---
type: "Bill"
title: "SAFETY-TECH"
description: "Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the duties of the Environmental Protection Agency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "99th"
identifier: "SB 547"
citation: "Illinois SB 547 (99th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-01-28"
last_action: "2015-07-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e6f473f3-bd1b-43b8-a2e4-9b4560cf452a"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=547&GAID=13&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=84510&SessionID=88&GA=99"
source_hash: "e57eafe4e4b88808601355c1b11d35cc7912769992f40f3a45db67468db97400"
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 547 (99th) — SAFETY-TECH

Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the duties of the Environmental Protection Agency.

## 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=09900SB0547&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=84510&DocNum=547&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB0547eng&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=84510&DocNum=547&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB0547enr&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=84510&DocNum=547&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **53–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cynthia Soto — cosponsor (person)
- Iris Y. Martinez — primary (person)
- La Shawn K. Ford — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-01-28** Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton `filing`
- **2015-01-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-01-28** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-18** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-26** Do Pass Executive; 016-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2015-03-26** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 14, 2015
- **2015-04-15** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 16, 2015
- **2015-04-17** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Iris Y. Martinez `amendment-introduction`
- **2015-04-17** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-21** Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
- **2015-04-21** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Energy and Public Utilities
- **2015-04-23** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Energy and Public Utilities; 015-000-000
- **2015-04-23** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-23** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Martinez `amendment-passage`
- **2015-04-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 23, 2015
- **2015-04-23** Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2015-04-24** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2015-04-24** Chief House Sponsor Rep. André Thapedi
- **2015-04-24** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-24** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-04** Assigned to Public Utilities Committee `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-08** Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 15, 2015
- **2015-05-12** Do Pass / Short Debate Public Utilities Committee; 014-000-001 `committee-passage`
- **2015-05-13** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2015-05-20** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2015-05-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2015-05-22** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2015
- **2015-05-26** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2015-05-26** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
- **2015-05-26** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
- **2015-05-26** Passed Both Houses
- **2015-06-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-07-23** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2015-07-23** Effective Date July 23, 2015
- **2015-07-23** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0121 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e6f473f3-bd1b-43b8-a2e4-9b4560cf452a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).