---
type: "Bill"
title: "MEDICAL-CHIROPRACTIC PHYSICIAN"
description: "Amends the Medical Practice Act. Provides that any person holding a valid license under the Act, including persons licensed as a chiropractic physician, may prescribe, dispense, or administer oxygen. Makes changes in provisions concerning licenses for general practice. Makes corresponding changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "SB 1843"
citation: "Illinois SB 1843 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-02-09"
last_action: "2011-08-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/349269b6-8e0d-41f9-b6d4-8a5ffd738d33"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1843&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=57916&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "b9801bf2e66f1ceb10760c6c2ae5219688c60d1b04ac6991597c7e538e0ec6ec"
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 1843 (97th) — MEDICAL-CHIROPRACTIC PHYSICIAN

Amends the Medical Practice Act. Provides that any person holding a valid license under the Act, including persons licensed as a chiropractic physician, may prescribe, dispense, or administer oxygen. Makes changes in provisions concerning licenses for general practice. Makes corresponding changes.

## 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=09700SB1843&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=57916&DocNum=1843&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB1843eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=57916&DocNum=1843&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB1843enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=57916&DocNum=1843&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **112–3** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Angelo Saviano — cosponsor (person)
- David Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Iris Y. Martinez — primary (person)
- Jehan A. Gordon — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Mussman — cosponsor (person)
- Randy Ramey, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-09** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Iris Y. Martinez `filing`
- **2011-02-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-02-09** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-02** Assigned to Licensed Activities `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-09** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Iris Y. Martinez `amendment-introduction`
- **2011-03-09** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-09** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Licensed Activities
- **2011-03-10** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Licensed Activities
- **2011-03-10** Postponed - Licensed Activities
- **2011-03-16** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2011-03-17** Do Pass as Amended Licensed Activities; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-03-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 17, 2011
- **2011-04-08** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-04-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 11, 2011
- **2011-04-12** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- **2011-04-14** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-04-14** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2011-04-14** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-14** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
- **2011-04-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-14** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-21** Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-27** Do Pass / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-04-27** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-04-27** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel V. Beiser
- **2011-04-27** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman
- **2011-04-27** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jehan A. Gordon
- **2011-04-28** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore
- **2011-05-04** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook
- **2011-05-04** Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Thomas Holbrook
- **2011-05-04** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Randy Ramey, Jr.
- **2011-05-10** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2011-05-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-05-23** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Angelo Saviano
- **2011-05-25** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. David Harris
- **2011-05-26** Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Removed Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore
- **2011-05-26** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-003-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-05-26** Passed Both Houses
- **2011-05-26** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
- **2011-06-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2011-08-19** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2011-08-19** Effective Date August 19, 2011
- **2011-08-19** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0462 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/349269b6-8e0d-41f9-b6d4-8a5ffd738d33`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).