---
type: "Bill"
title: "RABIES INOCULATION EXEMPTION"
description: "Amends the Animal Control Act. In a provision regarding an exemption for rabies inoculation if a licensed veterinarian determines in writing that a rabies inoculation would compromise an animal's health, provides that the determination is valid for one year but may be annually renewed thereafter by a licensed veterinarian."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "104th"
identifier: "SB 128"
citation: "Illinois SB 128 (104th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Julie A. Morrison", "Katie Stuart"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-17"
last_action: "2025-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/82bb0178-1d86-45bb-8d1f-ae75bad9120f"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=128&GAID=18&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=157317&SessionID=114"
source_hash: "404ad63279b9f546c7f27f09bb9ec16e0cc72f975fe112376f8255e14a324c2b"
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 128 (104th) — RABIES INOCULATION EXEMPTION

Amends the Animal Control Act. In a provision regarding an exemption for rabies inoculation if a licensed veterinarian determines in writing that a rabies inoculation would compromise an animal's health, provides that the determination is valid for one year but may be annually renewed thereafter by a licensed veterinarian.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB0128.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB0128eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB0128enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Agriculture & Conservation — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Agriculture — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Julie A. Morrison — primary (person)
- Katie Stuart — primary (person)
- Laura M. Murphy — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-17** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Julie A. Morrison `filing`
- **2025-01-17** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-17** Referred to Assignments
- **2025-01-28** Assigned to Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-20** Do Pass Agriculture; 012-000-000
- **2025-02-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 25, 2025 `reading-2`
- **2025-02-27** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 4, 2025
- **2025-03-20** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
- **2025-04-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading **
- **2025-04-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2025-04-09** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-09** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2025-04-09** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart
- **2025-04-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-04-09** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2025-04-17** Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-06** Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 009-000-000
- **2025-05-07** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-05-16** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-05-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2025-05-20** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-20** Passed Both Houses
- **2025-06-18** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-08-01** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2025-08-01** Effective Date January 1, 2026
- **2025-08-01** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0072 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/82bb0178-1d86-45bb-8d1f-ae75bad9120f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).