---
type: "Bill"
title: "EPA-SMALL ENTITY-NON-COMPLIANT"
description: "Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that a person who voluntarily self-discloses non-compliance to the Agency, of which the Agency had been unaware, is entitled to a 100% reduction in the portion of the penalty that is not based on the economic benefit of non-compliance if the regulated entity is a small entity as defined by a specified provision of the federal Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "100th"
identifier: "SB 1433"
citation: "Illinois SB 1433 (100th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-09"
last_action: "2017-08-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5c45fc0-5c6d-4813-911d-9bd06844e82f"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1433&GAID=14&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=103790&SessionID=91&GA=100"
source_hash: "55ddb2f06ef6e6ea4f502921dc95b135615c793e324e40df0d45c0783d8d1b3e"
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 1433 (100th) — EPA-SMALL ENTITY-NON-COMPLIANT

Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that a person who voluntarily self-discloses non-compliance to the Agency, of which the Agency had been unaware, is entitled to a 100% reduction in the portion of the penalty that is not based on the economic benefit of non-compliance if the regulated entity is a small entity as defined by a specified provision of the federal Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996. 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=10000SB1433&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=103790&DocNum=1433&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000SB1433eng&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=103790&DocNum=1433&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000SB1433enr&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=103790&DocNum=1433&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Paul Schimpf — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-09** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Paul Schimpf `filing`
- **2017-02-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-22** Assigned to Environment and Conservation `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-01** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Paul Schimpf `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-03-01** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-07** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Environment and Conservation
- **2017-03-09** Postponed - Environment and Conservation
- **2017-03-09** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Environment and Conservation
- **2017-03-16** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2017-03-16** Do Pass as Amended Environment and Conservation; 006-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 28, 2017
- **2017-04-06** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 25, 2017
- **2017-04-26** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-26** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2017-05-04** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Steven M. Landek
- **2017-05-11** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Mike Fortner
- **2017-05-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-05-11** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-15** Assigned to Environment `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-19** Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 26, 2017
- **2017-05-25** Do Pass / Short Debate Environment; 015-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-25** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2017-05-25** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
- **2017-05-25** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2017-05-25** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2017-05-26** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2017
- **2017-05-30** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-05-30** Passed Both Houses
- **2017-06-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-08-25** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2017-08-25** Effective Date August 25, 2017
- **2017-08-25** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0436 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a5c45fc0-5c6d-4813-911d-9bd06844e82f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).