All Roll Calls
Yes: 199 • No: 0
Sponsored By: Natalie A. Manley (Democratic)
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The Department sets when pharmacist licenses expire and renew. To renew, you must complete 30 hours of ACPE-approved CE in the 24 months before expiration, including 2 hours in pharmacy law. The Department can audit your CE or require filings and may charge up to $20 every two years for CE recordkeeping. If you miss CE, or your license expired or is inactive, the Department has restoration rules; you must show fitness and pay any restoration fee. If you kept active practice in another state with a clean license and largely met CE, no further evaluation is required for restoration. In extreme hardship, CE can be waived once in three renewal periods, and lapsed renewal fees are waived for qualifying military service if you apply within two years after honorable separation. Practicing while your license is expired or inactive is unlicensed practice and brings discipline.
To get an Illinois pharmacist license, you apply to the Department, pay a nonrefundable fee, and complete an approved Illinois pharmacy law program and assessment. The state offers the NABP exam at least three times a year; you pay the exam cost to the Department or a testing service, and you forfeit the fee if you do not show up. The Department tells you results within seven weeks and can let you start practicing right away if you pass. You have one year after your pass notice to apply; if you wait longer or do not test or pass within three years of filing, your application expires and you must reapply under current rules. If your pharmacy degree is from outside the U.S., you must get an FPGEC certificate and complete 1,200 hours of U.S. clinical training.
A pharmacy must keep its license current; operating on an expired license is unlawful and brings discipline. If the license expired less than one year ago, the Department restores it when the pharmacy applies. If it has been expired one year or more, the pharmacy cannot restore it and must apply as new.
Natalie A. Manley
Democratic • House
Andrew S. Chesney
Republican • Senate
Celina Villanueva
Democratic • Senate
Christopher Belt
Democratic • Senate
David Koehler
Democratic • Senate
Doris Turner
Democratic • Senate
Emil Jones, III
Democratic • Senate
Janet Yang Rohr
Democratic • House
Javier L. Cervantes
Democratic • Senate
Karina Villa
Democratic • Senate
Kevin Schmidt
Republican • House
Laura Ellman
Democratic • Senate
Li Arellano, Jr.
Republican • Senate
Mark L. Walker
Democratic • Senate
Mary Edly-Allen
Democratic • Senate
Mattie Hunter
Democratic • Senate
Maurice A. West, II
Democratic • House
Michael E. Hastings
Democratic • Senate
Michael W. Halpin
Democratic • Senate
Michelle Mussman
Democratic • House
Mike Porfirio
Democratic • Senate
Napoleon Harris, III
Democratic • Senate
Rachel Ventura
Democratic • Senate
Ryan Spain
Republican • House
Steve Stadelman
Democratic • Senate
Suzy Glowiak Hilton
Democratic • Senate
All Roll Calls
Yes: 199 • No: 0
Senate vote • 5/20/2026
Third Reading - Passed;
Yes: 58 • No: 0
Senate vote • 5/6/2026
Do Pass Licensed Activities;
Yes: 9 • No: 0
House vote • 4/16/2026
Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed
Yes: 103 • No: 0
House vote • 4/15/2026
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Health Care Licenses Committee;
Yes: 14 • No: 0
House vote • 3/19/2026
Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee;
Yes: 15 • No: 0
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0461
Effective Date June 1, 2026
Governor Approved
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen
Sent to the Governor
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Napoleon Harris, III
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Celina Villanueva
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachel Ventura
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael E. Hastings
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael W. Halpin
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Christopher Belt
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Javier L. Cervantes
Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura Ellman
Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Doris Turner
Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Suzy Glowiak Hilton
Passed Both Houses
Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 18, 2026
Second Reading
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Andrew S. Chesney
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Porfirio
Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 7, 2026
Do Pass Licensed Activities; 009-000-000
Engrossed
Enrolled
House Amendment 1
House Amendment 2
Introduced
HB4890 — UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN
Creates the Dependency Determinations for Unaccompanied Children Act. Creates a process for an unaccompanied child in the custody of the federal Office of Refugee Resettlement housed in Illinois who is alleged to have been abused, neglected, or abandoned by one or both parents to file a petition seeking a finding of dependency under the Act. Provides that a child declared dependent is eligible for oversight and services as ordered by the court and may be referred for psychological, educational, medical, or social services deemed necessary as a result of parental abuse, abandonment, or neglect or for protection against trafficking or domestic violence. Defines terms. Makes legislative findings. Effective immediately.
HB0598 — GOVERNMENT-TECH
Amends the Salaries Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
SB0314 — BUSINESS-TECH
Amends the Business Corporation Act of 1983. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
HB3428 — LONG-TERM CARE JOINT TRAINING
Amends the Nursing Home Care Act and the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act. Requires the Department of Public Health to hold semiannual joint training sessions for surveyors, nursing home providers, and assisted living establishment providers. Provides that the Department shall include the State long-term care ombudsman, or the State long-term care ombudsman's designee, and representatives of each nursing home provider association and assisted living provider association in the State in the planning process to create the topics and content of the joint training sessions as well as the coordination and presentations for the joint training sessions. Provides that, at least annually, a joint training session shall include, but not be limited to, regional citation patterns relating to complaints, standards, and outcomes in the nursing home and assisted living survey process. Requires the Department to develop standardized training for establishments to prevent common citations in the assisted living survey process.
SB1265 — ENVTL BARRIER-ENFORCEMENT DATA
Amends the Environmental Barriers Act. Requires the Attorney General to provide, by January 31, 2026 and every January 31 thereafter (rather than by July 31, 2020 and every July 31 thereafter), data on the Attorney General's website about annual enforcement efforts performed under the Act. Effective immediately.
HB3616 — IHDA-AFFORDABLE HOUSING EXEMPT
Amends the Affordable Housing Planning and Appeal Act. In provisions requiring the Illinois Housing Development Authority to determine which local governments are exempt from the requirements of the Act, requires the Authority to collect data on owner-occupied and rental units for each local government as follows: (1) by totaling the number of owner-occupied housing units in each local government that are affordable to households with a gross household income that is less than 80% of the median household income and is between 80% and 140% of the median household income within the county or primary metropolitan statistical area; and (2) by totaling the number of rental units in each local government that are affordable to households with a gross household income that is less than 60% of the median household income and is between 80% and 140% of the median household income within the county or primary metropolitan statistical area. Provides that data collected for the 80% AMI to 140% AMI households is to be used for informational purposes and shall not factor into the determination of exempt local governments.