---
type: "Bill"
title: "EPA - MUNICIPAL INCINERATORS"
description: "Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that the portion of a site or facility located in a county with a population over 3,000,000 that has obtained local siting approval under Section 39.2 of the Act for a municipal waste incinerator on or before July 1, 2005 and that is used for a non-hazardous waste transfer station is not a pollution control facility. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "HB 406"
citation: "Illinois HB 406 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-01-26"
last_action: "2005-07-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b61ab76-78f2-4cf8-b168-1e355383190f"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=406&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=14740&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "cb97ca3af743cefeaa1f43542a1573c4f542728d6b044083e200ba43d53a1385"
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 406 (94th) — EPA - MUNICIPAL INCINERATORS

Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that the portion of a site or facility located in a county with a population over 3,000,000 that has obtained local siting approval under Section 39.2 of the Act for a municipal waste incinerator on or before July 1, 2005 and that is used for a non-hazardous waste transfer station is not a pollution control facility. Effective immediately.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0406&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=14740&DocNum=406&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0406eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=14740&DocNum=406&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0406enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=14740&DocNum=406&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **99–15** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Robert Rita — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-01-26** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Robert Rita `filing`
- **2005-01-26** Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William Davis
- **2005-01-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-01-26** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-02** Assigned to Environment & Energy Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-03** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
- **2005-02-09** Do Pass / Short Debate Environment & Energy Committee; 022-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-02-10** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-02-10** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-02-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-02-16** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Angelo Saviano
- **2005-02-16** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 099-015-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-02-17** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2005-02-17** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading February 23, 2005 `reading-1`
- **2005-02-17** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. James T. Meeks
- **2005-02-24** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-02-24** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-13** Assigned to Environment & Energy `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-20** Postponed - Environment & Energy
- **2005-05-04** Do Pass Environment & Energy; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-05-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 5, 2005
- **2005-05-17** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-05-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 18, 2005
- **2005-05-19** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-05-19** Passed Both Houses
- **2005-06-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2005-07-19** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2005-07-19** Effective Date July 19, 2005
- **2005-07-19** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0249 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1b61ab76-78f2-4cf8-b168-1e355383190f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).