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+type: "Bill"
+title: "EPA-VARIANCES"
+description: "Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Makes a change to the filing requirements for a person seeking a variance. Effective immediately."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
+legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
+session: "98th"
+identifier: "SB 2657"
+citation: "Illinois SB 2657 (98th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 30
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2014-01-21"
+last_action: "2014-08-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/538ba864-2283-4a3d-b59c-4ce41c9f0745"
+source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2657&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=78139&SessionID=85&GA=98"
+source_hash: "ef18501b81f6b27fbe370f779f98fffbc2a05771148abb0ce66da8d7d76584bb"
+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 2657 (98th) — EPA-VARIANCES
+
+Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Makes a change to the filing requirements for a person seeking a variance. 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=09800SB2657&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=78139&DocNum=2657&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB2657eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=78139&DocNum=2657&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB2657enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=78139&DocNum=2657&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper
+- Third Reading — **102–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- William R. Haine — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2014-01-21** Filed with Secretary by Sen. William R. Haine `filing`
+- **2014-01-21** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2014-01-21** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
+- **2014-01-29** Assigned to Environment `referral-committee`
+- **2014-02-20** Postponed - Environment
+- **2014-02-20** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. William R. Haine `amendment-introduction`
+- **2014-02-20** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
+- **2014-02-25** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Environment
+- **2014-02-27** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
+- **2014-02-27** Do Pass as Amended Environment; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2014-02-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 4, 2014
+- **2014-03-04** Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2014-03-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 5, 2014
+- **2014-04-02** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2014-04-03** Arrived in House `introduction`
+- **2014-04-03** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Ann Williams
+- **2014-04-03** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2014-04-03** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2014-04-23** Assigned to Environment `referral-committee`
+- **2014-04-29** Do Pass / Short Debate Environment; 015-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2014-04-30** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2014-05-06** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2014-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2014-05-09** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 102-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2014-05-09** Passed Both Houses
+- **2014-06-06** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2014-08-01** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
+- **2014-08-01** Effective Date August 1, 2014; Some Portions
+- **2014-08-01** Effective Date January 1, 2015; Some Portions
+- **2014-08-01** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0822 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/538ba864-2283-4a3d-b59c-4ce41c9f0745`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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