---
type: "Bill"
title: "POLLUTION CONTROL FACILITY"
description: "Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that the portion of a site or facility that is not at more than 3 locations that currently is permitted to accept landscape waste selected by the Environmental Protection Agency is not a pollution control facility. Makes a change to a provision concerning modification of an existing permit for the transfer of landscape waste. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "99th"
identifier: "SB 1518"
citation: "Illinois SB 1518 (99th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 54
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2015-02-20"
last_action: "2015-08-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d4f14b82-f26b-47eb-82aa-84cee5372075"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1518&GAID=13&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=88180&SessionID=88&GA=99"
source_hash: "43c48aaf5f5a1171f361293f4f93a0a57b8c63b06fe1ab24fd05236f327b5c21"
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 1518 (99th) — POLLUTION CONTROL FACILITY

Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that the portion of a site or facility that is not at more than 3 locations that currently is permitted to accept landscape waste selected by the Environmental Protection Agency is not a pollution control facility. Makes a change to a provision concerning modification of an existing permit for the transfer of landscape waste. 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=09900SB1518&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=88180&DocNum=1518&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB1518eng&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=88180&DocNum=1518&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB1518enr&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=88180&DocNum=1518&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Concurrence — **58–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Michael Noland — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-20** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Michael Noland `filing`
- **2015-02-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-02-20** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-03** Assigned to Environment and Conservation `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-12** Postponed - Environment and Conservation
- **2015-03-18** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Michael Noland `amendment-introduction`
- **2015-03-18** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-19** Postponed - Environment and Conservation
- **2015-03-24** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Environment and Conservation
- **2015-03-26** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2015-03-26** Do Pass as Amended Environment and Conservation; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2015-03-26** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 14, 2015
- **2015-04-08** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Michael Noland `amendment-introduction`
- **2015-04-08** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-14** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Michael Noland `amendment-introduction`
- **2015-04-14** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-14** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Be Approved for Consideration Assignments
- **2015-04-15** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-15** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Noland `amendment-passage`
- **2015-04-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 16, 2015
- **2015-04-15** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Be Approved for Consideration Assignments
- **2015-04-22** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-22** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted; Noland `amendment-passage`
- **2015-04-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2015-04-22** Third Reading - Passed; 052-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2015-04-23** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2015-04-23** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Sam Yingling
- **2015-04-23** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Anna Moeller
- **2015-04-23** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-23** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-04** Assigned to Environment `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-05** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Anna Moeller `amendment-introduction`
- **2015-05-05** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-08** Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 15, 2015
- **2015-05-11** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Environment
- **2015-05-14** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Environment; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2015-05-14** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Environment; 015-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2015-05-14** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2015-05-18** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2015-05-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2015-05-21** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2015-05-22** Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1
- **2015-05-22** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1 - May 25, 2015
- **2015-05-26** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Michael Noland `filing`
- **2015-05-26** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-28** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Environment and Conservation `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-28** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Environment and Conservation; 007-000-000
- **2015-05-31** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 058-000-000
- **2015-05-31** Senate Concurs 058-000-000
- **2015-05-31** Passed Both Houses
- **2015-06-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-08-21** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2015-08-21** Effective Date August 21, 2015
- **2015-08-21** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0440 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d4f14b82-f26b-47eb-82aa-84cee5372075`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).