---
type: "Bill"
title: "PREVAILING WAGE-BIOSOLIDS"
description: "Amends the Prevailing Wage Act. Provides that the definition of \"public works\" also includes the removal, hauling, and transportation of biosolids, lime sludge, and lime residue from a water treatment plant or facility and the disposal of biosolids, lime sludge, and lime residue removed from a water treatment plant or facility at a landfill."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "HB 2845"
citation: "Illinois HB 2845 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dave Vella", "Meg Loughran Cappel"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-16"
last_action: "2023-07-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d52ae3f6-febe-4e17-90a1-c1c15b84d1cd"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=2845&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=147976&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "6a1d20da3e7f66a06c9a25f3f90450c948fe7191446430fcec7315fcdf5c8b30"
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 2845 (103rd) — PREVAILING WAGE-BIOSOLIDS

Amends the Prevailing Wage Act. Provides that the definition of "public works" also includes the removal, hauling, and transportation of biosolids, lime sludge, and lime residue from a water treatment plant or facility and the disposal of biosolids, lime sludge, and lime residue removed from a water treatment plant or facility at a landfill.

## 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/10300HB2845.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB2845eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB2845enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **34–19** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **78–32** (pass) · lower
- Labor — **11–5** (pass) · lower
- Labor & Commerce — **18–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dave Vella — primary (person)
- Meg Loughran Cappel — primary (person)
- Karina Villa — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-16** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Dave Vella `filing`
- **2023-02-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-16** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2023-02-23** Assigned to Labor & Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01** Do Pass / Short Debate Labor & Commerce Committee; 018-008-000
- **2023-03-02** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-03-15** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-03-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2023-03-22** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 078-032-002 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-23** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-03-23** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-23** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel
- **2023-03-23** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-23** Referred to Assignments
- **2023-04-12** Assigned to Labor `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-27** Do Pass Labor; 011-005-000
- **2023-04-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 2, 2023 `reading-2`
- **2023-05-02** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 3, 2023
- **2023-05-08** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Karina Villa
- **2023-05-11** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 25, 2023
- **2023-05-12** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 19, 2023
- **2023-05-19** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 25, 2023
- **2023-05-25** Third Reading - Passed; 034-019-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-25** Passed Both Houses
- **2023-06-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-07-28** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2023-07-28** Effective Date January 1, 2024
- **2023-07-28** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0327 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d52ae3f6-febe-4e17-90a1-c1c15b84d1cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).