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Bill	PHARMACY-PRESCRIPTIONS	Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act and the Illinois Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. Provides that a prescription for medication other than controlled substances shall be valid for up to 15 months from the date issued for the purpose of refills, unless the prescription states otherwise.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	100th	SB 3170	Illinois SB 3170 (100th)	bill		enacted		3	27	2	2018-02-16	2018-08-13	openstates	ocd-bill/a9a5aa6e-3749-4c6e-9fad-1668b92f57bd	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3170&GAID=14&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=110836&SessionID=91&GA=100	35eed5759fe484fa8071affd108bde9b01507b447234f649c9d76a85a9cb7309	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 3170 (100th) — PHARMACY-PRESCRIPTIONS

Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act and the Illinois Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. Provides that a prescription for medication other than controlled substances shall be valid for up to 15 months from the date issued for the purpose of refills, unless the prescription states otherwise.

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 — 46–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 101–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Steve Stadelman — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-16 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Steve Stadelman filing
• 2018-02-16 First Reading reading-1
• 2018-02-16 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2018-02-27 Assigned to Licensed Activities and Pensions referral-committee
• 2018-04-12 Do Pass Licensed Activities and Pensions; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2018-04-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 17, 2018
• 2018-04-18 Second Reading reading-2
• 2018-04-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 19, 2018
• 2018-04-23 Third Reading - Passed; 046-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2018-04-24 Arrived in House introduction
• 2018-04-24 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Litesa E. Wallace
• 2018-04-24 First Reading reading-1
• 2018-04-24 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2018-04-25 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Burke
• 2018-05-02 Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee referral-committee
• 2018-05-09 Do Pass / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee; 015-000-000 committee-passage
• 2018-05-09 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2018-05-16 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2018-05-16 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2018-05-21 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 101-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2018-05-21 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
• 2018-05-21 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
• 2018-05-21 Passed Both Houses
• 2018-06-19 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2018-08-13 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2018-08-13 Effective Date January 1, 2019
• 2018-08-13 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0804 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a9a5aa6e-3749-4c6e-9fad-1668b92f57bd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).