---
type: "Bill"
title: "PESTICIDE DEALER LICENSE APP"
description: "Amends the Illinois Pesticide Act. Provides that an applicant under the Act who has been certified shall be required to apply for a license or pesticide dealer registration on or before October 31 of each year. Provides that failure to apply for a license or pesticide dealer registration on or before October 31 of each year shall void the certification. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "HB 5464"
citation: "Illinois HB 5464 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2014-02-11"
last_action: "2014-08-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6f474de4-2060-4c56-a04d-2f5105da8bdf"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5464&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=80397&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "83ede362acb17a0108ff4c7f9cd3bc2aad3354a9c0c44e3fa2bf8d75ff9883f0"
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 5464 (98th) — PESTICIDE DEALER LICENSE APP

Amends the Illinois Pesticide Act. Provides that an applicant under the Act who has been certified shall be required to apply for a license or pesticide dealer registration on or before October 31 of each year. Provides that failure to apply for a license or pesticide dealer registration on or before October 31 of each year shall void the certification. 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=09800HB5464&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=80397&DocNum=5464&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB5464eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=80397&DocNum=5464&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB5464enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=80397&DocNum=5464&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **108–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dale A. Righter — cosponsor (person)
- Wayne Rosenthal — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-11** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Wayne Rosenthal `filing`
- **2014-02-13** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-02-13** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-02-24** Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-03** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Wayne Rosenthal `amendment-introduction`
- **2014-03-03** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-04** Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 016-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-03-04** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40 `amendment-failure`
- **2014-03-05** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-03-05** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Frank J. Mautino
- **2014-03-05** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore
- **2014-03-06** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry F. Costello, II
- **2014-03-06** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lawrence M. Walsh, Jr.
- **2014-03-06** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Brian W. Stewart
- **2014-03-06** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
- **2014-03-07** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Wayne Rosenthal `amendment-introduction`
- **2014-03-07** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-13** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Agriculture & Conservation Committee
- **2014-03-20** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 014-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-04-03** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2014-04-03** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2014-04-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-04-04** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 108-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-04-07** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2014-04-07** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 8, 2014 `reading-1`
- **2014-04-08** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Wm. Sam McCann
- **2014-04-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-04-09** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-30** Assigned to Licensed Activities and Pensions `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-08** Do Pass Licensed Activities and Pensions; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-05-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 12, 2014
- **2014-05-13** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Gary Forby
- **2014-05-13** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2014-05-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 14, 2014
- **2014-05-22** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Dale A. Righter
- **2014-05-22** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-05-22** Passed Both Houses
- **2014-06-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-08-15** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2014-08-15** Effective Date January 1, 2015
- **2014-08-15** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0923 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6f474de4-2060-4c56-a04d-2f5105da8bdf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).