---
type: "Bill"
title: "PETROLEUM EDUC & MARKETING ACT"
description: "Amends the Illinois Petroleum Education and Marketing Act. Extends the Illinois Petroleum Resources Board applicability to January 1, 2018 from January 1, 2016. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "SB 1241"
citation: "Illinois SB 1241 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-02-08"
last_action: "2011-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7292eceb-df14-4ab2-b508-952c645881db"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1241&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=56856&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "72f12fa8d9627aa4e2bea515a178eaa8c3659ae2858060225a36cb2f29199b9f"
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 1241 (97th) — PETROLEUM EDUC & MARKETING ACT

Amends the Illinois Petroleum Education and Marketing Act. Extends the Illinois Petroleum Resources Board applicability to January 1, 2018 from January 1, 2016. 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=09700SB1241&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=56856&DocNum=1241&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB1241eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=56856&DocNum=1241&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB1241enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=56856&DocNum=1241&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- John O. Jones — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-08** Filed with Secretary by Sen. John O. Jones `filing`
- **2011-02-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-02-08** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-23** Assigned to Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-03** Do Pass Commerce; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-03-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 8, 2011
- **2011-03-09** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-03-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 10, 2011
- **2011-03-31** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-03-31** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2011-03-31** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-31** Chief House Sponsor Rep. John D. Cavaletto
- **2011-03-31** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-31** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-11** Assigned to Environment & Energy Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-27** Do Pass / Short Debate Environment & Energy Committee; 017-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-04-28** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-05-03** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2011-05-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-05-04** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-05-04** Passed Both Houses
- **2011-06-02** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2011-06-28** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2011-06-28** Effective Date June 28, 2011
- **2011-06-28** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0040 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7292eceb-df14-4ab2-b508-952c645881db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).