---
type: "Bill"
title: "INS CD-INHALER COVERAGE"
description: "Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that a health plan shall limit the total amount that a covered person is required to pay for a covered prescription inhaler at an amount not to exceed $25 per 30-day supply and shall limit the total amount that a covered person is required to pay for all covered prescription inhalers at an amount not to exceed $50 in total per 30 days. Provides that coverage for prescription inhalers shall not be subject to any deductible. Provides that nothing in the provisions prevents a health plan from reducing a covered person's cost sharing to an amount less than the cap. Authorizes rulemaking and enforcement by the Department of Insurance. Effective January 1, 2025."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "SB 3203"
citation: "Illinois SB 3203 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Laura Faver Dias", "Mattie Hunter"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 89
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-02-06"
last_action: "2024-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5338ee95-db3b-421d-9794-b7bccbed593e"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=3203&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=152483&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "dcaba8b0c7515838a4dd5f1e7a70cf884379aaf39e993a2b13ede4ef39510576"
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 3203 (103rd) — INS CD-INHALER COVERAGE

Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that a health plan shall limit the total amount that a covered person is required to pay for a covered prescription inhaler at an amount not to exceed $25 per 30-day supply and shall limit the total amount that a covered person is required to pay for all covered prescription inhalers at an amount not to exceed $50 in total per 30 days. Provides that coverage for prescription inhalers shall not be subject to any deductible. Provides that nothing in the provisions prevents a health plan from reducing a covered person's cost sharing to an amount less than the cap. Authorizes rulemaking and enforcement by the Department of Insurance. Effective January 1, 2025.

## 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/10300SB3203.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB3203eng.pdf)
3. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB3203sam001.pdf)
4. **Senate Amendment 002** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB3203sam002.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB3203enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Insurance — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Insurance — **7–3** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **53–2** (pass) · lower
- Insurance — **10–5** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **87–21** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Laura Faver Dias — primary (person)
- Mattie Hunter — primary (person)
- Abdelnasser Rashid — cosponsor (person)
- Adriane Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Camille Y. Lilly — cosponsor (person)
- Celina Villanueva — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher Belt — cosponsor (person)
- Cristina Castro — cosponsor (person)
- David Koehler — cosponsor (person)
- Debbie Meyers-Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Diane Blair-Sherlock — cosponsor (person)
- Elgie R. Sims, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Emanuel "Chris" Welch — cosponsor (person)
- Emil Jones, III — cosponsor (person)
- Eva-Dina Delgado — cosponsor (person)
- Harry Benton — cosponsor (person)
- Janet Yang Rohr — cosponsor (person)
- Javier L. Cervantes — cosponsor (person)
- Jenn Ladisch Douglass — cosponsor (person)
- Joyce Mason — cosponsor (person)
- Julie A. Morrison — cosponsor (person)
- Katie Stuart — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin John Olickal — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly A. Lightford — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly Du Buclet — cosponsor (person)
- La Shawn K. Ford — cosponsor (person)
- Lakesia Collins — cosponsor (person)
- Laura Fine — cosponsor (person)
- Lilian Jiménez — cosponsor (person)
- Linda Holmes — cosponsor (person)
- Lindsey LaPointe — cosponsor (person)
- Margaret Croke — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Beth Canty — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Edly-Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Matt Hanson — cosponsor (person)
- Maura Hirschauer — cosponsor (person)
- Maurice A. West, II — cosponsor (person)
- Michael E. Hastings — cosponsor (person)
- Michael W. Halpin — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Porfirio — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Nabeela Syed — cosponsor (person)
- Norma Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel Ventura — cosponsor (person)
- Rita Mayfield — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Peters — cosponsor (person)
- Sally J. Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Feigenholtz — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon Chung — cosponsor (person)
- Sue Rezin — cosponsor (person)
- Suzanne M. Ness — cosponsor (person)
- Terra Costa Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Terri Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- Theresa Mah — cosponsor (person)
- Will Guzzardi — cosponsor (person)
- Willie Preston — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-06** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mattie Hunter `filing`
- **2024-02-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-02-06** Referred to Assignments
- **2024-02-14** Assigned to Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-21** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Javier L. Cervantes
- **2024-02-22** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro
- **2024-02-26** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Willie Preston
- **2024-02-28** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura Fine
- **2024-03-04** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mattie Hunter `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-03-04** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
- **2024-03-05** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Insurance
- **2024-03-05** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Christopher Belt
- **2024-03-06** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-06** Do Pass as Amended Insurance; 007-003-000
- **2024-03-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 7, 2024 `reading-2`
- **2024-03-06** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison
- **2024-03-06** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III
- **2024-03-07** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachel Ventura
- **2024-03-08** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Porfirio
- **2024-03-13** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael E. Hastings
- **2024-03-14** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 20, 2024
- **2024-03-14** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
- **2024-03-14** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Sally J. Turner
- **2024-03-14** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert Peters
- **2024-03-14** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Sara Feigenholtz
- **2024-03-19** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Celina Villanueva
- **2024-03-22** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Sue Rezin
- **2024-03-22** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Terri Bryant
- **2024-03-22** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. David Koehler
- **2024-04-03** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Lakesia Collins
- **2024-04-04** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael W. Halpin
- **2024-04-04** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mattie Hunter `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-04-04** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments
- **2024-04-09** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Be Approved for Consideration Assignments
- **2024-04-11** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-04-11** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2024-04-11** Third Reading - Passed; 053-002-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-11** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen
- **2024-04-11** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Adriane Johnson
- **2024-04-11** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
- **2024-04-11** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Simmons
- **2024-04-11** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2024-04-12** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
- **2024-04-12** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Laura Faver Dias
- **2024-04-12** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-04-12** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2024-04-17** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Theresa Mah
- **2024-04-18** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kimberly Du Buclet
- **2024-04-24** Assigned to Insurance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-24** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Janet Yang Rohr
- **2024-04-24** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
- **2024-04-24** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Eva-Dina Delgado
- **2024-04-24** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
- **2024-04-30** Do Pass / Short Debate Insurance Committee; 010-005-000
- **2024-05-01** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-05-02** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
- **2024-05-02** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi
- **2024-05-03** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart
- **2024-05-03** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Terra Costa Howard
- **2024-05-03** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Sharon Chung
- **2024-05-06** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel "Chris" Welch
- **2024-05-08** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Diane Blair-Sherlock
- **2024-05-08** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-05-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2024-05-15** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason
- **2024-05-15** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin John Olickal
- **2024-05-15** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Beth Canty
- **2024-05-16** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Maurice A. West, II
- **2024-05-16** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Lindsey LaPointe
- **2024-05-16** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jenn Ladisch Douglass
- **2024-05-16** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin
- **2024-05-17** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Matt Hanson
- **2024-05-17** Third Reading/Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 24, 2024
- **2024-05-20** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid
- **2024-05-22** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Maura Hirschauer
- **2024-05-22** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Margaret Croke
- **2024-05-22** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 087-021-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-22** Passed Both Houses
- **2024-05-22** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Norma Hernandez
- **2024-05-22** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Lilian Jiménez
- **2024-05-22** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Suzanne M. Ness
- **2024-05-22** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Nabeela Syed
- **2024-05-22** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry Benton
- **2024-06-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-08-09** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2024-08-09** Effective Date January 1, 2025
- **2024-08-09** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0951 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5338ee95-db3b-421d-9794-b7bccbed593e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).