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Bill	EPHEDRA-SALE BAN	Creates the Ephedra Prohibition Act. Prohibits the sale of any dietary supplement containing any quantity of ephedra or ephedrine alkaloids. Exempts from that prohibition the sale of any product that receives explicit approval by the Secretary of Health and Human Services as safe and effective for its intended use or is lawfully marketed under an over-the-counter monograph issued by the United States Food and Drug Administration. Provides that a person is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor for a first-time violation of the Act and a Class 3 felony for a subsequent violation. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	93rd	SB 1418	Illinois SB 1418 (93rd)	bill		enacted		3	60	2	2003-02-20	2003-05-28	openstates	ocd-bill/af0f9189-31d3-485d-a201-5b4869c29f6b	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1418&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=4437&SessionID=3&GA=93	a0f41decadb67ecdf4e91c7c3caa97e788a2d65bb945a2f7d5b2016496d91bd7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 1418 (93rd) — EPHEDRA-SALE BAN

Creates the Ephedra Prohibition Act. Prohibits the sale of any dietary supplement containing any quantity of ephedra or ephedrine alkaloids. Exempts from that prohibition the sale of any product that receives explicit approval by the Secretary of Health and Human Services as safe and effective for its intended use or is lawfully marketed under an over-the-counter monograph issued by the United States Food and Drug Administration. Provides that a person is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor for a first-time violation of the Act and a Class 3 felony for a subsequent violation. 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 — 56–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 117–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Barack Obama — primary (person)
• Chapin Rose — cosponsor (person)
• Cynthia Soto — cosponsor (person)
• Deborah L. Graham — cosponsor (person)
• Jack D. Franks — cosponsor (person)
• Kevin Joyce — cosponsor (person)
• Linda Chapa LaVia — cosponsor (person)
• Maria Antonia Berrios — cosponsor (person)
• Patricia R. Bellock — cosponsor (person)
• Robin Kelly — cosponsor (person)
• Susana Mendoza — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2003-02-20 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Barack Obama filing
• 2003-02-20 First Reading reading-1
• 2003-02-20 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2003-02-27 Assigned to Health & Human Services referral-committee
• 2003-03-11 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Larry K. Bomke
• 2003-03-12 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Dale A. Righter
• 2003-03-12 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Bill Brady
• 2003-03-13 Do Pass Health & Human Services; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2003-03-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 18, 2003
• 2003-03-18 Second Reading reading-2
• 2003-03-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 19, 2003
• 2003-03-20 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. John M. Sullivan
• 2003-03-20 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Edward D. Maloney
• 2003-03-20 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. James T. Meeks
• 2003-03-20 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
• 2003-03-20 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
• 2003-03-20 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Jeffrey M. Schoenberg
• 2003-03-20 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
• 2003-03-20 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr.
• 2003-03-20 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
• 2003-03-20 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Susan Garrett
• 2003-03-20 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson
• 2003-03-20 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2003-03-20 Arrived in House introduction
• 2003-03-20 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2003-03-20 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
• 2003-03-21 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Louis S. Viverito
• 2003-03-21 First Reading reading-1
• 2003-03-21 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2003-03-31 Assigned to Human Services Committee referral-committee
• 2003-04-04 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Brady
• 2003-04-10 Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2003-04-10 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2003-04-10 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Bill Mitchell
• 2003-04-15 Fiscal Note Requested by Rep. Bob Biggins
• 2003-04-16 Correctional Note Filed
• 2003-04-24 Fiscal Note Filed
• 2003-05-08 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2003-05-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2003-05-13 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. David E. Miller
• 2003-05-13 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert F. Flider
• 2003-05-13 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Deborah L. Graham
• 2003-05-13 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Robin Kelly
• 2003-05-15 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 117-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2003-05-15 Passed Both Houses
• 2003-05-15 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Susana Mendoza
• 2003-05-15 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Maria Antonia Berrios
• 2003-05-15 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2003-05-15 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
• 2003-05-15 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin Joyce
• 2003-05-15 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
• 2003-05-15 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Chapin Rose
• 2003-05-15 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
• 2003-05-16 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. William R. Haine
• 2003-05-16 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Terry Link
• 2003-05-16 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. M. Maggie Crotty
• 2003-05-23 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2003-05-28 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2003-05-28 Effective Date May 28, 2003
• 2003-05-28 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0008 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/af0f9189-31d3-485d-a201-5b4869c29f6b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).