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Bill	PHARMACY-EMERGENCY REFILLS	Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act. Provides that a pharmacist may refill a patient's prescription without prescriber authorization if the pharmacist is unable to contact the prescriber after reasonable effort, a failure to refill the prescription may result in an interruption of therapeutic regimen or create patient suffering, the pharmacist informs the prescriber at the earliest convenience of the emergency refills, and the prescription is not for a controlled substance. Provides that prescriptions may be refilled pursuant to the provisions for a period of time reasonably necessary for the pharmacist to secure prescriber authorization. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	100th	SB 1790	Illinois SB 1790 (100th)	bill		enacted		3	38	2	2017-02-09	2017-08-18	openstates	ocd-bill/70e17c36-8bc4-448d-a783-23f5dc87aff0	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1790&GAID=14&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=104794&SessionID=91&GA=100	437e3f28f32c7db4c4edd3c6a1c23fddfef7965bf46ac4b523af249c446b3df6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 1790 (100th) — PHARMACY-EMERGENCY REFILLS

Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act. Provides that a pharmacist may refill a patient's prescription without prescriber authorization if the pharmacist is unable to contact the prescriber after reasonable effort, a failure to refill the prescription may result in an interruption of therapeutic regimen or create patient suffering, the pharmacist informs the prescriber at the earliest convenience of the emergency refills, and the prescription is not for a controlled substance. Provides that prescriptions may be refilled pursuant to the provisions for a period of time reasonably necessary for the pharmacist to secure prescriber authorization. Effective immediately.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 54–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 112–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Steve Stadelman — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-09 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Steve Stadelman filing
• 2017-02-09 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-02-09 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2017-02-28 Assigned to Licensed Activities and Pensions referral-committee
• 2017-03-09 Postponed - Licensed Activities and Pensions
• 2017-03-09 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Steve Stadelman amendment-introduction
• 2017-03-09 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2017-03-15 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Licensed Activities and Pensions
• 2017-03-15 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled in Licensed Activities and Pensions; Stadelman amendment-failure
• 2017-03-16 Do Pass Licensed Activities and Pensions; 012-000-000 committee-passage
• 2017-03-16 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 28, 2017
• 2017-03-28 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Steve Stadelman amendment-introduction
• 2017-03-28 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2017-04-04 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Licensed Activities and Pensions
• 2017-04-06 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Licensed Activities and Pensions; 012-000-000
• 2017-04-06 Second Reading reading-2
• 2017-04-06 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Stadelman amendment-passage
• 2017-04-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 25, 2017
• 2017-04-27 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
• 2017-04-27 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Melinda Bush
• 2017-04-27 Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2017-04-28 Arrived in House introduction
• 2017-04-28 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Litesa E. Wallace
• 2017-04-28 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-04-28 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2017-05-09 Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee referral-committee
• 2017-05-17 Do Pass / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee; 016-000-000 committee-passage
• 2017-05-17 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2017-05-19 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2017-05-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2017-05-22 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2017-05-22 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
• 2017-05-22 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper
• 2017-05-22 Passed Both Houses
• 2017-06-20 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-08-18 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2017-08-18 Effective Date August 18, 2017
• 2017-08-18 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0237 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/70e17c36-8bc4-448d-a783-23f5dc87aff0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).