---
type: "Bill"
title: "USE TAX-GASOHOL DEFINITION"
description: "Amends the Use Tax Act. Provides that \"gasohol\" means motor fuel that is at least (now, no more than) 90% gasoline and no more than (now, at least) 10% denatured ethanol that contains no more than 1.25% water by weight. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "SB 2370"
citation: "Illinois SB 2370 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2004-02-03"
last_action: "2004-07-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c415b846-1f6f-44fa-81ce-adc711a17764"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2370&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=8486&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "c9924119fa7b482ce4aea17ac51b4e7358b499fe87560176d085e780ce0a30c8"
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 2370 (93rd) — USE TAX-GASOHOL DEFINITION

Amends the Use Tax Act. Provides that "gasohol" means motor fuel that is at least (now, no more than) 90% gasoline and no more than (now, at least) 10% denatured ethanol that contains no more than 1.25% water by weight. Effective immediately.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB2370&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=8486&DocNum=2370&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB2370eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=8486&DocNum=2370&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB2370enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=8486&DocNum=2370&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Art Tenhouse — cosponsor (person)
- Brandon W. Phelps — cosponsor (person)
- Donald L. Moffitt — cosponsor (person)
- John M. Sullivan — primary (person)
- William J. Grunloh — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-02-03** Filed with Secretary by Sen. John M. Sullivan `filing`
- **2004-02-03** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2004-02-03** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-04** Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-10** Postponed - Agriculture & Conservation
- **2004-02-23** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John M. Sullivan `amendment-introduction`
- **2004-02-23** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-24** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Agriculture & Conservation
- **2004-02-25** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2004-02-25** Do Pass as Amended Agriculture & Conservation; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2004-02-25** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 26, 2004
- **2004-03-23** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. John O. Jones
- **2004-03-24** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2004-03-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 25, 2004
- **2004-03-25** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- **2004-03-25** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2004-03-25** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2004-03-25** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2004-03-26** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Dan Reitz
- **2004-03-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2004-03-26** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-20** Assigned to Environment and Energy Committee `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-29** Do Pass / Short Debate Environment and Energy Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2004-04-29** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2004-04-29** Fiscal Note Filed
- **2004-05-04** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2004-05-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2004-05-06** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Art Tenhouse
- **2004-05-06** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
- **2004-05-06** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
- **2004-05-12** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Shane Cultra
- **2004-05-12** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. William J. Grunloh
- **2004-05-12** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2004-05-12** Passed Both Houses
- **2004-06-10** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2004-07-13** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2004-07-13** Effective Date July 13, 2004
- **2004-07-13** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0724 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c415b846-1f6f-44fa-81ce-adc711a17764`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).