letter or citation, unless the prescriber fails to abide by the initial non-disciplinary warning letter or citation, has acted in bad faith, or a pattern of practice in violation of this Section occurs. Effective immediately.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB4874.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB4874eng.pdf)
3. **House Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB4874ham001.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB4874enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Public Health — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · lower
- Licensed Activities — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dagmara Avelar — primary (person)
- Suzy Glowiak Hilton — primary (person)
- Anne Stava-Murray — cosponsor (person)
- Camille Y. Lilly — cosponsor (person)
- Chris Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Eva-Dina Delgado — cosponsor (person)
- Linda Holmes — cosponsor (person)
- Sally J. Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Steve McClure — cosponsor (person)
- William E Hauter — cosponsor (person)
- Yolonda Morris — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-06** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Dagmara Avelar `filing`
- **2024-02-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-02-07** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2024-02-28** Assigned to Public Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. William E Hauter
- **2024-03-01** Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. William E Hauter
- **2024-03-07** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Dagmara Avelar `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-03-07** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
- **2024-03-20** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Public Health Committee
- **2024-04-04** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Public Health Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-04** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Public Health Committee; 009-000-000
- **2024-04-04** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-04-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Chris Miller
- **2024-04-11** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Eva-Dina Delgado
- **2024-04-11** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-04-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2024-04-15** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William E Hauter
- **2024-04-16** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
- **2024-04-16** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Yolonda Morris
- **2024-04-16** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anne Stava-Murray
- **2024-04-18** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-19** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-04-19** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-04-19** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Suzy Glowiak Hilton
- **2024-04-19** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-04-19** Referred to Assignments
- **2024-04-30** Assigned to Licensed Activities `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-30** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Steve McClure
- **2024-04-30** Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 10, 2024
- **2024-05-08** Do Pass Licensed Activities; 007-000-000
- **2024-05-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 14, 2024 `reading-2`
- **2024-05-14** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-05-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2024-05-15** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
- **2024-05-15** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-15** Passed Both Houses
- **2024-05-15** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Sally J. Turner
- **2024-06-13** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-08-02** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2024-08-02** Effective Date August 2, 2024
- **2024-08-02** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0732 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4ad4670c-0a1e-458f-9d53-f026b0ce0ec9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).