---
type: "Bill"
title: "NON-COAL MINE-RECLAMATION"
description: "Amends the Abandoned Mined Lands and Water Reclamation Act. Prohibits annual expenditures for non-coal reclamation from exceeding 2% of the Department of Natural Resources' annual budget for mine reclamation. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "HB 5145"
citation: "Illinois HB 5145 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2012-02-08"
last_action: "2012-08-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02323308-4cd1-4aa1-912c-163a2b368c3d"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5145&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=65246&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "0e48d699818d7cf3727c9ae00d8b7f96b553d475aab1173128eb47b5d94bed78"
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 5145 (97th) — NON-COAL MINE-RECLAMATION

Amends the Abandoned Mined Lands and Water Reclamation Act. Prohibits annual expenditures for non-coal reclamation from exceeding 2% of the Department of Natural Resources' annual budget for mine reclamation. 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=09700HB5145&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=65246&DocNum=5145&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB5145eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=65246&DocNum=5145&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB5145enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=65246&DocNum=5145&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **107–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **54–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jim Sacia — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-08** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jim Sacia `filing`
- **2012-02-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-02-08** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2012-02-27** Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-06** Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 015-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2012-03-07** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2012-03-09** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2012-03-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2012-03-21** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 107-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2012-03-22** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2012-03-22** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 23, 2012 `reading-1`
- **2012-03-23** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Tim Bivins
- **2012-03-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-03-26** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-11** Assigned to Agriculture and Conservation `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-18** Do Pass Agriculture and Conservation; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2012-04-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 19, 2012
- **2012-05-10** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2012-05-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 15, 2012
- **2012-05-22** Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2012-05-22** Passed Both Houses
- **2012-06-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2012-08-17** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2012-08-17** Effective Date August 17, 2012
- **2012-08-17** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0991 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/02323308-4cd1-4aa1-912c-163a2b368c3d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).