---
type: "Bill"
title: "EPA-WATER REVOLVING FUND"
description: "Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Makes a change to a purpose for which the Water Pollution Control Loan Program shall be used. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "99th"
identifier: "SB 1707"
citation: "Illinois SB 1707 (99th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-02-20"
last_action: "2015-07-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3bca92fb-3725-47be-a342-28fbbd94ce0c"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1707&GAID=13&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=88446&SessionID=88&GA=99"
source_hash: "b49f58005a4b4722f76d84a6908a1924be67058e5eae4aeb915ba8a95a35fd68"
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 1707 (99th) — EPA-WATER REVOLVING FUND

Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Makes a change to a purpose for which the Water Pollution Control Loan Program shall be used. 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=09900SB1707&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=88446&DocNum=1707&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB1707eng&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=88446&DocNum=1707&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB1707enr&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=88446&DocNum=1707&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dan Kotowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-20** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Dan Kotowski `filing`
- **2015-02-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-02-20** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-11** Assigned to Environment and Conservation `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-19** Do Pass Environment and Conservation; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2015-03-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 24, 2015
- **2015-03-25** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-03-25** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 26, 2015
- **2015-04-15** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2015-04-15** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2015-04-15** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Elaine Nekritz
- **2015-04-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-15** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-20** Assigned to Environment `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-23** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. David Koehler
- **2015-04-28** Do Pass / Short Debate Environment; 015-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2015-04-29** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2015-04-29** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Martin J. Moylan
- **2015-05-06** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2015-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2015-05-06** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Fortner
- **2015-05-18** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 099-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2015-05-18** Passed Both Houses
- **2015-06-16** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-07-29** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2015-07-29** Effective Date July 29, 2015
- **2015-07-29** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0187 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3bca92fb-3725-47be-a342-28fbbd94ce0c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).