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Bill	SENIOR PHARMACEUTICAL ASSIST	Amends the Senior Pharmaceutical Assistance Act. Provides that the Senior Pharmaceutical Assistance Review Committee shall meet at the call of the co-chairs, as deemed necessary (rather than but at least quarterly). Further provides that the Committee shall report to the General Assembly and the Governor as it deems necessary (rather than annually or as it deems necessary) regarding proposed or recommended changes to pharmaceutical assistance programs that benefit Illinois seniors and any associated costs of those changes. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	HB 2043	Illinois HB 2043 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	25	2	2011-02-17	2011-07-14	openstates	ocd-bill/228cf893-8909-4ddc-a68b-27f0ac4bfab2	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2043&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=59244&SessionID=84&GA=97	9065007691dbf2b55baab8fcc80fd7e12d9ba5d5bd095359e382b1e7eba1e378	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 2043 (97th) — SENIOR PHARMACEUTICAL ASSIST

Amends the Senior Pharmaceutical Assistance Act. Provides that the Senior Pharmaceutical Assistance Review Committee shall meet at the call of the co-chairs, as deemed necessary (rather than but at least quarterly). Further provides that the Committee shall report to the General Assembly and the Governor as it deems necessary (rather than annually or as it deems necessary) regarding proposed or recommended changes to pharmaceutical assistance programs that benefit Illinois seniors and any associated costs of those changes. 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 — 57–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 114–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Elizabeth Hernandez — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-17 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez filing
• 2011-02-17 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-02-17 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-02-23 Assigned to Aging Committee referral-committee
• 2011-03-17 Do Pass / Short Debate Aging Committee; 021-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-03-17 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-04-06 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2011-04-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-04-12 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-04-12 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2011-04-12 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2011-04-12 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. William Delgado
• 2011-04-12 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-04-12 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2011-04-27 Assigned to Human Services referral-committee
• 2011-05-05 Do Pass Human Services; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-05-05 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 6, 2011
• 2011-05-12 Second Reading reading-2
• 2011-05-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2011
• 2011-05-17 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-05-17 Passed Both Houses
• 2011-06-15 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2011-07-14 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2011-07-14 Effective Date July 14, 2011
• 2011-07-14 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0128 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/228cf893-8909-4ddc-a68b-27f0ac4bfab2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).