---
type: "Bill"
title: "SANITARY DIST-ASSESSMENTS"
description: "SANITARY DIST-ASSESSMENTS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "90th"
identifier: "SB 159"
citation: "Illinois SB 159 (90th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 34
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1997-01-28T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1997-07-24T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b06575a8-93c6-4730-ab25-58a9069de1ca"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/90gatoc.html"
source_hash: "2196b37dec86db7888fb38767258a24c40d29fceb7d11287da52f5d6a51f473a"
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 159 (90th) — SANITARY DIST-ASSESSMENTS

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0159** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/sbgroups/sb/900SB0159LV.html)

## Sponsors

- SCOTT — cosponsor (person)
- WAIT — cosponsor (person)
- WEAVER,S — cosponsor (person)
- WINTERS — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1997-01-28T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-01-28T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-01-29T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE EXECUTIVE `referral-committee`
- **1997-02-06T00:00:00-06:00** POSTPONED
- **1997-02-28T00:00:00-06:00** POSTPONED
- **1997-03-06T00:00:00-06:00** POSTPONED
- **1997-03-13T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-EXECUTIVE S
- **1997-03-13T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1997-03-13T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS AS AMENDED 010-001-000 SEXC
- **1997-03-13T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 97-03-14
- **1997-03-14T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1997-03-14T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 97-03-17
- **1997-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 052-003-000 `reading-3`
- **1997-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **1997-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING
- **1997-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** HOUSE SPONSOR SCOTT
- **1997-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-03-21T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR WINTERS
- **1997-03-21T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR WAIT
- **1997-03-21T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE LOCAL GOVT `referral-committee`
- **1997-05-01T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 017-000-000 HLGV
- **1997-05-01T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-01T00:00:00-05:00** STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE REQUESTED HUGHES
- **1997-05-01T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE REQST-WITHDRN HUGHES
- **1997-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1997-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 118-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1997-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1997-06-12T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1997-07-24T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1997-07-24T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 98-01-01
- **1997-07-24T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0194

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b06575a8-93c6-4730-ab25-58a9069de1ca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).