---
type: "Bill"
title: "PHARMACY PRACTICE-VACCINATION"
description: "Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act. Changes the definition of \"practice of pharmacy\" to permit a pharmacist to vaccinate a patient 7 years (instead of 14 years) of age and older pursuant to a valid prescription or standing order. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "SB 3513"
citation: "Illinois SB 3513 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 44
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2012-02-08"
last_action: "2012-08-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79fdfdf7-a139-4270-a295-26f3df26a2a9"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3513&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=65200&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "978e1189d8e37e29aea8f72ba2e5b8a0a01639c66b99994b02545753377e0b98"
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 3513 (97th) — PHARMACY PRACTICE-VACCINATION

Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act. Changes the definition of "practice of pharmacy" to permit a pharmacist to vaccinate a patient 7 years (instead of 14 years) of age and older pursuant to a valid prescription or standing order. 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=09700SB3513&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=65200&DocNum=3513&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB3513eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=65200&DocNum=3513&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB3513enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=65200&DocNum=3513&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **54–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **105–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Iris Y. Martinez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-08** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Iris Y. Martinez `filing`
- **2012-02-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-02-08** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2012-02-22** Assigned to Licensed Activities `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-01** Postponed - Licensed Activities
- **2012-03-02** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Iris Y. Martinez `amendment-introduction`
- **2012-03-02** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-02** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Iris Y. Martinez `amendment-introduction`
- **2012-03-02** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-06** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Licensed Activities
- **2012-03-06** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Licensed Activities
- **2012-03-07** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2012-03-08** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Licensed Activities
- **2012-03-08** Do Pass as Amended Licensed Activities; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2012-03-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 21, 2012
- **2012-03-09** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-15** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Iris Y. Martinez `amendment-introduction`
- **2012-03-15** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-22** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Assignments Refers to Licensed Activities
- **2012-03-27** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommend Do Adopt Licensed Activities; 008-000-000
- **2012-03-27** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2012-03-27** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted; Martinez `amendment-passage`
- **2012-03-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 28, 2012
- **2012-03-28** Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2012-03-28** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) `amendment-failure`
- **2012-03-28** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2012-04-05** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Daniel J. Burke
- **2012-04-05** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-04-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-04-10** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-11** Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 18, 2012
- **2012-05-11** Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-15** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Rich Brauer
- **2012-05-17** Do Pass / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee; 006-001-000 `committee-passage`
- **2012-05-17** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2012-05-21** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2012-05-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2012-05-25** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2012
- **2012-05-26** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 105-001-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2012-05-26** Passed Both Houses
- **2012-06-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2012-08-21** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2012-08-21** Effective Date August 21, 2012
- **2012-08-21** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-1043 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/79fdfdf7-a139-4270-a295-26f3df26a2a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).