---
type: "Bill"
title: "CREMATION-SCATTERING AREA"
description: "Amends the Crematory Regulation Act. Requires the Department of Natural Resources to designate scattering areas for the deposition of cremated remains in Illinois rivers in accordance with a Department-granted permit."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "104th"
identifier: "SB 1793"
citation: "Illinois SB 1793 (104th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Janet Yang Rohr", "Laura Ellman"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 42
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2025-02-06"
last_action: "2025-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a4c7c30-8eb7-4ff2-a20a-433d7cc84cfd"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=1793&GAID=18&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=160942&SessionID=114"
source_hash: "898f7b23ac9a2ba02cd68f517e7182736e7d4728ab9e76f8436a22f019c4d499"
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 1793 (104th) — CREMATION-SCATTERING AREA

Amends the Crematory Regulation Act. Requires the Department of Natural Resources to designate scattering areas for the deposition of cremated remains in Illinois rivers in accordance with a Department-granted permit.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1793.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1793eng.pdf)
3. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1793sam001.pdf)
4. **Senate Amendment 002** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1793sam002.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1793enr.pdf)

## Votes

- End of Life Issues — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **47–4** (pass) · upper
- End of Life Issues — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- End of Life Issues — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- Executive — **10–1** (pass) · lower
- Executive — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Executive — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Executive — **12–1** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **90–23** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Janet Yang Rohr — primary (person)
- Laura Ellman — primary (person)
- Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin John Olickal — cosponsor (person)
- Ram Villivalam — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie A. Kifowit — cosponsor (person)
- Theresa Mah — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-06** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Laura Ellman `filing`
- **2025-02-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-06** Referred to Assignments
- **2025-02-18** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19** To End of Life Issues
- **2025-02-27** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Ram Villivalam
- **2025-03-14** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Laura Ellman `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-03-14** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
- **2025-03-18** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Executive
- **2025-03-21** Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 11, 2025
- **2025-04-02** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Laura Ellman `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-02** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments
- **2025-04-03** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Executive
- **2025-04-03** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Sub-End of Life
- **2025-04-03** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Sub-End of Life
- **2025-04-03** Reported Back To Executive; 003-000-000
- **2025-04-03** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-03** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-03** Do Pass as Amended Executive; 012-001-000
- **2025-04-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 4, 2025 `reading-2`
- **2025-04-04** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 8, 2025
- **2025-04-09** Third Reading - Passed; 047-004-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-09** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2025-04-09** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Janet Yang Rohr
- **2025-04-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-04-09** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2025-04-17** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-23** Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 010-001-000
- **2025-04-23** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-05-14** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-05-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2025-05-20** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz
- **2025-05-20** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Theresa Mah
- **2025-05-20** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin John Olickal
- **2025-05-20** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit
- **2025-05-22** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 090-023-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-22** Passed Both Houses
- **2025-06-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-08-01** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2025-08-01** Effective Date January 1, 2026
- **2025-08-01** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0124 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5a4c7c30-8eb7-4ff2-a20a-433d7cc84cfd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).