republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/97th/sb-3538.md

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Bill	OPTOMETRIST-RECORDS-DISCIPLINE	Amends the Illinois Optometric Practice Act of 1987. Provides that every licensed optometrist shall keep a record of examinations made and prescriptions issued and shall be retained in the office in which such professional service was rendered or in a secure offsite storage facility. Provides that all fines collected as a result of discipline by the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation shall be deposited in the Optometric Licensing and Disciplinary Board Fund. Provides that a ground for disciplinary action shall include the discounting of professional services in conjunction with the sale of goods or other services.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	SB 3538	Illinois SB 3538 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	34	2	2012-02-08	2012-08-17	openstates	ocd-bill/f6e6720e-4da2-45a4-8d17-3a0798ba3709	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3538&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=65264&SessionID=84&GA=97	214dd30000f8aca7076099e42ae9ab5e1bd5078aebb97f1e5899c6b1e69eb59b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 3538 (97th) — OPTOMETRIST-RECORDS-DISCIPLINE

Amends the Illinois Optometric Practice Act of 1987. Provides that every licensed optometrist shall keep a record of examinations made and prescriptions issued and shall be retained in the office in which such professional service was rendered or in a secure offsite storage facility. Provides that all fines collected as a result of discipline by the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation shall be deposited in the Optometric Licensing and Disciplinary Board Fund. Provides that a ground for disciplinary action shall include the discounting of professional services in conjunction with the sale of goods or other services.

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 — 113–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 53–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• John J. Millner — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-02-08 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Millner filing
• 2012-02-08 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-02-08 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2012-02-22 Assigned to Licensed Activities referral-committee
• 2012-03-01 Postponed - Licensed Activities
• 2012-03-02 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Millner amendment-introduction
• 2012-03-02 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2012-03-02 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. M. Maggie Crotty
• 2012-03-06 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Licensed Activities
• 2012-03-07 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2012-03-08 Do Pass as Amended Licensed Activities; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-03-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 21, 2012
• 2012-03-22 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
• 2012-03-22 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Jacobs
• 2012-03-26 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Darin M. LaHood
• 2012-03-27 Second Reading reading-2
• 2012-03-27 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 28, 2012
• 2012-03-28 Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2012-03-29 Arrived in House introduction
• 2012-03-29 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
• 2012-03-29 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2012-03-29 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-03-29 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2012-04-16 Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee referral-committee
• 2012-04-25 Do Pass / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-04-25 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-05-02 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2012-05-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-05-25 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2012-05-25 Passed Both Houses
• 2012-06-22 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2012-08-17 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2012-08-17 Effective Date January 1, 2013
• 2012-08-17 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-1028 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f6e6720e-4da2-45a4-8d17-3a0798ba3709. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).