Bill Text: IL SB2104 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Creates the Sale of Pharmaceuticals on Social Media Act. Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, no individual shall sell or advertise the sale of a pharmaceutical on social media unless the individual has completed a verification process with specified requirements. Defines terms.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-06 - Referred to Assignments [SB2104 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2025-SB2104-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Sale | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | of Pharmaceuticals on Social Media Act.
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6 | Section 5. Definition. As used in this Act: | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | "Individual" does not include a manufacturer or | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | distributor identified on the label of a drug approved under | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, a biological product | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | licensed under the Public Health Service Act, or a drug | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | marketed in accordance with an over-the-counter monograph | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | "Social media" has the same meaning as defined in Section | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | 6-5 of the Liquor Control Act of 1934.
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15 | Section 10. Sale of pharmaceuticals on social media; | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | verification process. Notwithstanding any other provision of | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | law, no individual shall sell or advertise the sale of a | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | pharmaceutical on social media unless the individual has | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | completed the following verification process: | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | (1) the individual shall submit an image of both the | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | front and back of the individual's state-issued | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | identification card to the social media platform upon or |
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1 | through which the pharmaceutical is to be sold or | ||||||
2 | advertised; | ||||||
3 | (2) a disclaimer must be included in any advertisement | ||||||
4 | for the pharmaceutical on the social media platform that | ||||||
5 | clearly discloses the name of the individual selling the | ||||||
6 | pharmaceutical; | ||||||
7 | (3) the individual must be identified on the social | ||||||
8 | media page upon which the pharmaceutical is being sold or | ||||||
9 | advertised; and | ||||||
10 | (4) the individual must display a disclaimer on the | ||||||
11 | individual's main page on the social media platform | ||||||
12 | stating that the owner or operator sells or advertises the | ||||||
13 | pharmaceutical on that social media platform. |