---
type: "Bill"
title: "EPA-NEW AND USED TIRE FEE"
description: "Amends the Environmental Protection Act. With respect to the additional 50-cent new or used tire fee collected from retail customers, eliminates a provision terminating the fee on January 1, 2008. Makes revisory changes. Effective July 1, 2007."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "SB 154"
citation: "Illinois SB 154 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-01-31"
last_action: "2007-08-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/37f30be1-cfd6-4d38-83b4-6721e3ca137c"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=154&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=27444&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "36a7273d1ab23f14195a61dd27092096f088228659857e13e03b2336499e789d"
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 154 (95th) — EPA-NEW AND USED TIRE FEE

Amends the Environmental Protection Act. With respect to the additional 50-cent new or used tire fee collected from retail customers, eliminates a provision terminating the fee on January 1, 2008. Makes revisory changes. Effective July 1, 2007.

## 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=09500SB0154&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=27444&DocNum=154&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB0154eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=27444&DocNum=154&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB0154enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=27444&DocNum=154&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **62–53** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **55–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Terry Link — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-01-31** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Terry Link `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`
- **2007-02-09** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Edward D. Maloney
- **2007-02-22** Do Pass Environment and Energy; 012-001-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-02-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 23, 2007
- **2007-02-22** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
- **2007-02-22** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-02-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 23, 2007
- **2007-02-23** Third Reading - Passed; 055-002-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-02-23** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2007-02-23** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-02-28** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Eddie Washington
- **2007-02-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-02-28** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-18** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack McGuire
- **2007-04-30** Assigned to Environment & Energy Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-10** Do Pass / Short Debate Environment & Energy Committee; 018-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-05-10** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-05-21** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2007-05-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-05-22** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 062-053-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-05-22** Passed Both Houses
- **2007-06-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2007-08-10** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2007-08-10** Effective Date August 10, 2007
- **2007-08-10** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0049 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/37f30be1-cfd6-4d38-83b4-6721e3ca137c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).