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Bill	OPTOMETRY-CONTACT LENSES	Amends the Illinois Optometric Practice Act of 1987. Prohibits the dispensing of contact lenses by anyone other than a licensed optometrist, licensed pharmacist, or a physician licensed to practice medicine in all of its branches.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	SB 2218	Illinois SB 2218 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	32	2	2013-02-15	2013-08-05	openstates	ocd-bill/4f41ede9-b2a6-4830-a9b1-6699c6fa5785	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2218&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=73808&SessionID=85&GA=98	433401fc480ebd79c489241973df3a31564c8f9519005c635ed08372c0b75f70	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2218 (98th) — OPTOMETRY-CONTACT LENSES

Amends the Illinois Optometric Practice Act of 1987. Prohibits the dispensing of contact lenses by anyone other than a licensed optometrist, licensed pharmacist, or a physician licensed to practice medicine in all of its branches.

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 — 113–1 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 54–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Michael W. Frerichs — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-15 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Michael W. Frerichs filing
• 2013-02-15 First Reading reading-1
• 2013-02-15 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2013-03-05 Assigned to Licensed Activities and Pensions referral-committee
• 2013-03-13 Postponed - Licensed Activities and Pensions
• 2013-03-20 Do Pass Licensed Activities and Pensions; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2013-03-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 21, 2013
• 2013-04-10 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Michael W. Frerichs amendment-introduction
• 2013-04-10 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2013-04-17 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Licensed Activities and Pensions
• 2013-04-17 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Licensed Activities and Pensions; 009-000-000
• 2013-04-18 Second Reading reading-2
• 2013-04-18 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Frerichs amendment-passage
• 2013-04-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 23, 2013
• 2013-04-23 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Tim Bivins
• 2013-04-23 Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2013-04-24 Arrived in House introduction
• 2013-04-24 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Kelly Burke
• 2013-04-29 First Reading reading-1
• 2013-04-29 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2013-04-29 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 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2013-05-09 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2013-05-16 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
• 2013-05-21 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-001-001 reading-3, passage
• 2013-05-21 Passed Both Houses
• 2013-06-19 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-08-05 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2013-08-05 Effective Date August 5, 2013
• 2013-08-05 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0186 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4f41ede9-b2a6-4830-a9b1-6699c6fa5785. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).