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+type: "Bill"
+title: "FLOODPLAIN-DEFINITION"
+description: "Amends the Environmental Protection Act; the Rivers, Lakes, and Streams Act; and the Livestock Management Facilities Act. Defines \"100-year floodplain\" as the lowland and relatively flat areas adjoining inland and coastal waters, including flood-prone areas of offshore islands, that are inundated by a flood that has a 1% or greater chance of recurring in any given year or a flood of a magnitude equalled or exceeded once in 100 years on the average over a significantly long period. Provides that areas that lie within an area protected by a levee or levees located in a flood prevention district established by the Flood Prevention District Act are deemed by operation of law not to be within the 100-year floodplain for the purposes of these Acts. Provides that to the extent that Executive Order 2006-5 is inconsistent with the provisions of this amendatory Act, the provisions of this amendatory Act shall govern. Effective immediately."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
+legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
+session: "96th"
+identifier: "SB 2556"
+citation: "Illinois SB 2556 (96th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 61
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2010-01-13"
+last_action: "2010-07-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/846308c4-b598-4bd1-8f1b-398fba190243"
+source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2556&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=49320&SessionID=76&GA=96"
+source_hash: "46a5b5e1f086695adb95f44f7851ebba14a8697ca7ab897d744f4d08c051f590"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
+---
+
+# Illinois SB 2556 (96th) — FLOODPLAIN-DEFINITION
+
+Amends the Environmental Protection Act; the Rivers, Lakes, and Streams Act; and the Livestock Management Facilities Act. Defines "100-year floodplain" as the lowland and relatively flat areas adjoining inland and coastal waters, including flood-prone areas of offshore islands, that are inundated by a flood that has a 1% or greater chance of recurring in any given year or a flood of a magnitude equalled or exceeded once in 100 years on the average over a significantly long period. Provides that areas that lie within an area protected by a levee or levees located in a flood prevention district established by the Flood Prevention District Act are deemed by operation of law not to be within the 100-year floodplain for the purposes of these Acts. Provides that to the extent that Executive Order 2006-5 is inconsistent with the provisions of this amendatory Act, the provisions of this amendatory Act shall govern. Effective immediately.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB2556&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=49320&DocNum=2556&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB2556eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=49320&DocNum=2556&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB2556enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=49320&DocNum=2556&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower
+- Concurrence — **54–0** (pass) · upper
+- Concurrence, Amendment 2 — **54–0** (pass) · upper
+- Third Reading — **51–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- William R. Haine — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2010-01-13** Filed with Secretary by Sen. William R. Haine `filing`
+- **2010-01-13** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2010-01-13** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
+- **2010-02-10** Assigned to Agriculture and Conservation `referral-committee`
+- **2010-02-10** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. William R. Haine `amendment-introduction`
+- **2010-02-10** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
+- **2010-02-16** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Agriculture and Conservation
+- **2010-02-16** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
+- **2010-02-17** Do Pass as Amended Agriculture and Conservation; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2010-02-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 18, 2010
+- **2010-02-18** Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2010-02-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 23, 2010
+- **2010-03-11** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. William R. Haine `amendment-introduction`
+- **2010-03-11** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
+- **2010-03-16** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Agriculture and Conservation
+- **2010-03-16** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Agriculture and Conservation; 010-000-000
+- **2010-03-19** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As March 26, 2010 `reading-3`
+- **2010-03-26** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As April 15, 2010 `reading-3`
+- **2010-04-15** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2010-04-15** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Haine `amendment-passage`
+- **2010-04-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
+- **2010-04-15** Third Reading - Passed; 051-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2010-04-16** Arrived in House `introduction`
+- **2010-04-16** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Jay C. Hoffman
+- **2010-04-16** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook
+- **2010-04-16** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel V. Beiser
+- **2010-04-16** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Reitz
+- **2010-04-16** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Lee Jackson, Sr.
+- **2010-04-16** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2010-04-19** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2010-04-19** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2010-04-19** Assigned to Environment & Energy Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2010-04-23** Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) April 30, 2010
+- **2010-04-27** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Environment & Energy Committee `amendment-introduction`
+- **2010-04-27** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Environment & Energy Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
+- **2010-04-27** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Environment & Energy Committee; 018-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2010-04-28** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2010-04-28** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jay C. Hoffman `amendment-introduction`
+- **2010-04-28** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2010-04-28** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2010-04-29** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2010-04-29** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
+- **2010-04-29** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2010-05-03** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2010-05-03** Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1, 2
+- **2010-05-03** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1, 2 - May 4, 2010
+- **2010-05-03** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. William R. Haine `filing`
+- **2010-05-03** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
+- **2010-05-03** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. William R. Haine `filing`
+- **2010-05-03** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
+- **2010-05-04** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Environment `referral-committee`
+- **2010-05-04** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Environment `referral-committee`
+- **2010-05-04** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Environment; 006-000-000
+- **2010-05-04** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Environment; 006-000-000
+- **2010-05-04** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 054-000-000
+- **2010-05-04** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Senate Concurs 054-000-000
+- **2010-05-04** Passed Both Houses
+- **2010-06-02** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2010-07-29** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
+- **2010-07-29** Effective Date July 29, 2010
+- **2010-07-29** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1395 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/846308c4-b598-4bd1-8f1b-398fba190243`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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