---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONTROLLED SUB-SCHEDULES"
description: "Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Reschedules various Schedule I and Schedule IV controlled substances. Defines \"isomer\"."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "SB 1987"
citation: "Illinois SB 1987 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dave Vella", "Julie A. Morrison"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-09"
last_action: "2023-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/47db91ad-d8b1-4ad1-ab4c-97e21a0daaa5"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=1987&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=146849&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "6ad6d0c572760a111904ec0cbb57f382fe337d0f48fce3266db59abc5cedf8be"
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 1987 (103rd) — CONTROLLED SUB-SCHEDULES

Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Reschedules various Schedule I and Schedule IV controlled substances. Defines "isomer".

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB1987.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB1987eng.pdf)
3. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB1987sam001.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB1987enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **109–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Sp. Comm on Crim Law and Pub Safety, Amendment 1 — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **54–0** (pass) · lower
- Sp. Comm on Crim Law and Pub Safety — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dave Vella — primary (person)
- Julie A. Morrison — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-09** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Julie A. Morrison `filing`
- **2023-02-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-09** Referred to Assignments
- **2023-02-21** Assigned to Special Committee on Criminal Law and Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-10** Do Pass Special Committee on Criminal Law and Public Safety; 009-000-000
- **2023-03-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 21, 2023 `reading-2`
- **2023-03-17** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Julie A. Morrison `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-03-17** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
- **2023-03-21** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Special Committee on Criminal Law and Public Safety
- **2023-03-23** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Special Committee on Criminal Law and Public Safety; 007-000-000
- **2023-03-24** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-24** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Morrison `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 28, 2023
- **2023-03-28** Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-28** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2023-03-28** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Bob Morgan
- **2023-03-29** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Dave Vella
- **2023-03-29** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-29** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2023-04-11** Assigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-25** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Criminal Committee; 012-000-000
- **2023-04-26** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-05-02** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-05-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2023-05-10** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 109-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-10** Passed Both Houses
- **2023-06-08** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-30** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-30** Effective Date January 1, 2024
- **2023-06-30** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0245 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/47db91ad-d8b1-4ad1-ab4c-97e21a0daaa5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).