---
type: "Bill"
title: "GENERIC BRAND DRUGS"
description: "GENERIC BRAND DRUGS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "91st"
identifier: "HB 2965"
citation: "Illinois HB 2965 (91st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 57
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1999-11-23T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "2000-06-09T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f2ce7a1-0aa4-4625-861b-b6ef2f8a9bc5"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/91gatoc.html"
source_hash: "312c1a19404528f8e2dde3d181555f95cf6d103d9fad8592c643dc57d5bb1b5f"
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 HB 2965 (91st) — GENERIC BRAND DRUGS

## Version chain

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

1. **HB2965** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/hbgroups/hb/910HB2965LV.html)

## Sponsors

- CROTTY — cosponsor (person)
- CURRY,JULIE — cosponsor (person)
- FEIGENHOLTZ — cosponsor (person)
- KLINGLER — cosponsor (person)
- LIGHTFORD — cosponsor (person)
- MCGUIRE — cosponsor (person)
- MOLARO — cosponsor (person)
- MUNOZ — cosponsor (person)
- O'BRIEN — cosponsor (person)
- PARKER — cosponsor (person)
- SYVERSON — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-11-23T00:00:00-06:00** FILED WITH CLERK `introduction`
- **1999-11-29T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1999-11-29T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2000-02-08T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE HUMAN SERVS `referral-committee`
- **2000-02-16T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-HUMAN SERVS H
- **2000-02-16T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **2000-02-16T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS AMENDED/SHORT DEBATE 009-001-002 HHSV
- **2000-02-16T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2000-02-16T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR FEIGENHOLTZ
- **2000-02-16T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR CROTTY
- **2000-02-17T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MCGUIRE
- **2000-02-29T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **2000-02-29T00:00:00-06:00** HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE
- **2000-03-01T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-O'BRIEN
- **2000-03-01T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL
- **2000-03-01T00:00:00-06:00** HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE
- **2000-03-01T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR KLINGLER
- **2000-03-02T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-O'BRIEN
- **2000-03-02T00:00:00-06:00** RULES REFERS TO HHSV
- **2000-03-02T00:00:00-06:00** HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE
- **2000-03-03T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-O'BRIEN
- **2000-03-03T00:00:00-06:00** RECOMMENDS BE ADOPTED HHSV/013-000-000
- **2000-03-03T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-O'BRIEN
- **2000-03-03T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **2000-03-03T00:00:00-06:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2000-03-03T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 116-000-001 `reading-3`
- **2000-03-03T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR CURRY,JULIE
- **2000-03-06T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN SENATE
- **2000-03-06T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING 00-03-07
- **2000-03-07T00:00:00-06:00** CHIEF SPONSOR SYVERSON
- **2000-03-07T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2000-03-07T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2000-03-08T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR PARKER
- **2000-03-09T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE PUBLIC HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2000-03-15T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR VIVERITO
- **2000-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MADIGAN,L
- **2000-03-28T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS 010-000-000 SPBH
- **2000-03-28T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 00-03-29
- **2000-03-28T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SHAW
- **2000-03-28T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR TROTTER
- **2000-03-28T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR DEL VALLE
- **2000-03-29T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **2000-03-29T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 00-03-30
- **2000-03-29T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR MOLARO
- **2000-03-29T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR LIGHTFORD
- **2000-03-30T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR MUNOZ
- **2000-03-30T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR OBAMA
- **2000-03-30T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SMITH
- **2000-03-30T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 058-000-000 `reading-3`
- **2000-03-30T00:00:00-06:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **2000-04-28T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2000-06-09T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **2000-06-09T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 00-06-09
- **2000-06-09T00:00:00-05:00** (BEGIN RULEMAKING)
- **2000-06-09T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 00-09-01
- **2000-06-09T00:00:00-05:00** (GENERALLY)
- **2000-06-09T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 91-0766

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1f2ce7a1-0aa4-4625-861b-b6ef2f8a9bc5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).