---
type: "Bill"
title: "OPTOMETRIST-RECORDS-DISCIPLINE"
description: "Amends the Illinois Optometric Practice Act of 1987. Provides that every licensed optometrist shall keep a record of examinations made and prescriptions issued and shall be retained in the office in which such professional service was rendered or in a secure offsite storage facility. Provides that all fines collected as a result of discipline by the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation shall be deposited in the Optometric Licensing and Disciplinary Board Fund. Provides that a ground for disciplinary action shall include the discounting of professional services in conjunction with the sale of goods or other services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "SB 3538"
citation: "Illinois SB 3538 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2012-02-08"
last_action: "2012-08-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6e6720e-4da2-45a4-8d17-3a0798ba3709"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3538&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=65264&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "214dd30000f8aca7076099e42ae9ab5e1bd5078aebb97f1e5899c6b1e69eb59b"
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 3538 (97th) — OPTOMETRIST-RECORDS-DISCIPLINE

Amends the Illinois Optometric Practice Act of 1987. Provides that every licensed optometrist shall keep a record of examinations made and prescriptions issued and shall be retained in the office in which such professional service was rendered or in a secure offsite storage facility. Provides that all fines collected as a result of discipline by the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation shall be deposited in the Optometric Licensing and Disciplinary Board Fund. Provides that a ground for disciplinary action shall include the discounting of professional services in conjunction with the sale of goods or other services.

## 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=09700SB3538&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=65264&DocNum=3538&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB3538eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=65264&DocNum=3538&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB3538enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=65264&DocNum=3538&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **53–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- John J. Millner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-08** Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Millner `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. John J. Millner `amendment-introduction`
- **2012-03-02** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-02** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. M. Maggie Crotty
- **2012-03-06** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Licensed Activities
- **2012-03-07** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2012-03-08** Do Pass as Amended Licensed Activities; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2012-03-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 21, 2012
- **2012-03-22** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
- **2012-03-22** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Jacobs
- **2012-03-26** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Darin M. LaHood
- **2012-03-27** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2012-03-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 28, 2012
- **2012-03-28** Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2012-03-29** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2012-03-29** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
- **2012-03-29** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-03-29** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-03-29** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-16** Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-25** Do Pass / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2012-04-25** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2012-05-02** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2012-05-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2012-05-25** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2012-05-25** Passed Both Houses
- **2012-06-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2012-08-17** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2012-08-17** Effective Date January 1, 2013
- **2012-08-17** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-1028 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f6e6720e-4da2-45a4-8d17-3a0798ba3709`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).