---
type: "Bill"
title: "PHARM-ED AND TRAINING PROGRAM"
description: "Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act. Includes programs recognized by the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board as a standard nationally accredited education and training program under which a new pharmacy technician may be educated and trained. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "SB 303"
citation: "Illinois SB 303 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Morgan", "Julie A. Morrison"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-02"
last_action: "2023-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9cd6791a-ea2d-475a-bff2-06ed9552b997"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=303&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=144008&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "71a08e15cf1408ffd196bd983eb60daa085226b9e3b22aa0835f45641d96a7f0"
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 303 (103rd) — PHARM-ED AND TRAINING PROGRAM

Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act. Includes programs recognized by the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board as a standard nationally accredited education and training program under which a new pharmacy technician may be educated and trained. 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/SB/PDF/10300SB0303.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB0303eng.pdf)
3. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB0303sam001.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB0303enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Licensed Activities — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **104–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · lower
- Health Care Licenses — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Licensed Activities, Amendment 1 — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bob Morgan — primary (person)
- Julie A. Morrison — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-02** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Julie A. Morrison `filing`
- **2023-02-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-02** Referred to Assignments
- **2023-02-07** Assigned to Licensed Activities `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23** Do Pass Licensed Activities; 006-000-000
- **2023-02-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 7, 2023 `reading-2`
- **2023-03-22** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Julie A. Morrison `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; Morrison `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-30** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2023-03-30** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-31** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2023-03-31** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Bob Morgan
- **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
- **2023-05-08** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 104-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-08** Passed Both Houses
- **2023-06-06** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-09** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-09** Effective Date June 9, 2023
- **2023-06-09** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0068 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9cd6791a-ea2d-475a-bff2-06ed9552b997`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).