---
type: "Bill"
title: "OPTOMETRIST-ORDERS-PT CARE"
description: "OPTOMETRIST-ORDERS-PT CARE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "90th"
identifier: "SB 610"
citation: "Illinois SB 610 (90th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 42
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1997-02-06T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1997-07-08T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/606496ee-8dec-46d1-a8ed-d4b58af12295"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/90gatoc.html"
source_hash: "8a6f6061aa0ee626dd47ae07ec5d536e1479a37b753a08a93c14f68981a76605"
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 610 (90th) — OPTOMETRIST-ORDERS-PT CARE

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0610** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/sbgroups/sb/900SB0610LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BOLAND — cosponsor (person)
- BURZYNSKI — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1997-02-06T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-02-06T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-02-19T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE LICENSED ACT. `referral-committee`
- **1997-03-05T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS 009-000-000 SLIC
- **1997-03-05T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 97-03-06
- **1997-03-14T00:00:00-06:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY `introduction`
- **1997-03-14T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-BURZYNSKI
- **1997-03-14T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO SRUL
- **1997-03-17T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1997-03-17T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 97-03-18
- **1997-03-17T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-BURZYNSKI
- **1997-03-17T00:00:00-06:00** RULES REFERS TO SLIC
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-BURZYNSKI
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** BE ADOPTED SLIC/005-000-000
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** RECALLED TO SECOND READING
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-BURZYNSKI
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 97-03-20
- **1997-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 054-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1997-03-21T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **1997-03-21T00:00:00-06:00** HOUSE SPONSOR BOLAND
- **1997-03-21T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-03-21T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-04-08T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE REG & REG `referral-committee`
- **1997-05-01T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 020-000-000 HREG
- **1997-05-01T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-01T00:00:00-05:00** FISCAL NOTE REQUESTED BLACK
- **1997-05-01T00:00:00-05:00** STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE REQUESTED BLACK
- **1997-05-01T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** FISCAL NOTE FILED
- **1997-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE FILED
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1997-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 118-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1997-06-13T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1997-07-08T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1997-07-08T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 97-07-08
- **1997-07-08T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0073

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/606496ee-8dec-46d1-a8ed-d4b58af12295`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).