republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/103rd/sb-218.md

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Bill	PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT-VARIOUS	Amends the Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987. Changes the definition of "physician assistant", "physician assistant practice", "board", and "collaborating physician". Provides that a physician assistant shall be deemed by law to possess the ability to prescribe, dispense, order, administer, and procure drugs and medical devices without delegation of such authority by a physician. Provides that such ability shall include the prescribing of Schedule II, III, IV, and V controlled substances. Provides that to prescribe Schedule II, III, IV, or V controlled substances under the Act, a physician assistant shall obtain a mid-level practitioner controlled substances license. Provides that when a written collaboration agreement is required under the Act, delegation of prescriptive authority by a physician is not required. Provides that a physician assistant who files with the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation a notarized attestation of completion of at least 250 hours of continuing education or training and at least 2,000 hours of clinical experience after first attaining national certification shall not require a written collaborative agreement. Provides the specified scope of practice of a physician assistant with optimal practice authority. Provides that a physician assistant shall be able to hold more than one professional position. Makes changes in provisions concerning the physician assistant title, collaboration requirements, and the written collaborative agreement. Makes other changes and corresponding changes to the Act and to the Illinois Controlled Substances Act.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	103rd	SB 218	Illinois SB 218 (103rd)	bill		enacted	Ann Gillespie Lakesia Collins	5	44	5	2023-01-31	2023-06-09	openstates	ocd-bill/4cefd1a8-7c55-4a85-8daf-4035b5769b24	https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=218&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=143815&SessionID=112	7093c79ae18b525619b3367985e028305c291b4f01e16712fb8fa5afd9afbb36	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 218 (103rd) — PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT-VARIOUS

Amends the Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987. Changes the definition of "physician assistant", "physician assistant practice", "board", and "collaborating physician". Provides that a physician assistant shall be deemed by law to possess the ability to prescribe, dispense, order, administer, and procure drugs and medical devices without delegation of such authority by a physician. Provides that such ability shall include the prescribing of Schedule II, III, IV, and V controlled substances. Provides that to prescribe Schedule II, III, IV, or V controlled substances under the Act, a physician assistant shall obtain a mid-level practitioner controlled substances license. Provides that when a written collaboration agreement is required under the Act, delegation of prescriptive authority by a physician is not required. Provides that a physician assistant who files with the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation a notarized attestation of completion of at least 250 hours of continuing education or training and at least 2,000 hours of clinical experience after first attaining national certification shall not require a written collaborative agreement. Provides the specified scope of practice of a physician assistant with optimal practice authority. Provides that a physician assistant shall be able to hold more than one professional position. Makes changes in provisions concerning the physician assistant title, collaboration requirements, and the written collaborative agreement. Makes other changes and corresponding changes to the Act and to the Illinois Controlled Substances Act.

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. Senate Amendment 001 (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate Amendment 002 (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Health Care Licenses — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 52–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 103–0 (pass) · lower
• Licensed Activities — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Licensed Activities — 9–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ann Gillespie — primary (person)
• Lakesia Collins — primary (person)
• Dagmara Avelar — cosponsor (person)
• Dave Severin — cosponsor (person)
• Javier L. Cervantes — cosponsor (person)
• Laura M. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
• Mattie Hunter — cosponsor (person)
• Terri Bryant — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-31 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ann Gillespie filing
• 2023-01-31 First Reading reading-1
• 2023-01-31 Referred to Assignments
• 2023-02-06 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
• 2023-02-07 Assigned to Licensed Activities referral-committee
• 2023-02-22 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Javier L. Cervantes
• 2023-02-23 Postponed - Licensed Activities
• 2023-02-23 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Terri Bryant
• 2023-03-09 Postponed - Licensed Activities
• 2023-03-10 Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As March 24, 2023
• 2023-03-23 Postponed - Licensed Activities
• 2023-03-23 Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As March 31, 2023
• 2023-03-24 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ann Gillespie amendment-introduction
• 2023-03-24 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
• 2023-03-28 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Licensed Activities
• 2023-03-28 Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ann Gillespie amendment-introduction
• 2023-03-28 Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments
• 2023-03-29 Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Licensed Activities
• 2023-03-29 Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Licensed Activities amendment-passage
• 2023-03-29 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Licensed Activities
• 2023-03-30 Do Pass as Amended Licensed Activities; 009-000-000
• 2023-03-30 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading reading-2
• 2023-03-30 Second Reading reading-2
• 2023-03-30 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 31, 2023
• 2023-03-31 Third Reading - Passed; 052-000-000 passage, reading-3
• 2023-03-31 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) amendment-failure
• 2023-03-31 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
• 2023-03-31 Arrived in House introduction
• 2023-03-31 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Lakesia Collins
• 2023-04-11 First Reading reading-1
• 2023-04-11 Referred to Rules Committee
• 2023-04-11 Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee referral-committee
• 2023-04-19 Do Pass / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee; 012-000-000
• 2023-04-19 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2023-05-03 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2023-05-03 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2023-05-08 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 103-000-000 passage, reading-3
• 2023-05-08 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Severin
• 2023-05-08 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Dagmara Avelar
• 2023-05-08 Passed Both Houses
• 2023-06-06 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2023-06-09 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2023-06-09 Effective Date January 1, 2024
• 2023-06-09 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0065 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4cefd1a8-7c55-4a85-8daf-4035b5769b24. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).