---
type: "Bill"
title: "NURSES-PRESCRIBE AUTHORITY"
description: "Amends the Nurse Practice Act. Removes a provision providing that the scope of practice of an advanced practice registered nurse with full practice authority includes prescribing benzodiazepines or Schedule II narcotic drugs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "SB 199"
citation: "Illinois SB 199 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ann M. Williams", "Sara Feigenholtz"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-31"
last_action: "2023-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b74e1fcc-fe56-4ebd-a691-284a32a8d184"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=199&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=143700&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "b6eaf590ff4e4065c701e232b67bc298ada3f646460f7030c178c21c44f9f661"
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 199 (103rd) — NURSES-PRESCRIBE AUTHORITY

Amends the Nurse Practice Act. Removes a provision providing that the scope of practice of an advanced practice registered nurse with full practice authority includes prescribing benzodiazepines or Schedule II narcotic drugs.

## 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/10300SB0199.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB0199eng.pdf)
3. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB0199sam001.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB0199enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Licensed Activities, Amendment 1 — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **103–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · lower
- Licensed Activities — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Health Care Licenses — **12–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ann M. Williams — primary (person)
- Sara Feigenholtz — primary (person)
- Bill Cunningham — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-31** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Sara Feigenholtz `filing`
- **2023-01-31** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-31** Referred to Assignments
- **2023-02-07** Assigned to Licensed Activities `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23** Postponed - Licensed Activities
- **2023-03-07** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Bill Cunningham
- **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`
- **2023-03-22** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Sara Feigenholtz `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-03-22** 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; Feigenholtz `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-30** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2023-03-30** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-31** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2023-03-31** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Ann M. Williams
- **2023-04-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-04-11** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2023-04-11** Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** Do Pass / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee; 012-000-000
- **2023-04-19** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-04-27** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-04-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2023-05-04** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 103-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-04** Passed Both Houses
- **2023-06-02** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-09** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-09** Effective Date January 1, 2024
- **2023-06-09** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0060 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b74e1fcc-fe56-4ebd-a691-284a32a8d184`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).