---
type: "Bill"
title: "PHARM-DISPENSE PRESCRIPTION"
description: "Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act. Provides that when a pharmacist is not present in the pharmacy, a registered pharmacy technician, a registered certified pharmacy technician, a student pharmacist, and other supportive staff shall dispense prescriptions that have received final verification by a pharmacist."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "SB 1889"
citation: "Illinois SB 1889 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chapin Rose", "Norine K. Hammond"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-09"
last_action: "2023-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/914ceb5a-0350-4f56-84b6-2720ddcd9ef9"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=1889&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=146733&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "3268ad83b509f945413982cb1f3d7594cd03fe4fcd9637c9d7fe83ab4191e3ad"
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 1889 (103rd) — PHARM-DISPENSE PRESCRIPTION

Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act. Provides that when a pharmacist is not present in the pharmacy, a registered pharmacy technician, a registered certified pharmacy technician, a student pharmacist, and other supportive staff shall dispense prescriptions that have received final verification by a pharmacist.

## 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/SB/PDF/10300SB1889.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB1889eng.pdf)
3. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB1889sam001.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB1889enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Licensed Activities — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Health Care Licenses — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Licensed Activities, Amendment 1 — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chapin Rose — primary (person)
- Norine K. Hammond — primary (person)
- Harry Benton — cosponsor (person)
- Matt Hanson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-09** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Chapin Rose `filing`
- **2023-02-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-09** Referred to Assignments
- **2023-02-21** Assigned to Licensed Activities `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Do Pass Licensed Activities; 009-000-000
- **2023-03-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 10, 2023 `reading-2`
- **2023-03-23** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Chapin Rose `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-03-23** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
- **2023-03-28** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Licensed Activities
- **2023-03-29** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-29** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 30, 2023
- **2023-03-30** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Licensed Activities; 009-000-000
- **2023-03-30** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-30** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Rose `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-30** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2023-03-30** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-31** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2023-03-31** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Norine K. Hammond
- **2023-04-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-04-11** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2023-04-18** Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26** Do Pass / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee; 012-000-000
- **2023-04-26** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-05-02** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-05-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2023-05-08** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Matt Hanson
- **2023-05-09** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry Benton
- **2023-05-09** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-09** Passed Both Houses
- **2023-06-07** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-30** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-30** Effective Date January 1, 2024
- **2023-06-30** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0240 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/914ceb5a-0350-4f56-84b6-2720ddcd9ef9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).