Illinois Senate Bill 3492 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Failed on January 13 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-01-13 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Amends the Hydraulic Fracturing Regulatory Act. Provides that the Department of Natural Resources shall suspend the acceptance or approval of any and all new or modified permits for high volume horizontal fracturing wells and operations, horizontal drilled wells with fracturing operations, and Class II injection wells that are near specified areas. Establishes the Illinois Active Earthquake Zone Investigative Task Force. Provides requirements for the Task Force's investigation and report concerning the effects of hydraulic fracturing, horizontal drilling, and Class II injection wells on seismicity in this State. Effective immediately.

FRACKING-EARTHQUAKES

Sen. Dan Kotowski [D]

Sen. Melinda Bush [D]

Sen. William Delgado [D]

Sen. Heather Steans [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-01-13	Senate	Session Sine Die
2014-04-11	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2014-04-11	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2014-04-08	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Melinda Bush
2014-04-08	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Heather A. Steans
2014-04-08	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. William Delgado
2014-03-28	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 11, 2014
2014-03-27	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 To Subcommittee on Special Issues (EN)
2014-03-27	Senate	To Subcommittee on Special Issues (EN)
2014-03-20	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Energy
2014-03-11	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
2014-03-11	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Dan Kotowski
2014-03-05	Senate	Assigned to Energy
2014-02-14	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2014-02-14	Senate	First Reading
2014-02-14	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Dan Kotowski

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
225	732	1-99.5	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3492&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=85&GA=98
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/98/SB/09800SB3492.htm
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/98/SB/09800SB3492sam001.htm