---
type: "Bill"
title: "PESTICIDES-LICENSING"
description: "Amends the Illinois Pesticide Act. Provides that \"Commercial Not For Hire Applicator\" includes a certified applicator who uses or supervises the use of pesticides classified for general or restricted use as an employee of a State agency, municipality, or other duly constituted governmental agency or unit. Removes the definition of \"Licensed Public Applicator\" and makes conforming changes. Adds provisions concerning multi-year licenses and pesticide dealer registrations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "99th"
identifier: "SB 2918"
citation: "Illinois SB 2918 (99th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2016-02-18"
last_action: "2016-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e015dd0-2fa2-4887-8afc-64131c460ded"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2918&GAID=13&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=96242&SessionID=88&GA=99"
source_hash: "fd3eb3150365cbd369f90e23535e1768054fdceb22ab78bc102cac0f16777128"
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 2918 (99th) — PESTICIDES-LICENSING

Amends the Illinois Pesticide Act. Provides that "Commercial Not For Hire Applicator" includes a certified applicator who uses or supervises the use of pesticides classified for general or restricted use as an employee of a State agency, municipality, or other duly constituted governmental agency or unit. Removes the definition of "Licensed Public Applicator" and makes conforming changes. Adds provisions concerning multi-year licenses and pesticide dealer registrations.

## 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=09900SB2918&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=96242&DocNum=2918&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB2918eng&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=96242&DocNum=2918&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB2918enr&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=96242&DocNum=2918&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **82–29** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bill Cunningham — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-18** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Bill Cunningham `filing`
- **2016-02-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-02-18** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-02** Assigned to Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-09** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Bill Cunningham `amendment-introduction`
- **2016-03-09** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-16** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Agriculture
- **2016-04-07** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2016-04-07** Do Pass as Amended Agriculture; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2016-04-07** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 12, 2016
- **2016-04-19** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-04-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 20, 2016
- **2016-04-21** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2016-04-21** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2016-04-21** Chief House Sponsor Rep. David B. Reis
- **2016-04-21** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-04-21** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-02** Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-10** Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 009-005-000 `committee-passage`
- **2016-05-11** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2016-05-17** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
- **2016-05-17** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2016-05-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2016-05-23** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 082-029-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2016-05-23** Passed Both Houses
- **2016-06-21** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2016-07-08** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2016-07-08** Effective Date January 1, 2017
- **2016-07-08** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0540 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8e015dd0-2fa2-4887-8afc-64131c460ded`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).