---
type: "Bill"
title: "EPA-PROVISIONAL CERTIFICATE"
description: "Amends the Environmental Protection Act. In a provision regarding operator certification for sewage works, provides that the Environmental Protection Agency shall establish a provisional wastewater operator certification program by which a person who does not possess a high school diploma or its equivalent may act as a provisional wastewater operator under a provisional wastewater operator certificate. Allows the Agency to adopt rules. Amends the Public Water Supply Operations Act. In a provision regarding community water supply operator certification, provides that the Environmental Protection Agency shall establish a provisional community water supply operator certification program by which a person who does not possess a high school diploma or its equivalent may act as a provisional community water supply operator under a provisional community water supply operator certificate. Allows the Agency to adopt rules."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "104th"
identifier: "HB 1699"
citation: "Illinois HB 1699 (104th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dagmara Avelar", "Laura Ellman"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 40
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-01-24"
last_action: "2025-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e78dfd65-6c27-460a-9d5c-52d592ca1008"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=1699&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=158788&SessionID=114"
source_hash: "caee083355d3af30c526962bb0142bd19f96c7fa5a6b6ea4e8edda90aa03480a"
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 1699 (104th) — EPA-PROVISIONAL CERTIFICATE

Amends the Environmental Protection Act. In a provision regarding operator certification for sewage works, provides that the Environmental Protection Agency shall establish a provisional wastewater operator certification program by which a person who does not possess a high school diploma or its equivalent may act as a provisional wastewater operator under a provisional wastewater operator certificate. Allows the Agency to adopt rules. Amends the Public Water Supply Operations Act. In a provision regarding community water supply operator certification, provides that the Environmental Protection Agency shall establish a provisional community water supply operator certification program by which a person who does not possess a high school diploma or its equivalent may act as a provisional community water supply operator under a provisional community water supply operator certificate. Allows the Agency to adopt rules.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB1699.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB1699eng.pdf)
3. **House Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB1699ham001.pdf)
4. **House Amendment 002** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB1699ham002.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB1699enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Environment and Conservation — **7–1** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **75–39** (pass) · lower
- Energy & Environment — **19–10** (pass) · lower
- Energy & Environment, Amendment 2 — **17–8** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **55–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dagmara Avelar — primary (person)
- Laura Ellman — primary (person)
- Doris Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Plummer — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Feigenholtz — cosponsor (person)
- Willie Preston — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-24** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Dagmara Avelar `filing`
- **2025-01-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-28** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2025-02-18** Assigned to Energy & Environment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-10** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Dagmara Avelar `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-03-10** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
- **2025-03-11** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Energy & Environment Committee
- **2025-03-11** Do Pass / Short Debate Energy & Environment Committee; 019-010-000
- **2025-03-11** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled `amendment-failure`
- **2025-03-12** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-03-21** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Dagmara Avelar `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-03-21** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
- **2025-03-25** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Energy & Environment Committee
- **2025-03-26** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-03-26** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-04-08** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Energy & Environment Committee; 017-008-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-09** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2025-04-09** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 075-039-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-10** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-10** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-04-10** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel
- **2025-04-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-04-10** Referred to Assignments
- **2025-04-23** Assigned to Environment and Conservation `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-28** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Laura Ellman
- **2025-05-01** Do Pass Environment and Conservation; 007-001-000
- **2025-05-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 6, 2025 `reading-2`
- **2025-05-01** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Sara Feigenholtz
- **2025-05-07** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-07** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 8, 2025
- **2025-05-21** Third Reading - Passed; 055-003-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-21** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Willie Preston
- **2025-05-21** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Doris Turner
- **2025-05-21** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Jason Plummer
- **2025-05-21** Passed Both Houses
- **2025-06-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-08-01** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2025-08-01** Effective Date January 1, 2026
- **2025-08-01** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0050 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e78dfd65-6c27-460a-9d5c-52d592ca1008`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).