---
type: "Bill"
title: "SAFETY-TECH"
description: "Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "HB 1837"
citation: "Illinois HB 1837 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Neil Anderson", "Norine K. Hammond"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 59
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2023-02-01"
last_action: "2024-08-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fbcc60da-0ba6-48a9-b13d-2240880ac3ba"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=1837&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=144696&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "ddb1a3be0a66b10115f0dea48db21b032b7a190199e0841811bacdc59e01fb4d"
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 HB 1837 (103rd) — SAFETY-TECH

Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB1837.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB1837eng.pdf)
3. **House Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB1837ham001.pdf)
4. **House Amendment 002** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB1837ham002.pdf)
5. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB1837sam001.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB1837enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Environment and Conservation — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Energy & Environment, Amendment 2 — **27–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · lower
- Concurrence — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Environment and Conservation — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Energy & Environment, Amendment 1 — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Energy & Environment — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Executive — **11–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Neil Anderson — primary (person)
- Norine K. Hammond — primary (person)
- Andrew S. Chesney — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Severin — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Bunting — cosponsor (person)
- Jil Tracy — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Jacobs — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-01** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Tony M. McCombie `filing`
- **2023-02-01** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-01** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2023-02-23** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01** Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 011-000-000
- **2023-03-01** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-03-22** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-03-22** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-03-27** Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
- **2024-03-05** Approved for Consideration Rules Committee; 005-000-000
- **2024-03-05** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-03-19** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Norine K. Hammond `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-03-19** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
- **2024-03-19** Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Norine K. Hammond
- **2024-03-20** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Energy & Environment Committee
- **2024-03-20** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Energy & Environment Committee; 022-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-12** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Norine K. Hammond `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-04-12** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
- **2024-04-15** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Energy & Environment Committee
- **2024-04-15** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Energy & Environment Committee; 027-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jason Bunting
- **2024-04-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul Jacobs
- **2024-04-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Severin
- **2024-04-18** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Withdrawn by Rep. Norine K. Hammond
- **2024-04-18** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2024-04-18** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-18** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled `amendment-failure`
- **2024-04-19** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-04-19** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-04-19** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Neil Anderson
- **2024-04-19** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-04-19** Referred to Assignments
- **2024-04-30** Assigned to Environment and Conservation `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-30** Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 10, 2024
- **2024-05-07** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Neil Anderson `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-05-07** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
- **2024-05-08** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Environment and Conservation
- **2024-05-09** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Jil Tracy
- **2024-05-09** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Andrew S. Chesney
- **2024-05-09** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2024-05-09** Do Pass as Amended Environment and Conservation; 008-000-000
- **2024-05-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 14, 2024 `reading-2`
- **2024-05-14** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-05-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2024-05-15** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-001 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-15** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2024-05-15** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
- **2024-05-15** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Norine K. Hammond
- **2024-05-15** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee
- **2024-05-20** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Energy & Environment Committee
- **2024-05-21** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Energy & Environment Committee; 021-000-000
- **2024-05-24** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 115-000-000
- **2024-05-24** House Concurs
- **2024-05-24** Passed Both Houses
- **2024-06-21** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-08-09** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2024-08-09** Effective Date January 1, 2025
- **2024-08-14** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0794 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fbcc60da-0ba6-48a9-b13d-2240880ac3ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).