---
type: "Bill"
title: "OIL SPILL-COSTS"
description: "OIL SPILL-COSTS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "91st"
identifier: "HB 1163"
citation: "Illinois HB 1163 (91st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 29
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1999-02-11T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1999-08-06T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8733194-4dad-4907-b75a-f4a30692ed12"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/91gatoc.html"
source_hash: "0d35ac961c899f9699ef82fc316d8eeae4ff991d9f8995eee5dcdec3963a11cb"
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 1163 (91st) — OIL SPILL-COSTS

## Version chain

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

1. **HB1163** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/hbgroups/hb/910HB1163LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BOWLES — cosponsor (person)
- DAVIS,STEVE — cosponsor (person)
- HOFFMAN — cosponsor (person)
- STEPHENS — cosponsor (person)
- WATSON — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-02-11T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1999-02-11T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-17T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE JUD-CIVIL LAW `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-01T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR HOFFMAN
- **1999-03-03T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 008-000-000 HJUA
- **1999-03-03T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-03-09T00:00:00-06:00** JOINT-SPONSOR CHANGED TO STEPHENS
- **1999-03-16T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1999-03-16T00:00:00-06:00** HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-03-17T00:00:00-06:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 118-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1999-03-22T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN SENATE
- **1999-03-22T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING 99-03-23
- **1999-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** CHIEF SPONSOR WATSON
- **1999-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1999-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-14T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE ENVIR & ENE `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-21T00:00:00-05:00** POSTPONED
- **1999-04-28T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS 008-000-000 SENV
- **1999-04-28T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 99-04-29
- **1999-04-28T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR BOWLES
- **1999-04-29T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1999-04-29T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 99-05-04
- **1999-05-12T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 058-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1999-05-12T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1999-06-10T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1999-08-06T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1999-08-06T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 99-08-06
- **1999-08-06T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 91-0428

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e8733194-4dad-4907-b75a-f4a30692ed12`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).