---
type: "Bill"
title: "EPA-REFRIGERANT"
description: "Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, use of a refrigerant is not prohibited or otherwise limited if the refrigerant is identified as a safe alternative under a specified federal statute and is contained within equipment that is listed and installed in accordance with specified federal safety standards and use conditions. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "SB 1804"
citation: "Illinois SB 1804 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Laura M. Murphy", "Terra Costa Howard"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 36
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-09"
last_action: "2023-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35c9ba4b-38d0-4f3c-b39e-32a2f6184198"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=1804&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=146626&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "3a7b70e5041606cf1222ca00a778118fd87b50f8a9900592ed516d7372aa99cc"
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 1804 (103rd) — EPA-REFRIGERANT

Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, use of a refrigerant is not prohibited or otherwise limited if the refrigerant is identified as a safe alternative under a specified federal statute and is contained within equipment that is listed and installed in accordance with specified federal safety standards and use conditions. Effective immediately.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB1804.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB1804eng.pdf)
3. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB1804sam001.pdf)
4. **Senate Amendment 002** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB1804sam002.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB1804enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Environment and Conservation, Amendment 2 — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · lower
- Energy & Environment — **23–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Environment and Conservation — **8–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Laura M. Murphy — primary (person)
- Terra Costa Howard — primary (person)
- Ann M. Williams — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-02-09** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Laura M. Murphy `filing`
- **2023-02-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-09** Referred to Assignments
- **2023-02-21** Assigned to Environment and Conservation `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-03** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Laura M. Murphy `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-03-03** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
- **2023-03-07** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-8 (b-1), the following amendment will remain in the Committee on Assignments
- **2023-03-09** Do Pass Environment and Conservation; 008-000-000
- **2023-03-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 10, 2023 `reading-2`
- **2023-03-23** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Laura M. Murphy `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-03-23** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments
- **2023-03-28** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-28** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 29, 2023
- **2023-03-28** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Environment and Conservation
- **2023-03-30** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Environment and Conservation; 006-000-000
- **2023-03-30** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-30** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Murphy `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-30** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2023-03-30** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-30** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) `amendment-failure`
- **2023-03-31** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2023-03-31** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Terra Costa Howard
- **2023-04-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-04-11** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2023-04-18** Assigned to Energy & Environment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-20** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Ann M. Williams
- **2023-04-25** Do Pass / Short Debate Energy & Environment Committee; 023-000-000
- **2023-04-26** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-05-02** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-05-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2023-05-09** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-09** Passed Both Houses
- **2023-06-07** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-30** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-30** Effective Date June 30, 2023
- **2023-06-30** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0230 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/35c9ba4b-38d0-4f3c-b39e-32a2f6184198`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).