---
type: "Bill"
title: "MTBE ELIMINATION ACT"
description: "MTBE ELIMINATION ACT"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "92nd"
identifier: "HB 171"
citation: "Illinois HB 171 (92nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 66
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2001-01-09T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "2001-07-24T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53022a09-c5be-4f1d-82c7-514f14fec86e"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/92gatoc.html"
source_hash: "94d4033eb77886b668cd03c69b38abf16ff09c15659f1f09ba543c7e727ace12"
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 HB 171 (92nd) — MTBE ELIMINATION ACT

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0171** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/hbgroups/hb/920HB0171LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BLACK — cosponsor (person)
- BOLAND — cosponsor (person)
- BRUNSVOLD — cosponsor (person)
- CURRY,JULIE — cosponsor (person)
- DAVIS,MONIQUE — cosponsor (person)
- DONAHUE — cosponsor (person)
- FORBY — cosponsor (person)
- FOWLER — cosponsor (person)
- GRANBERG — cosponsor (person)
- HAMOS — cosponsor (person)
- HARTKE — cosponsor (person)
- JONES,JOHN — cosponsor (person)
- LANG — cosponsor (person)
- LAWFER — cosponsor (person)
- MADIGAN,L — cosponsor (person)
- MAUTINO — cosponsor (person)
- MITCHELL,BILL — cosponsor (person)
- NOLAND — cosponsor (person)
- NOVAK — cosponsor (person)
- O'BRIEN — cosponsor (person)
- OSTERMAN — cosponsor (person)
- POE — cosponsor (person)
- REITZ — cosponsor (person)
- SLONE — cosponsor (person)
- SMITH,MICHAEL — cosponsor (person)
- SOMMER — cosponsor (person)
- SULLIVAN — cosponsor (person)
- TURNER,JOHN — cosponsor (person)
- WALSH,L — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-01-09T00:00:00-06:00** PREFILED WITH CLERK
- **2001-01-09T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR O'BRIEN
- **2001-01-09T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR MITCHELL,BILL
- **2001-01-09T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR SMITH,MICHAEL
- **2001-01-09T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR REITZ
- **2001-01-09T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR DAVIS,STEVE
- **2001-01-10T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2001-01-10T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2001-01-11T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR LANG
- **2001-01-30T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR GRANBERG
- **2001-01-30T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR FORBY
- **2001-01-30T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR FOWLER
- **2001-01-31T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE AGRICULTURE `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-06T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR DAVIS,MONIQUE
- **2001-02-07T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR FEIGENHOLTZ
- **2001-02-08T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR OSTERMAN
- **2001-02-09T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR HARTKE
- **2001-02-14T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR HAMOS
- **2001-02-14T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR JONES,JOHN
- **2001-02-14T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR LAWFER
- **2001-02-14T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MAUTINO
- **2001-02-14T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MYERS,RICHARD
- **2001-02-14T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR POE
- **2001-02-14T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR TURNER,JOHN
- **2001-02-15T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-AGRICULTURE H
- **2001-02-15T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **2001-02-15T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS AMENDED/SHORT DEBATE 013-000-000 HAGR
- **2001-02-15T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2001-02-15T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **2001-02-15T00:00:00-06:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2001-02-15T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR NOVAK
- **2001-02-20T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BOLAND
- **2001-02-20T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SLONE
- **2001-02-20T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SOMMER
- **2001-02-20T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BLACK
- **2001-02-20T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BRUNSVOLD
- **2001-02-21T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 115-000-001 `reading-3`
- **2001-02-21T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN SENATE
- **2001-02-21T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING 01-02-22
- **2001-02-22T00:00:00-06:00** CHIEF SPONSOR NOLAND
- **2001-02-27T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR WALSH,L
- **2001-02-27T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR DONAHUE
- **2001-02-27T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR MADIGAN,L
- **2001-02-27T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR SULLIVAN
- **2001-02-27T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR WOOLARD
- **2001-02-27T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SEIBEN
- **2001-02-27T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MYERS
- **2001-02-27T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2001-02-27T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-06T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE ENVIR & ENE `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-23T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR WELCH
- **2001-04-25T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS 007-000-000 SENV
- **2001-04-25T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 01-04-26
- **2001-05-01T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **2001-05-01T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 01-05-02
- **2001-05-02T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR DILLARD
- **2001-05-02T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BOWLES
- **2001-05-02T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MOLARO
- **2001-05-02T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MUNOZ
- **2001-05-02T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR OBAMA
- **2001-05-02T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 056-001-000 `reading-3`
- **2001-05-02T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **2001-05-31T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2001-07-24T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **2001-07-24T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 01-07-24
- **2001-07-24T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 92-0132

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/53022a09-c5be-4f1d-82c7-514f14fec86e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).