---
type: "Bill"
title: "EPA-NPDES FEES"
description: "Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Establishes NPDES permit fees for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs). Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "HB 5642"
citation: "Illinois HB 5642 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2012-02-15"
last_action: "2012-08-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e05c8f0-092e-4124-8bc9-d2d08b3e131c"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5642&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=66112&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "42eadf5bedfe3061e2a7fe36d80caba93172b8ba6a1f5c2dff2635b21e178a5a"
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 5642 (97th) — EPA-NPDES FEES

Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Establishes NPDES permit fees for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs). 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=09700HB5642&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=66112&DocNum=5642&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB5642eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=66112&DocNum=5642&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB5642enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=66112&DocNum=5642&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **42–15** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **91–14** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Annazette R. Collins — cosponsor (person)
- Emil Jones, III — cosponsor (person)
- John J. Millner — cosponsor (person)
- John M. Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
- Michael W. Tryon — primary (person)
- Pamela J. Althoff — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-15** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Michael W. Tryon `filing`
- **2012-02-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-02-15** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2012-02-22** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
- **2012-02-22** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
- **2012-02-22** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
- **2012-02-22** Assigned to Environment & Energy Committee `referral-committee`
- **2012-02-29** Do Pass / Short Debate Environment & Energy Committee; 017-002-000 `committee-passage`
- **2012-03-01** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2012-03-01** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen May
- **2012-03-02** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
- **2012-03-06** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2012-03-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2012-03-07** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandy Cole
- **2012-03-21** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Sacia
- **2012-03-21** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
- **2012-03-21** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 091-014-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2012-03-21** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol A. Sente
- **2012-03-21** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anthony DeLuca
- **2012-03-22** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2012-03-22** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-03-22** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Michael W. Frerichs
- **2012-03-22** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-03-22** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-11** Assigned to Environment `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-17** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Annazette R. Collins
- **2012-04-18** Do Pass Environment; 006-002-000 `committee-passage`
- **2012-04-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 19, 2012
- **2012-04-18** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2012-04-18** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael Noland
- **2012-04-18** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. M. Maggie Crotty
- **2012-04-25** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. John M. Sullivan
- **2012-05-02** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2012-05-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 3, 2012
- **2012-05-11** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. John J. Millner
- **2012-05-21** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
- **2012-05-22** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III
- **2012-05-22** Third Reading - Passed; 042-015-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2012-05-22** Passed Both Houses
- **2012-06-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2012-08-15** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2012-08-15** Effective Date August 15, 2012
- **2012-08-15** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0962 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7e05c8f0-092e-4124-8bc9-d2d08b3e131c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).