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+type: "Bill"
+title: "METRO WATER RECLAMATION DIST"
+description: "Amends the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act. Provides that, after a hearing, the board of commissioners of a sanitary district may order the party responsible for the discharge of sewage, industrial wastes, or other wastes into the district's sewerage system to pay a civil penalty in an amount that is not less than $1,000 (now, $100) nor more than $2,000 per day for each day of discharge in violation of the Act. Effective immediately."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
+legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
+session: "97th"
+identifier: "HB 1563"
+citation: "Illinois HB 1563 (97th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 25
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2011-02-15"
+last_action: "2011-08-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c622c216-0c92-4589-83f2-dc706fbf9ca9"
+source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1563&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=58709&SessionID=84&GA=97"
+source_hash: "a853b7f8cc6d3ed8ed9f9bd2a3c0684ab825e46265ead0da85d938fb1d89f693"
+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 HB 1563 (97th) — METRO WATER RECLAMATION DIST
+
+Amends the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act. Provides that, after a hearing, the board of commissioners of a sanitary district may order the party responsible for the discharge of sewage, industrial wastes, or other wastes into the district's sewerage system to pay a civil penalty in an amount that is not less than $1,000 (now, $100) nor more than $2,000 per day for each day of discharge in violation of the Act. 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=09700HB1563&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=58709&DocNum=1563&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB1563eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=58709&DocNum=1563&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB1563enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=58709&DocNum=1563&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower
+- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Marlow H. Colvin — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2011-02-15** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Marlow H. Colvin `filing`
+- **2011-02-15** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2011-02-15** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2011-02-22** Assigned to Environment & Energy Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2011-03-02** Do Pass / Short Debate Environment & Energy Committee; 019-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2011-03-03** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2011-03-08** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2011-03-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2011-03-10** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-000-001 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2011-03-14** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
+- **2011-03-14** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 15, 2011 `reading-1`
+- **2011-03-17** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
+- **2011-03-23** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2011-03-23** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
+- **2011-04-27** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
+- **2011-05-06** Do Pass Local Government; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2011-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 10, 2011
+- **2011-05-12** Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2011-05-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2011
+- **2011-05-17** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2011-05-17** Passed Both Houses
+- **2011-06-15** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2011-08-11** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
+- **2011-08-11** Effective Date August 11, 2011
+- **2011-08-11** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0298 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c622c216-0c92-4589-83f2-dc706fbf9ca9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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