---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCHOOLS-GREEN CLEANING"
description: "Amends the Department of Central Management Services Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department must require every State-owned building to establish a green cleaning policy whereby the building buys and uses only environmentally-sensitive cleaning products. Authorizes a State-owned building to deplete its existing cleaning and maintenance supply stocks and to implement the requirements in the procurement cycle for the following year. Exempts State-owned buildings from meeting the requirement if adhering to the requirement would not be economically feasible. Amends the Green Cleaning Schools Act. Makes changes to a provision concerning legislative findings. Requires certain entities to establish and annually amend guidelines and specifications for the use of environmentally-sensitive cleaning and maintenance products in State-owned buildings and school facilities (now, just \"school facilities\"). Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "HB 2437"
citation: "Illinois HB 2437 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-02-19"
last_action: "2009-07-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a49edda-53d4-4eb4-b446-6d9e7c3af47d"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2437&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=44598&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "b49b20d9444eefe6afcc1e1b04b145def05242bbcaddf1189844705c4cf521bc"
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 2437 (96th) — SCHOOLS-GREEN CLEANING

Amends the Department of Central Management Services Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department must require every State-owned building to establish a green cleaning policy whereby the building buys and uses only environmentally-sensitive cleaning products. Authorizes a State-owned building to deplete its existing cleaning and maintenance supply stocks and to implement the requirements in the procurement cycle for the following year. Exempts State-owned buildings from meeting the requirement if adhering to the requirement would not be economically feasible. Amends the Green Cleaning Schools Act. Makes changes to a provision concerning legislative findings. Requires certain entities to establish and annually amend guidelines and specifications for the use of environmentally-sensitive cleaning and maintenance products in State-owned buildings and school facilities (now, just "school facilities"). 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=09600HB2437&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=44598&DocNum=2437&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB2437eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=44598&DocNum=2437&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB2437enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=44598&DocNum=2437&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **112–2** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Karen May — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-19** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Karen May `filing`
- **2009-02-19** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-02-19** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-20** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lou Lang
- **2009-02-23** Assigned to Environmental Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-12** Do Pass / Short Debate Environmental Health Committee; 014-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-03-12** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-03-23** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-03-23** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-03-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-03-24** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
- **2009-03-24** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Fortner
- **2009-03-24** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-002-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-03-25** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2009-03-25** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 26, 2009 `reading-1`
- **2009-03-26** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. A. J. Wilhelmi
- **2009-03-30** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-30** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-15** Assigned to Environment `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-22** Postponed - Environment
- **2009-04-29** Do Pass Environment; 006-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-04-29** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 30, 2009
- **2009-05-01** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
- **2009-05-12** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-05-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2009
- **2009-05-14** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-05-14** Passed Both Houses
- **2009-06-12** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2009-07-24** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2009-07-24** Effective Date July 24, 2009
- **2009-07-24** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0075 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8a49edda-53d4-4eb4-b446-6d9e7c3af47d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).