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type: "Bill"
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title: "OPTOMETRY-CONTACT LENSES"
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
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legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
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session: "98th"
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identifier: "SB 2218"
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citation: "Illinois SB 2218 (98th)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 32
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2013-02-15"
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last_action: "2013-08-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f41ede9-b2a6-4830-a9b1-6699c6fa5785"
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source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2218&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=73808&SessionID=85&GA=98"
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source_hash: "433401fc480ebd79c489241973df3a31564c8f9519005c635ed08372c0b75f70"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
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---
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# Illinois SB 2218 (98th) — OPTOMETRY-CONTACT LENSES
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB2218&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=73808&DocNum=2218&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB2218eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=73808&DocNum=2218&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB2218enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=73808&DocNum=2218&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
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## Votes
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- Third Reading — **113–1** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **54–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Michael W. Frerichs — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2013-02-15** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Michael W. Frerichs `filing`
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- **2013-02-15** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2013-02-15** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
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- **2013-03-05** Assigned to Licensed Activities and Pensions `referral-committee`
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- **2013-03-13** Postponed - Licensed Activities and Pensions
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- **2013-03-20** Do Pass Licensed Activities and Pensions; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2013-03-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 21, 2013
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- **2013-04-10** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Michael W. Frerichs `amendment-introduction`
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- **2013-04-10** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
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- **2013-04-17** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Licensed Activities and Pensions
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- **2013-04-17** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Licensed Activities and Pensions; 009-000-000
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- **2013-04-18** Second Reading `reading-2`
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- **2013-04-18** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Frerichs `amendment-passage`
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- **2013-04-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 23, 2013
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- **2013-04-23** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Tim Bivins
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- **2013-04-23** Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2013-04-24** Arrived in House `introduction`
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- **2013-04-24** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Kelly Burke
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- **2013-04-29** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2013-04-29** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2013-04-29** Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2013-05-08** Do Pass / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2013-05-08** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2013-05-09** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2013-05-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2013-05-16** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
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- **2013-05-21** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-001-001 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2013-05-21** Passed Both Houses
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- **2013-06-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2013-08-05** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
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- **2013-08-05** Effective Date August 5, 2013
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- **2013-08-05** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0186 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4f41ede9-b2a6-4830-a9b1-6699c6fa5785`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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