---
type: "Bill"
title: "PESTICIDES-PENALTIES"
description: "Amends the Illinois Pesticide Act. Provides that for any person applying a pesticide that results in exposure to the pesticide by a human, the penalty shall be $2,500. Provides that an additional penalty of $1,000 shall be assessed for each individual human exposed to the pesticide. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "SB 203"
citation: "Illinois SB 203 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dagmara Avelar", "Karina Villa"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 58
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-31"
last_action: "2023-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ec17a8b-9a77-4da2-a0ad-c3602c5d048a"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=203&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=143784&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "1e4b8bbf0a8c42b27bc49177dbf89a06b1964727e7b9218b9992a1aa8321bcca"
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 203 (103rd) — PESTICIDES-PENALTIES

Amends the Illinois Pesticide Act. Provides that for any person applying a pesticide that results in exposure to the pesticide by a human, the penalty shall be $2,500. Provides that an additional penalty of $1,000 shall be assessed for each individual human exposed to the pesticide. 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/10300SB0203.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB0203eng.pdf)
3. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB0203sam001.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB0203enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Agriculture & Conservation — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **80–24** (pass) · lower
- Agriculture, Amendment 1 — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Agriculture — **9–3** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **51–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dagmara Avelar — primary (person)
- Karina Villa — primary (person)
- Aarón M. Ortíz — cosponsor (person)
- Abdelnasser Rashid — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Hernández — cosponsor (person)
- Celina Villanueva — cosponsor (person)
- Cristina H. Pacione-Zayas — cosponsor (person)
- David Koehler — cosponsor (person)
- Edgar González, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth "Lisa" Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Eva-Dina Delgado — cosponsor (person)
- Hoan Huynh — cosponsor (person)
- Javier L. Cervantes — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Carroll — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin John Olickal — cosponsor (person)
- Lakesia Collins — cosponsor (person)
- Laura Faver Dias — cosponsor (person)
- Nabeela Syed — cosponsor (person)
- Norma Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel Ventura — cosponsor (person)
- Ram Villivalam — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-31** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Karina Villa `filing`
- **2023-01-31** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-31** Referred to Assignments
- **2023-02-07** Assigned to Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. David Koehler
- **2023-02-21** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Javier L. Cervantes
- **2023-03-08** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Ram Villivalam
- **2023-03-08** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Celina Villanueva
- **2023-03-08** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina H. Pacione-Zayas
- **2023-03-09** Do Pass Agriculture; 009-003-000
- **2023-03-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 10, 2023 `reading-2`
- **2023-03-10** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachel Ventura
- **2023-03-24** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Karina Villa `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-03-24** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 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. 1 Assignments Refers to Agriculture
- **2023-03-30** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Agriculture; 012-000-000
- **2023-03-30** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-30** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Villa `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-30** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2023-03-30** Third Reading - Passed; 051-002-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-31** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2023-03-31** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Dagmara Avelar
- **2023-04-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-04-11** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2023-04-11** Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-18** Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 009-000-000
- **2023-04-19** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-04-25** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth "Lisa" Hernandez
- **2023-04-25** Alternate Co-Sponsor Removed Rep. Elizabeth "Lisa" Hernandez
- **2023-05-02** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid
- **2023-05-02** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin John Olickal
- **2023-05-02** Alternate Co-Sponsor Removed Rep. Kevin John Olickal
- **2023-05-03** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-05-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2023-05-08** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 080-024-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-08** Passed Both Houses
- **2023-05-08** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Norma Hernandez
- **2023-05-08** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jonathan Carroll
- **2023-05-08** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Maurice A. West, II
- **2023-05-08** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Hoan Huynh
- **2023-05-08** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Nabeela Syed
- **2023-05-08** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Edgar González, Jr.
- **2023-05-08** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Hernández
- **2023-05-08** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Eva-Dina Delgado
- **2023-05-08** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lakesia Collins
- **2023-05-08** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Aarón M. Ortíz
- **2023-05-08** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth "Lisa" Hernandez
- **2023-05-08** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin John Olickal
- **2023-05-08** Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Lakesia Collins
- **2023-05-08** Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Aarón M. Ortíz
- **2023-05-08** Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Elizabeth "Lisa" Hernandez
- **2023-05-08** Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Kevin John Olickal
- **2023-06-06** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-09** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-09** Effective Date June 9, 2023
- **2023-06-09** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0062 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8ec17a8b-9a77-4da2-a0ad-c3602c5d048a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).