---
type: "Bill"
title: "METRO WTR RECLAM DIS-JOB CLASS"
description: "METRO WTR RECLAM DIS-JOB CLASS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "90th"
identifier: "SB 544"
citation: "Illinois SB 544 (90th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 35
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1997-02-06T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1997-08-01T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b939378-1d8a-4873-bbb9-5119bb77dad8"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/90gatoc.html"
source_hash: "cb8384c829aa2fdfdd80fc3374bc196885c446425938b74ba2eef376054d45a6"
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 544 (90th) — METRO WTR RECLAM DIS-JOB CLASS

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0544** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/sbgroups/sb/900SB0544LV.html)

## Sponsors

- CAPPARELLI — cosponsor (person)
- WALSH,T — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1997-02-06T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-02-06T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-02-19T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE LOC GOV & ELE `referral-committee`
- **1997-03-05T00:00:00-06:00** HELD IN COMMITTEE
- **1997-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-LOCAL GOVERN S
- **1997-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1997-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS AS AMENDED 009-000-000 SLGV
- **1997-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 97-03-12
- **1997-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1997-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 97-03-13
- **1997-03-13T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 058-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1997-03-13T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **1997-03-13T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING
- **1997-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** HOUSE SPONSOR CAPPARELLI
- **1997-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-03-21T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE EXECUTIVE `referral-committee`
- **1997-04-30T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS/STANDARD DEBATE 008-007-000 HEXC
- **1997-04-30T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CAL 2ND READING-STANDARD DEBATE
- **1997-04-30T00:00:00-05:00** FISCAL NOTE REQUESTED STEPHENS
- **1997-04-30T00:00:00-05:00** STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE REQUESTED STEPHENS
- **1997-04-30T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-STANDARD DBT
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE FILED
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** FISCAL NOTE REQUEST-WITHDRAWN STEPHENS
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE REQST-WITHDRN STEPHENS
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-STANDARD DBT
- **1997-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING-STANDARD DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1997-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-STNDRD DEBATE
- **1997-05-12T00:00:00-05:00** FISCAL NOTE FILED
- **1997-05-12T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/STANDARD DEBATE/PASS 115-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1997-05-12T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1997-06-10T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1997-08-01T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1997-08-01T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 98-01-01
- **1997-08-01T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0316

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2b939378-1d8a-4873-bbb9-5119bb77dad8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).