Illinois Senate Bill 9 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 43-3)
Status: Passed on July 30 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-07-30 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0171
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Requires a permit for persons conducting any waste-storage, waste-treatment, or waste-disposal operation on CCR surface impoundments. Prohibits persons from performing any specified actions that may cause or tend to cause a violation of the Act. Requires the owner of a CCR surface impoundment to submit to the Agency for approval a closure alternatives analysis. Exempts owners or operators of CCR surface impoundments that have completed closure in accordance with a plan approved by the Agency prior to 12 months after the amendatory Act's effective date from obtaining a construction permit for the surface impoundment closure. Provides that the owner of a CCR surface impoundment shall post all closure plans, permit applications, and supporting documentation, and any Agency approval of the plans or applications on its publicly available website. Requires the owner or operator of a CCR surface impoundment to pay the following fees: an initial fee of $50,000 for closed CCR surface impoundments or $75,000 for CCR surface impoundments that have not completed closure; and annual fees of 25,000 for each CCR surface impoundment that has not completed closure or $15,000 for each CCR surface impoundment that has completed closure but has not completed post-closure care. Requires any monies forfeited to the State from any performance bond or other security required under the amendatory Act's provisions to be placed in the Coal Combustion Residual Surface Impoundment Financial Assurance Fund. Allows the Agency to issue RCRA permits exclusively to persons owning or operating a CCR surface impoundment. Requires a permit applicant to make available to the public for inspection all documents submitted by the applicant to the Agency in furtherance of an application, with the exception of trade secrets, at the office of the county board or governing body of the municipality where CCR from the CCR surface impoundment will be permanently disposed. Makes other changes. Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the Coal Combustion Residual Surface Impoundment Financial Assurance Fund. Effective immediately.

COAL ASH POLLUTION PREVENTION

Sen. Scott Bennett [D]	Sen. John Curran [R]	Sen. Don Harmon [D]	Sen. David Koehler [D]
Sen. Patricia Van Pelt [D]	Sen. Laura Ellman [D]	Sen. Melinda Bush [D]	Sen. Napoleon Harris [D]
Sen. Iris Martinez [D]	Sen. Laura Murphy [D]	Rep. Carol Ammons [D]	Rep. Michael Marron [R]
Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez [D]	Sen. John Connor [D]	Rep. Grant Wehrli [R]	Rep. Joyce Mason [D]
Rep. Robyn Gabel [D]	Rep. Sonya Harper [D]	Rep. Bob Morgan [D]	Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz [D]
Rep. Ann Williams [D]	Rep. Kelly Cassidy [D]	Rep. Anne Stava-Murray [D]	Rep. Anna Moeller [D]
Sen. Sara Feigenholtz [D]	Rep. Delia Ramirez [D]	Rep. Will Guzzardi [D]	Rep. Barbara Hernandez [D]
Rep. Rita Mayfield [D]	Rep. Emanuel Welch [D]	Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth [D]	Rep. Maurice West [D]
Rep. Latoya Greenwood [D]	Rep. William Davis [D]	Rep. Kathleen Willis [D]	Rep. Yehiel Kalish [D]
Rep. Terra Costa Howard [D]	Rep. Deborah Conroy [D]	Rep. Theresa Mah [D]	Rep. Michelle Mussman [D]
Sen. Mary Edly-Allen [D]	Sen. Celina Villanueva [D]	Rep. Stephanie Kifowit [D]	Sen. Diane Pappas [D]
Rep. Daniel Didech [D]	Rep. Natalie Manley [D]

