---
type: "Bill"
title: "EPA-CHEMICAL SAFETY-CLEAN AIR"
description: "EPA-CHEMICAL SAFETY-CLEAN AIR"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "90th"
identifier: "SB 545"
citation: "Illinois SB 545 (90th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 78
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1997-02-06T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1998-08-14T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f058baf2-ca57-48ab-bb82-c0dc537e6149"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/90gatoc.html"
source_hash: "7e2b2bd8d2146b77e7b9b7030383e163a33b915110b65e799a5c56afc977c038"
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 545 (90th) — EPA-CHEMICAL SAFETY-CLEAN AIR

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0545** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/sbgroups/sb/900SB0545LV.html)

## Sponsors

- FARLEY — cosponsor (person)
- KARPIEL — cosponsor (person)
- MAUTINO — cosponsor (person)
- SCOTT — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1997-02-06T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-02-06T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-02-19T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE ENVIR & ENE `referral-committee`
- **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-ENVIR. & ENE. S
- **1997-03-13T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1997-03-13T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS AS AMENDED 010-000-000 SENV
- **1997-03-13T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 97-03-14
- **1997-03-13T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR FARLEY
- **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 057-000-000 `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 MAUTINO
- **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** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE ENVRMNT ENRGY `referral-committee`
- **1997-04-23T00:00:00-05:00** HOME RULE NOTE FILED
- **1997-04-23T00:00:00-05:00** STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE FILED
- **1997-04-23T00:00:00-05:00** COMMITTEE ENVRMNT ENRGY
- **1997-05-01T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 020-000-000 HENE
- **1997-05-01T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-01T00:00:00-05:00** FISCAL NOTE REQUESTED HASSERT
- **1997-05-01T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** FISCAL NOTE FILED
- **1997-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1997-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** RECALLED TO SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-MAUTINO
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-MAUTINO
- **1997-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** BE ADOPTED HRUL/003-002-000
- **1997-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-12T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-MAUTINO
- **1997-05-12T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1997-05-12T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 116-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1997-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR SCOTT
- **1997-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** SECRETARYS DESK - CONCURRENCE 01
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY `introduction`
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION NON-CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 01-KARPIEL
- **1997-05-19T00:00:00-05:00** SEN NON-CONCURS IN HSE AMENDMENTS (NO.) 01
- **1997-05-19T00:00:00-05:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **1997-05-19T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER NON-CONCURRENCE 01
- **1997-05-22T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION REFUSE RECEDE - HSE AMEND NO 01/MAUTINO
- **1997-05-22T00:00:00-05:00** HSE REFUSES TO RECEDE FROM AMENDMENT NO 01
- **1997-05-22T00:00:00-05:00** HSE REQUESTS CONFERENCE COMMITTEE 1ST
- **1997-05-22T00:00:00-05:00** HSE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE APPOINTED 1ST/MAUTINO,
- **1997-05-22T00:00:00-05:00** NOVAK, HANNIG,
- **1997-05-22T00:00:00-05:00** CHURCHILL AND
- **1997-05-22T00:00:00-05:00** HASSERT
- **1997-05-27T00:00:00-05:00** SEN ACCEDE REQUEST CONFERENCE COMMITTEE 1ST
- **1998-05-19T00:00:00-05:00** SEN CONFERENCE COMMITTEE APPOINTED 1ST/KARPIEL,
- **1998-05-19T00:00:00-05:00** MAHAR, MAITLAND,
- **1998-05-19T00:00:00-05:00** FARLEY, SHAW
- **1998-05-20T00:00:00-05:00** HSE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT SUBMITED 1ST/MAUTINO
- **1998-05-20T00:00:00-05:00** CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT REFERRED TO HRUL
- **1998-05-20T00:00:00-05:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY `introduction`
- **1998-05-20T00:00:00-05:00** CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT 1ST/KARPIEL
- **1998-05-20T00:00:00-05:00** CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT REFERRED TO SRUL
- **1998-05-21T00:00:00-05:00** CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT REFERRED TO HENE/1ST
- **1998-05-21T00:00:00-05:00** BE APPROVED FOR CONSIDERATION HENE/019-000-000
- **1998-05-21T00:00:00-05:00** HOUSE ADOPTED CONFERENCE REPORT 1ST/115-000-000
- **1998-05-21T00:00:00-05:00** CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT 1ST/KARPIEL
- **1998-05-21T00:00:00-05:00** RULES REFERS TO SENV
- **1998-05-22T00:00:00-05:00** CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT 1ST/KARPIEL
- **1998-05-22T00:00:00-05:00** BE APPROVED FOR CONSIDERATION SENV/006-000-000
- **1998-05-22T00:00:00-05:00** SEN CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT SUBMITED 1ST/KARPIEL
- **1998-05-22T00:00:00-05:00** SENATE ADOPTED CONFERENCE REPORT 1ST/058-000-000
- **1998-05-22T00:00:00-05:00** BOTH HOUSES ADOPTED CONFERENCE REPORT 1ST
- **1998-05-22T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1998-06-19T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1998-08-14T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1998-08-14T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 98-08-14
- **1998-08-14T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0773

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f058baf2-ca57-48ab-bb82-c0dc537e6149`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).