---
type: "Bill"
title: "PHARMACY-GENERIC ANTIEPILEPTIC"
description: "Amends the Abused and Neglected Long Term Care Facility Residents Reporting Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning duties of the Department of Public Health."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "SB 670"
citation: "Illinois SB 670 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-02-08"
last_action: "2011-08-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f64e26ba-edf3-4d96-be9c-df43703e0412"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=670&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=55499&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "0881b7502d86089d0c5fcf3e8932489f7877a1151fd2856f50a00bc0778af850"
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 670 (97th) — PHARMACY-GENERIC ANTIEPILEPTIC

Amends the Abused and Neglected Long Term Care Facility Residents Reporting Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning duties of the Department of Public Health.

## 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=09700SB0670&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=55499&DocNum=670&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB0670eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=55499&DocNum=670&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB0670enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=55499&DocNum=670&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dan Kotowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-08** Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton `filing`
- **2011-02-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-02-08** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-09** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-17** Do Pass Executive; 015-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-03-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 17, 2011
- **2011-03-17** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-03-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 29, 2011
- **2011-03-18** Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Dan Kotowski
- **2011-04-11** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Dan Kotowski `amendment-introduction`
- **2011-04-11** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-12** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Executive
- **2011-04-13** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Executive; 015-000-000
- **2011-04-13** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. M. Maggie Crotty
- **2011-04-15** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 4, 2011 `reading-3`
- **2011-05-03** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-05-03** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Kotowski `amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2011-05-03** Third Reading - Passed; 050-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-05-03** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2011-05-03** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-05-03** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Elaine Nekritz
- **2011-05-04** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-05-04** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-11** Assigned to Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-13** Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 20, 2011
- **2011-05-18** Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-05-18** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-05-19** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Richard Morthland
- **2011-05-20** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2011-05-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-05-23** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-05-23** Passed Both Houses
- **2011-06-21** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2011-08-19** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2011-08-19** Effective Date January 1, 2012
- **2011-08-19** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0456 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f64e26ba-edf3-4d96-be9c-df43703e0412`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).