---
type: "Bill"
title: "EPA-VARIANCES"
description: "Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Makes a change to the filing requirements for a person seeking a variance. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "SB 2657"
citation: "Illinois SB 2657 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2014-01-21"
last_action: "2014-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/538ba864-2283-4a3d-b59c-4ce41c9f0745"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2657&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=78139&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "ef18501b81f6b27fbe370f779f98fffbc2a05771148abb0ce66da8d7d76584bb"
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 2657 (98th) — EPA-VARIANCES

Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Makes a change to the filing requirements for a person seeking a variance. 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=09800SB2657&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=78139&DocNum=2657&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB2657eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=78139&DocNum=2657&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB2657enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=78139&DocNum=2657&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **102–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- William R. Haine — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-01-21** Filed with Secretary by Sen. William R. Haine `filing`
- **2014-01-21** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-01-21** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2014-01-29** Assigned to Environment `referral-committee`
- **2014-02-20** Postponed - Environment
- **2014-02-20** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. William R. Haine `amendment-introduction`
- **2014-02-20** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2014-02-25** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Environment
- **2014-02-27** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2014-02-27** Do Pass as Amended Environment; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-02-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 4, 2014
- **2014-03-04** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2014-03-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 5, 2014
- **2014-04-02** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-04-03** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2014-04-03** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Ann Williams
- **2014-04-03** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-04-03** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-23** Assigned to Environment `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-29** Do Pass / Short Debate Environment; 015-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-04-30** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-05-06** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2014-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-05-09** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 102-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-05-09** Passed Both Houses
- **2014-06-06** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-08-01** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2014-08-01** Effective Date August 1, 2014; Some Portions
- **2014-08-01** Effective Date January 1, 2015; Some Portions
- **2014-08-01** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0822 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/538ba864-2283-4a3d-b59c-4ce41c9f0745`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).