104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB2589
 
Introduced 2/6/2025, by Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 635/2  from Ch. 38, par. 22-51
    Amends the Hypodermic Syringes and Needles Act. Provides that, upon request, a pharmacist shall (rather than may) sell up to 100 sterile hypodermic syringes or needles to a person who is at least 18 years of age. Provides that a syringe or needle sold at a pharmacy shall (rather than may) be sold only from the pharmacy department of the pharmacy.


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A BILL FOR
 
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1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Hypodermic Syringes and Needles Act is 
5amended by changing Section 2 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 635/2)  (from Ch. 38, par. 22-51)
7    Sec. 2. Sale of hypodermic syringes and needles. 
8    (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), no syringe, 
9needle or instrument shall be delivered or sold to, or 
10exchanged with, any person except a registered pharmacist, 
11physician, dentist, veterinarian, registered embalmer, 
12manufacturer or dealer in embalming supplies, wholesale 
13druggist, manufacturing pharmacist, industrial user, a nurse 
14upon the written order of a physician or dentist, the holder of 
15a permit issued under Section 5 of this Act, a registered 
16chiropodist, or an employee of an incorporated hospital upon 
17the written order of its superintendent or officer in 
18immediate charge; provided that the provisions of this Act 
19shall not prohibit the sale, possession or use of hypodermic 
20syringes or hypodermic needles for treatment of livestock or 
21poultry by the owner or keeper thereof or a person engaged in 
22chemical, clinical, pharmaceutical or other scientific 
23research, or a staff person, volunteer, or participant in a 
 
 
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1needle or hypodermic syringe access program.
2    (b) Upon request, a A pharmacist shall may sell up to 100 
3sterile hypodermic syringes or needles to a person who is at 
4least 18 years of age. A syringe or needle sold under this 
5subsection (b) must be stored at a pharmacy and in a manner 
6that limits access to the syringes or needles to pharmacists 
7employed at the pharmacy and any persons designated by the 
8pharmacists. A syringe or needle sold at a pharmacy under this 
9subsection (b) shall may be sold only from the pharmacy 
10department of the pharmacy.
11(Source: P.A. 100-326, eff. 1-1-18; 101-356, eff. 8-9-19.)