---
type: "Bill"
title: "EPA-POLLUTION CONTROL FACILITY"
description: "Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Excludes from the definition of \"pollution control facility\" a transfer station used exclusively for landscape waste where the waste is held no longer than 24 hours from the time it was received. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "SB 126"
citation: "Illinois SB 126 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2007-01-31"
last_action: "2007-08-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ce606847-f598-47f8-9770-3589960462c8"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=126&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=27339&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "92730db57c45a321b64bb567744dffbe87c762744c7d1e1efd1e695cf29219c4"
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 126 (95th) — EPA-POLLUTION CONTROL FACILITY

Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Excludes from the definition of "pollution control facility" a transfer station used exclusively for landscape waste where the waste is held no longer than 24 hours from the time it was received. 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=09500SB0126&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=27339&DocNum=126&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB0126eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=27339&DocNum=126&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB0126enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=27339&DocNum=126&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **64–49** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **36–78** (fail) · lower
- Motion — **63–49** (fail) · lower
- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Susan Garrett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-01-31** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Susan Garrett `filing`
- **2007-01-31** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-01-31** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-07** Assigned to Environment and Energy `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-22** Held in Environment and Energy
- **2007-03-08** Postponed - Environment and Energy
- **2007-03-15** Do Pass Environment and Energy; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-03-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 20, 2007
- **2007-03-20** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-03-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 21, 2007
- **2007-03-22** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-03-22** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2007-03-22** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-28** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
- **2007-03-28** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Karen May
- **2007-03-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-28** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-30** Assigned to Environment & Energy Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-10** Do Pass / Short Debate Environment & Energy Committee; 017-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-05-10** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-05-24** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2007-05-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-05-25** Third Reading - Short Debate - Lost 036-078-001 `reading-3, failure`
- **2007-05-28** Motion Filed to Reconsider Vote Rep. Robert Rita
- **2007-05-31** Motion to Reconsider Vote - Prevails 063-049-000
- **2007-05-31** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 064-049-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-05-31** Passed Both Houses
- **2007-06-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2007-08-24** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2007-08-24** Effective Date August 24, 2007
- **2007-08-24** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0408 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ce606847-f598-47f8-9770-3589960462c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).