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type: "Bill"
title: "CLINICL LABORATORY-OPTOMETRIST"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "SB 1876"
citation: "Illinois SB 1876 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-02-15"
last_action: "2013-08-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e2f13776-8a7c-473c-b10e-2e36e99037e0"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1876&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=73051&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "d32b09bcefc8797633e7e0be13694719209664baa96b16f93c46a35c308e205c"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB1876&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=73051&DocNum=1876&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB1876eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=73051&DocNum=1876&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB1876enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=73051&DocNum=1876&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **1150** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **520** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e2f13776-8a7c-473c-b10e-2e36e99037e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).