---
type: "Bill"
title: "ILLINOIS PESTICIDE ACT"
description: "ILLINOIS PESTICIDE ACT"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "90th"
identifier: "SB 305"
citation: "Illinois SB 305 (90th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 68
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1997-02-05T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1997-08-15T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/84f157b7-b5db-4a19-b048-fc15952b757a"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/90gatoc.html"
source_hash: "bb49e055065b9af7c3afddbebfc31c7320d111e7533738fbd35e54e74c2ae613"
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 305 (90th) — ILLINOIS PESTICIDE ACT

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0305** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/sbgroups/sb/900SB0305LV.html)

## Sponsors

- NOLAND — cosponsor (person)
- PHILIP — cosponsor (person)
- RYDER — cosponsor (person)
- SIEBEN — cosponsor (person)
- WATSON — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1997-02-05T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-02-05T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-02-05T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE AGRIC & CON `referral-committee`
- **1997-02-28T00:00:00-06:00** POSTPONED
- **1997-03-13T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS 009-000-000 SAGR
- **1997-03-13T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 97-03-14
- **1997-03-17T00:00:00-06:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY `introduction`
- **1997-03-17T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-SIEBEN
- **1997-03-17T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO SRUL
- **1997-03-17T00:00:00-06:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY `introduction`
- **1997-03-17T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-SIEBEN
- **1997-03-17T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO SRUL
- **1997-03-17T00:00:00-06:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY `introduction`
- **1997-03-17T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 03-SIEBEN
- **1997-03-17T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO SRUL
- **1997-03-17T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-SIEBEN
- **1997-03-17T00:00:00-06:00** RULES REFERS TO SAGR
- **1997-03-17T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-SIEBEN
- **1997-03-17T00:00:00-06:00** RULES REFERS TO SAGR
- **1997-03-17T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 03-SIEBEN
- **1997-03-17T00:00:00-06:00** RULES REFERS TO SAGR
- **1997-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-SIEBEN
- **1997-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** HELD IN COMMITTEE SAGR
- **1997-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-SIEBEN
- **1997-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** POSTPONED SAGR
- **1997-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 03-SIEBEN
- **1997-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** BE ADOPTED SAGR/009-000-000
- **1997-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1997-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 03-SIEBEN
- **1997-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1997-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 97-03-19
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 055-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** TABLED PURSUANT TO RULE 5-4(A)
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** SA'S 01 & 02
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 055-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING
- **1997-04-04T00:00:00-06:00** HOUSE SPONSOR WINTERS
- **1997-04-08T00:00:00-05:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-04-08T00:00:00-05:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-04-09T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR NOLAND
- **1997-04-09T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE AGRIC CONSERV `referral-committee`
- **1997-04-15T00:00:00-05:00** ALTERNATE PRIMARY SPONSOR CHANGED TO RYDER
- **1997-04-30T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-AGRICULTURE H
- **1997-04-30T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED 013-000-000 `passage`
- **1997-04-30T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS AMENDED/SHORT DEBATE 013-000-000 HAGC
- **1997-04-30T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-01T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1997-05-01T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 116-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1997-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** SECRETARYS DESK - CONCURRENCE 01
- **1997-05-16T00:00:00-05:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY `introduction`
- **1997-05-16T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 01/SIEBEN
- **1997-05-16T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION REFERRED TO SRUL
- **1997-05-19T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 01/SIEBEN
- **1997-05-19T00:00:00-05:00** RULES REFERS TO SAGR
- **1997-05-20T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 01/SIEBEN
- **1997-05-20T00:00:00-05:00** BE ADOPTED SAGR/008-000-000
- **1997-05-20T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 01/SIEBEN
- **1997-05-20T00:00:00-05:00** SEN CONCURS IN HSE AMENDMENTS (NO.) 01/058-000-000
- **1997-05-20T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1997-06-18T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1997-08-15T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1997-08-15T00:00:00-05:00** GENERALLY
- **1997-08-15T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 97-08-15
- **1997-08-15T00:00:00-05:00** SOME PARTS
- **1997-08-15T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 98-01-01
- **1997-08-15T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0403

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/84f157b7-b5db-4a19-b048-fc15952b757a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).