IL HB5013 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Introduced on February 7 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-05-10 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth "Lisa" Hernandez
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on February 7 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-05-10 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth "Lisa" Hernandez
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Summary
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Establishes the Health and Equity Advisory Council. Provides that the Council shall make initial findings, conclusions, and recommendations regarding environmental justice to the General Assembly by no later than June 30, 2026, and shall make annual reports to the General Assembly no later than June 30 of each year thereafter. Describes the Council's composition. Provides that the Environmental Protection Agency shall conduct truck counting and facility emissions monitoring. Provides that, no later than 12 months after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the Agency shall adopt rules providing for the facility-by-facility review of regulated facilities, along with a menu of measures to reduce the impact of air pollution. Provides guidelines for a fee and point system. Requires the Agency to disclose air pollution impacts on maternal, infant, and child health; educational attainment; and the economy. Establishes the Insights, Jobs, and Environmental Justice Grant Program. Outlines the purpose and application of the grant program. Establishes the Insights Analysis Program and details its purpose, function, and duties. Requires the Agency to conduct a public participation process in order to maintain transparency of the program's progress. Requires the Agency to annually publish a list of warehouses and truck-attracting facilities and details the information that must be included on the list. Requires the Agency to conduct annual investigations of a random selection of at least 5% of all stationary and indirect sources in non-overburdened communities. Requires that the results of the investigation be made public and details the metrics to be included in the investigations.
Title
EPA-HEALTH & EQUITY INSIGHTS
Sponsors
| Rep. Dagmara Avelar [D] | Rep. Norma Hernandez [D] | Rep. Joyce Mason [D] | Rep. Kevin Olickal [D] |
| Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez [D] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-05-10 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth "Lisa" Hernandez |
| 2024-05-03 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin John Olickal |
| 2024-04-05 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee |
| 2024-04-05 | House | Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee |
| 2024-04-03 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Energy & Environment Committee |
| 2024-04-02 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee |
| 2024-04-02 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Dagmara Avelar |
| 2024-04-01 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason |
| 2024-03-22 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Norma Hernandez |
| 2024-02-28 | House | Assigned to Energy & Environment Committee |
| 2024-02-08 | House | Referred to Rules Committee |
| 2024-02-08 | House | First Reading |
| 2024-02-07 | House | Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Dagmara Avelar |
