---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONTROLLED SUB-UI VET TEACHING"
description: "Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Provides that the exemption from registration with the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation for a veterinary clinic or hospital operated by a State-supported or publicly funded university or college shall not operate to bar the University of Illinois from requesting, nor the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation from issuing, a registration to the University of Illinois Veterinary Teaching Hospital under the Act. Provides that neither a request for such registration nor the issuance of such registration to the University of Illinois shall operate to otherwise waive or modify the exemption. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "HB 1877"
citation: "Illinois HB 1877 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-02-16"
last_action: "2011-07-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02274dec-5f66-4e85-98df-e74541b3f443"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1877&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=59066&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "ef5c7759fbd094d2bf44418a69bde9979a6591228f70709de601cb3a63123678"
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 1877 (97th) — CONTROLLED SUB-UI VET TEACHING

Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Provides that the exemption from registration with the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation for a veterinary clinic or hospital operated by a State-supported or publicly funded university or college shall not operate to bar the University of Illinois from requesting, nor the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation from issuing, a registration to the University of Illinois Veterinary Teaching Hospital under the Act. Provides that neither a request for such registration nor the issuance of such registration to the University of Illinois shall operate to otherwise waive or modify the exemption. Effective immediately.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB1877&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=59066&DocNum=1877&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB1877eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=59066&DocNum=1877&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB1877enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=59066&DocNum=1877&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **107–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jason Barickman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-16** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jason Barickman `filing`
- **2011-02-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-02-16** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-22** Assigned to Higher Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-22** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Angelo Saviano
- **2011-03-01** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
- **2011-03-02** Do Pass / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-03-03** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-03-08** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2011-03-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-03-10** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 107-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-03-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Norine Hammond
- **2011-03-14** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2011-03-14** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 15, 2011 `reading-1`
- **2011-03-15** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Shane Cultra
- **2011-03-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-16** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-27** Assigned to Licensed Activities `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-05** Do Pass Licensed Activities; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-05-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 6, 2011
- **2011-05-06** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 10, 2011
- **2011-05-12** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-05-12** Passed Both Houses
- **2011-06-10** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2011-07-14** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2011-07-14** Effective Date July 14, 2011
- **2011-07-14** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0126 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/02274dec-5f66-4e85-98df-e74541b3f443`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).