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Bill	CLINICL LABORATORY-OPTOMETRIST	Amends the Illinois Clinical Laboratory and Blood Bank Act. Removes the definition of "therapeutic optometrist" and replaces it with a definition of "optometrist". In a provision concerning the examination of specimens, provides that a clinical laboratory shall examine specimens only at the request of, among others, a licensed optometrist (instead of a therapeutic optometrist for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes related to the use of diagnostic topical or therapeutic ocular pharmaceutical agents). Provides that an optometrist licensed in Illinois (instead of a therapeutic optometrist) may include certain information concerning a diagnosis or other matters on a laboratory report form.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	SB 1876	Illinois SB 1876 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	29	2	2013-02-15	2013-08-05	openstates	ocd-bill/e2f13776-8a7c-473c-b10e-2e36e99037e0	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1876&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=73051&SessionID=85&GA=98	d32b09bcefc8797633e7e0be13694719209664baa96b16f93c46a35c308e205c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 1876 (98th) — CLINICL LABORATORY-OPTOMETRIST

Amends the Illinois Clinical Laboratory and Blood Bank Act. Removes the definition of "therapeutic optometrist" and replaces it with a definition of "optometrist". In a provision concerning the examination of specimens, provides that a clinical laboratory shall examine specimens only at the request of, among others, a licensed optometrist (instead of a therapeutic optometrist for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes related to the use of diagnostic topical or therapeutic ocular pharmaceutical agents). Provides that an optometrist licensed in Illinois (instead of a therapeutic optometrist) may include certain information concerning a diagnosis or other matters on a laboratory report form.

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 — 115–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 52–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Andy Manar — primary (person)
• Elgie R. Sims, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-15 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Andy Manar filing
• 2013-02-15 First Reading reading-1
• 2013-02-15 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2013-02-27 Assigned to Licensed Activities and Pensions referral-committee
• 2013-03-06 Postponed - Licensed Activities and Pensions
• 2013-03-13 Do Pass Licensed Activities and Pensions; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2013-03-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 14, 2013
• 2013-03-21 Second Reading reading-2
• 2013-03-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 10, 2013
• 2013-04-11 Third Reading - Passed; 052-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2013-04-11 Arrived in House introduction
• 2013-04-11 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Madigan
• 2013-04-11 First Reading reading-1
• 2013-04-11 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2013-04-22 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Zalewski
• 2013-04-24 Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee referral-committee
• 2013-05-08 Do Pass / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2013-05-08 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2013-05-09 Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Removed Rep. Michael J. Zalewski
• 2013-05-09 Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Michael J. Zalewski
• 2013-05-09 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2013-05-09 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2013-05-16 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
• 2013-05-16 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2013-05-16 Passed Both Houses
• 2013-06-14 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-08-05 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2013-08-05 Effective Date January 1, 2014
• 2013-08-05 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0185 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e2f13776-8a7c-473c-b10e-2e36e99037e0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).