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Bill	PHARMACY PRAC-EPILEPSY DRUGS	Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act of 1987. Prohibits drug product selection in refills of anti-epileptic drugs without notification and the documented consent of the prescriber and patient or the participating provider. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	94th	SB 2578	Illinois SB 2578 (94th)	bill		enacted		3	54	2	2006-01-20	2006-06-26	openstates	ocd-bill/bffa9f39-b1ea-4e67-87dc-874c22bec505	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2578&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=23496&SessionID=50&GA=94	8eea3f8ac5f057c4051bde1015d1013a62cae0db77af1bfb5b78676f945bcac6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2578 (94th) — PHARMACY PRAC-EPILEPSY DRUGS

Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act of 1987. Prohibits drug product selection in refills of anti-epileptic drugs without notification and the documented consent of the prescriber and patient or the participating provider. 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 — 50–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 114–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Carol Ronen — primary (person)
• Elizabeth Coulson — cosponsor (person)
• Joe Dunn — cosponsor (person)
• Mary E. Flowers — cosponsor (person)
• Michelle Chavez — cosponsor (person)
• Naomi D. Jakobsson — cosponsor (person)
• Robert Rita — cosponsor (person)
• Roger Jenisch — cosponsor (person)
• Shane Cultra — cosponsor (person)
• William Delgado — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2006-01-20 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Carol Ronen filing
• 2006-01-20 First Reading reading-1
• 2006-01-20 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2006-02-01 Assigned to Health & Human Services referral-committee
• 2006-02-08 Postponed - Health & Human Services
• 2006-02-15 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Carol Ronen amendment-introduction
• 2006-02-15 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2006-02-15 Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Carol Ronen amendment-introduction
• 2006-02-15 Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2006-02-16 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
• 2006-02-16 Do Pass Health & Human Services; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2006-02-16 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 22, 2006
• 2006-02-16 Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Carol Ronen amendment-introduction
• 2006-02-16 Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2006-02-23 Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Rules Refers to Health & Human Services
• 2006-02-24 Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommend Do Adopt Health & Human Services; 011-000-000
• 2006-02-24 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
• 2006-02-24 Second Reading reading-2
• 2006-02-24 Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted; Ronen amendment-passage
• 2006-02-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 27, 2006
• 2006-02-27 Third Reading - Passed; 050-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2006-02-27 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) amendment-failure
• 2006-02-27 Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) amendment-failure
• 2006-02-27 Arrived in House introduction
• 2006-02-27 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2006-02-27 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Lovana Jones
• 2006-02-28 First Reading reading-1
• 2006-02-28 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2006-03-08 Assigned to Human Services Committee referral-committee
• 2006-03-15 Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2006-03-15 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2006-03-15 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Constance A. Howard
• 2006-03-16 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
• 2006-03-16 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Roger Jenisch
• 2006-03-16 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. William Delgado
• 2006-03-16 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert Rita
• 2006-03-16 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
• 2006-03-16 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Chavez
• 2006-03-16 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
• 2006-03-16 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Shane Cultra
• 2006-03-16 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Joe Dunn
• 2006-03-16 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
• 2006-03-24 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2006-03-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2006-03-29 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
• 2006-03-29 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Tryon
• 2006-03-29 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
• 2006-03-29 Alternate Co-Sponsor Removed Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
• 2006-03-29 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2006-03-29 Passed Both Houses
• 2006-04-27 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2006-06-26 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2006-06-26 Effective Date June 26, 2006
• 2006-06-26 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0936 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bffa9f39-b1ea-4e67-87dc-874c22bec505. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).