---
type: "Bill"
title: "PHARMACY PRACTICE-INJECTIONS"
description: "Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act. In the definition of \"practice of pharmacy\": includes in the practice of pharmacy the administration of long-acting injectables for mental health or substance use disorders (rather than injections of long-term antipsychotic medications); and removes language providing that the definition includes administration of injections of long-acting or extended-release form opioid antagonists for the treatment of a substance use disorder following the initial administration of long-acting or extended-release form opioid antagonists by a physician licensed to practice medicine in all its branches."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "HB 5530"
citation: "Illinois HB 5530 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maurice A. West, II", "Ram Villivalam"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-09"
last_action: "2024-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb24597e-f39c-47db-9949-726c8614b69f"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=5530&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=153883&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "e4c6c347df8902fc75bc052ffd77cac22f8f5f7942287c8ba02338a37511d1f0"
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 5530 (103rd) — PHARMACY PRACTICE-INJECTIONS

Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act. In the definition of "practice of pharmacy": includes in the practice of pharmacy the administration of long-acting injectables for mental health or substance use disorders (rather than injections of long-term antipsychotic medications); and removes language providing that the definition includes administration of injections of long-acting or extended-release form opioid antagonists for the treatment of a substance use disorder following the initial administration of long-acting or extended-release form opioid antagonists by a physician licensed to practice medicine in all its branches.

## 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/10300HB5530.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB5530eng.pdf)
3. **House Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB5530ham001.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB5530enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Health Care Licenses — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **109–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **59–0** (pass) · lower
- Licensed Activities — **8–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Maurice A. West, II — primary (person)
- Ram Villivalam — primary (person)
- Dagmara Avelar — cosponsor (person)
- Lakesia Collins — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-09** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Maurice A. West, II `filing`
- **2024-02-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-02-09** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2024-02-28** Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-20** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Maurice A. West, II `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-03-20** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
- **2024-03-21** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Health Care Licenses Committee
- **2024-04-03** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Health Care Licenses Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-03** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee; 011-000-000
- **2024-04-03** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-04-03** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dagmara Avelar
- **2024-04-11** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-04-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2024-04-17** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 109-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-18** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-04-18** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-04-18** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Ram Villivalam
- **2024-04-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-04-18** Referred to Assignments
- **2024-04-24** Assigned to Licensed Activities `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-30** Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 10, 2024
- **2024-05-01** Do Pass Licensed Activities; 008-000-000
- **2024-05-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 7, 2024 `reading-2`
- **2024-05-08** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-05-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 8, 2024
- **2024-05-16** Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-16** Passed Both Houses
- **2024-05-17** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Lakesia Collins
- **2024-06-13** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-07-01** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2024-07-01** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0612 `became-law`
- **2024-07-01** Effective Date January 1, 2025

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cb24597e-f39c-47db-9949-726c8614b69f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).