republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/96th/hb-488.md

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Bill	CONT SUB-SCHED II PRESCRIPT	Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Provides that any written prescription for a Schedule II controlled substance may be filled within 90 (rather than 7) days after issuance.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	HB 488	Illinois HB 488 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	26	2	2009-02-04	2009-08-10	openstates	ocd-bill/df0a042b-4141-4af9-b33f-e223e8d3ca91	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=488&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=40850&SessionID=76&GA=96	d0a71e1737def29a60311ba21cf1eca625e5264f3af035aa2142b1f67542f887	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 488 (96th) — CONT SUB-SCHED II PRESCRIPT

Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Provides that any written prescription for a Schedule II controlled substance may be filled within 90 (rather than 7) days after issuance.

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 — 111–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Lou Lang — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-02-04 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Lou Lang filing
• 2009-02-04 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-02-04 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2009-02-09 Assigned to Human Services Committee referral-committee
• 2009-02-19 Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-02-19 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-02-19 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
• 2009-02-24 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2009-02-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-03-10 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-03-11 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2009-03-11 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 12, 2009 reading-1
• 2009-03-12 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
• 2009-03-17 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-03-17 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2009-04-22 Assigned to Public Health referral-committee
• 2009-04-29 Do Pass Public Health; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-04-29 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 30, 2009
• 2009-05-07 Second Reading reading-2
• 2009-05-07 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 12, 2009
• 2009-05-13 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-05-13 Passed Both Houses
• 2009-06-11 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2009-08-10 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2009-08-10 Effective Date January 1, 2010
• 2009-08-10 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0166 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/df0a042b-4141-4af9-b33f-e223e8d3ca91. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).