---
type: "Bill"
title: "EPA-POLLUTION CONTROL FACILITY"
description: "Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that the portion of a site or facility that accepts exclusively general construction or demolition debris and is operated and located in accordance with a specified provision of the Act is not a pollution control facility (previously required the facility to be located in a county with a population over 3,000,000 as of January 1, 2000 or in a county that is contiguous to such a county to fall under the exemption)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "HB 4606"
citation: "Illinois HB 4606 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2014-02-04"
last_action: "2014-12-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ba78e10-ad4b-4c13-b6e6-485a9a99aa0b"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4606&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=79162&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "5b5091eb0953dc7d1a04febdeead1393037cd392762be9c3fa6bfc649e61172b"
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 4606 (98th) — EPA-POLLUTION CONTROL FACILITY

Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that the portion of a site or facility that accepts exclusively general construction or demolition debris and is operated and located in accordance with a specified provision of the Act is not a pollution control facility (previously required the facility to be located in a county with a population over 3,000,000 as of January 1, 2000 or in a county that is contiguous to such a county to fall under the exemption).

## 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=09800HB4606&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=79162&DocNum=4606&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB4606eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=79162&DocNum=4606&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB4606enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=79162&DocNum=4606&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Motion — **80–31** (fail) · lower
- Motion — **44–1** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **91–19** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jay Hoffman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-04** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jay Hoffman `filing`
- **2014-02-04** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-02-04** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-02-18** Assigned to Environment `referral-committee`
- **2014-02-20** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.
- **2014-02-24** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Unes
- **2014-02-25** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Bost
- **2014-02-25** Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Mike Bost
- **2014-02-25** Do Pass / Short Debate Environment; 015-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-02-26** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-03-04** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2014-03-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-03-05** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 091-019-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-03-05** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2014-03-05** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 6, 2014 `reading-1`
- **2014-04-01** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Andy Manar
- **2014-04-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-04-02** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-23** Approved for Consideration Assignments
- **2014-04-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 29, 2014
- **2014-05-13** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2014-05-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 14, 2014
- **2014-05-21** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-05-21** Passed Both Houses
- **2014-06-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-08-18** Governor Amendatory Veto `executive-veto`
- **2014-11-06** Placed on Calendar Amendatory Veto November 6, 2014
- **2014-11-12** Motion Filed Override Amendatory Veto Rep. Jay Hoffman
- **2014-11-20** 3/5 Vote Required
- **2014-11-20** Override Amendatory Veto - House Passed 080-031-001
- **2014-12-02** Placed on Calendar Amendatory Veto December 3, 2014
- **2014-12-02** Motion Filed Override Amendatory Veto Sen. Andy Manar
- **2014-12-04** 3/5 Vote Required
- **2014-12-04** Override Amendatory Veto - Senate Passed 044-001-000
- **2014-12-04** Amendatory Veto Overridden Both Houses
- **2014-12-08** Effective Date January 1, 2015
- **2014-12-08** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-1130 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1ba78e10-ad4b-4c13-b6e6-485a9a99aa0b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).