2019-05-27 - House - Third Reading in House (Y: 77 N: 35 NV: 6 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-05-09 - Senate - Third Reading in Senate (Y: 39 N: 9 NV: 11 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-07-30	Senate	Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0171
2019-07-30	Senate	Effective Date July 30, 2019
2019-07-30	Senate	Governor Approved
2019-06-05	Senate	Sent to the Governor
2019-05-27	Senate	Passed Both Houses
2019-05-27	House	House Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40
2019-05-27	House	Third Reading - Standard Debate - Passed 077-035-001
2019-05-27	House	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Standard Debate
2019-05-27	House	Removed from Short Debate Status
2019-05-27	House	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
2019-05-23	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
2019-05-23	House	House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Energy & Environment Committee
2019-05-22	House	House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
2019-05-22	House	House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Carol Ammons
2019-05-21	House	Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Natalie A. Manley
2019-05-21	House	Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel Didech
2019-05-21	House	Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Diane Pappas
2019-05-21	House	Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
2019-05-21	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
2019-05-20	House	Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit
2019-05-20	House	Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Celina Villanueva
2019-05-20	House	Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Edly-Allen
2019-05-20	House	Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman
2019-05-20	House	Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Theresa Mah
2019-05-20	House	Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Deb Conroy
2019-05-20	House	Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Terra Costa Howard
2019-05-20	House	Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Yehiel M. Kalish
2019-05-20	House	Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen Willis
2019-05-20	House	Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. William Davis
2019-05-20	House	Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. LaToya Greenwood
2019-05-20	House	Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Maurice A. West, II
2019-05-20	House	Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth
2019-05-17	House	Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch
2019-05-17	House	Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
2019-05-17	House	Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Hernandez
2019-05-17	House	Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi
2019-05-16	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
2019-05-16	House	Do Pass / Short Debate Energy & Environment Committee; 019-011-000
2019-05-16	House	Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Delia C. Ramirez
2019-05-16	House	Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
2019-05-15	House	Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Anna Moeller
2019-05-15	House	Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Anne Stava-Murray
2019-05-15	House	Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
2019-05-15	House	Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Ann M. Williams
2019-05-15	House	Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz
2019-05-15	House	Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Bob Morgan
2019-05-15	House	Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper
2019-05-15	House	Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Robyn Gabel
2019-05-15	House	Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Grant Wehrli
2019-05-15	House	Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John Connor
2019-05-15	House	Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
2019-05-15	House	Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael T. Marron
2019-05-15	House	Alternate Co-Sponsor Removed Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
2019-05-15	House	Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason
2019-05-15	House	Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Removed Rep. Joyce Mason
2019-05-14	House	Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason
2019-05-14	House	Motion to Suspend Rule 21 - Prevailed
2019-05-14	House	Motion Filed to Suspend Rule 21 Energy & Environment Committee; Rep. Gregory Harris
2019-05-14	House	Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2019
2019-05-14	House	Assigned to Energy & Environment Committee
2019-05-10	House	Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
2019-05-09	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2019-05-09	House	First Reading
2019-05-09	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
2019-05-09	House	Chief House Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
2019-05-09	House	Arrived in House
2019-05-09	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a)
2019-05-09	Senate	Third Reading - Passed; 039-009-007
2019-05-09	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
2019-05-09	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Adopted; Bennett
2019-05-09	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted; Bennett
2019-05-09	Senate	Recalled to Second Reading
2019-05-09	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Napoleon Harris, III
2019-05-09	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Melinda Bush
2019-05-09	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Patricia Van Pelt
2019-05-09	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. David Koehler
2019-05-09	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Recommend Do Adopt Environment and Conservation; 007-001-000
2019-05-09	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommend Do Adopt Environment and Conservation; 007-001-000
2019-05-09	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura Ellman
2019-05-09	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
2019-05-08	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. John F. Curran
2019-05-08	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Assignments Refers to Environment and Conservation
2019-05-08	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Referred to Assignments
2019-05-08	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Scott M. Bennett
2019-05-07	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Assignments Refers to Environment and Conservation
2019-05-03	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Assignments
2019-05-03	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Scott M. Bennett
2019-05-02	Senate	Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 10, 2019
2019-04-30	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Environment and Conservation
2019-04-25	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments
2019-04-25	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Scott M. Bennett
2019-04-12	Senate	Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 2, 2019
2019-04-09	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 10, 2019
2019-04-09	Senate	Second Reading
2019-03-21	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 26, 2019
2019-03-21	Senate	Do Pass as Amended Environment and Conservation; 005-002-000
2019-03-21	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted
2019-03-19	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Environment and Conservation
2019-03-15	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
2019-03-15	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Scott M. Bennett
2019-03-14	Senate	Assigned to Environment and Conservation
2019-01-09	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2019-01-09	Senate	First Reading
2019-01-09	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Scott M. Bennett

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=9&GAID=15&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=108&GA=101
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/SB/10100SB0009.htm
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/SB/10100SB0009eng.htm
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/SB/10100SB0009enr.htm
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/101/101-0171.htm
Amendment	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/SB/10100SB0009sam001.htm
Amendment	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/SB/10100SB0009sam002.htm
Amendment	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/SB/10100SB0009sam003.htm
Amendment	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/SB/10100SB0009sam004.htm
Amendment	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/SB/10100SB0009ham001.htm
Roll Call	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/votehistory/101/senate/10100SB0009_05092019_001000T.pdf
Roll Call	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/votehistory/101/house/10100SB0009_05272019_018000T.pdf