---
type: "Bill"
title: "OIL AND GAS ACT-SURETY BONDS"
description: "Amends the Illinois Oil and Gas Act. Removes cash as an item that an applicant for a permit may provide in lieu of a surety bond required for plugging obligations and the removal of liquid oil field waste from an on-site collection point. Makes changes in provisions concerning the Department of Natural Resources's ability to make rules and conduct hearings for certain purposes. Makes conforming changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "104th"
identifier: "SB 2463"
citation: "Illinois SB 2463 (104th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Erica Harriss", "Terra Costa Howard"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-07"
last_action: "2025-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd265d25-d65b-4673-a9f2-c6a98c4b0e4d"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=2463&GAID=18&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=162550&SessionID=114"
source_hash: "48f5ea08722f4ccbe72e62b227ad3cac7bbc096904d9b0ef972205c3e2f2b747"
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 2463 (104th) — OIL AND GAS ACT-SURETY BONDS

Amends the Illinois Oil and Gas Act. Removes cash as an item that an applicant for a permit may provide in lieu of a surety bond required for plugging obligations and the removal of liquid oil field waste from an on-site collection point. Makes changes in provisions concerning the Department of Natural Resources's ability to make rules and conduct hearings for certain purposes. Makes conforming changes.

## 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/10400SB2463.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB2463eng.pdf)
3. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB2463sam001.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB2463enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Judiciary — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper
- Judiciary, Amendment 1 — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Erica Harriss — primary (person)
- Terra Costa Howard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-07** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Erica Harriss `filing`
- **2025-02-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-07** Referred to Assignments
- **2025-03-04** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19** Do Pass Judiciary; 009-000-000
- **2025-03-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 20, 2025 `reading-2`
- **2025-03-20** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 1, 2025
- **2025-04-04** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Erica Harriss `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-04** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
- **2025-04-08** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
- **2025-04-09** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Judiciary; 008-000-000
- **2025-04-10** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-10** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; E. Harriss `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2025-04-10** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-10** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2025-04-10** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Terra Costa Howard
- **2025-04-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-04-11** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2025-04-17** Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-30** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 020-000-000
- **2025-04-30** 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
- **2025-05-22** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 `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 . . . . . . . . . 104-0150 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fd265d25-d65b-4673-a9f2-c6a98c4b0e4d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).