---
type: "Bill"
title: "NUCLEAR SAFETY-COBALT 60"
description: "Amends the Illinois Nuclear Safety Preparedness Act. Provides that specified shipping fees shall not apply to shipments consisting entirely of cobalt-60 or other medical isotopes, or both."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "HB 4687"
citation: "Illinois HB 4687 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2014-02-05"
last_action: "2014-07-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a59e8b5-7403-4cde-92b3-d74d5cf2f573"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4687&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=79337&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "22bb14a2777400ca01f42da30e8c26b74fe68a98de3ad45db5ef15a2aace4794"
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 4687 (98th) — NUCLEAR SAFETY-COBALT 60

Amends the Illinois Nuclear Safety Preparedness Act. Provides that specified shipping fees shall not apply to shipments consisting entirely of cobalt-60 or other medical isotopes, or both.

## 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=09800HB4687&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=79337&DocNum=4687&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB4687eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=79337&DocNum=4687&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB4687enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=79337&DocNum=4687&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ed Sullivan, Jr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-05** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Ed Sullivan, Jr. `filing`
- **2014-02-05** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-02-05** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-03** Assigned to Environment `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-25** Do Pass / Short Debate Environment; 016-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-03-26** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-04-01** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Ed Sullivan, Jr. `amendment-introduction`
- **2014-04-01** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-02** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Environment
- **2014-04-03** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Fortner
- **2014-04-08** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Environment; 009-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-04-09** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2014-04-09** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2014-04-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-04-10** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 100-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-04-11** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2014-04-11** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 29, 2014 `reading-1`
- **2014-04-29** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Karen McConnaughay
- **2014-04-29** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-04-29** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-30** Approved for Consideration Assignments
- **2014-04-30** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 1, 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; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-05-21** Passed Both Houses
- **2014-06-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-07-16** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2014-07-16** Effective Date January 1, 2015
- **2014-07-16** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0728 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6a59e8b5-7403-4cde-92b3-d74d5cf2f573`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).