---
type: "Bill"
title: "EPA - PESTICIDE DEALER REGISTR"
description: "Amends the Illinois Pesticide Act. Provides that beginning July 1, 2005, any pesticide dealer selling non-restricted use pesticides for use in the production of an agricultural commodity in containers with a capacity of 2.5 gallons or greater or 10 pounds or greater must register with the Department on forms provided by the Director. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "HB 295"
citation: "Illinois HB 295 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2005-01-18"
last_action: "2005-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a50acfbb-29ee-434e-bf54-47755d06118d"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=295&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=14517&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "a3d47ed3495d79f67b2f1effa2ac1fc9606d4c6661256909d692629e5484994f"
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 295 (94th) — EPA - PESTICIDE DEALER REGISTR

Amends the Illinois Pesticide Act. Provides that beginning July 1, 2005, any pesticide dealer selling non-restricted use pesticides for use in the production of an agricultural commodity in containers with a capacity of 2.5 gallons or greater or 10 pounds or greater must register with the Department on forms provided by the Director. 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=09400HB0295&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=14517&DocNum=295&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0295eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=14517&DocNum=295&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0295enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=14517&DocNum=295&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Concurrence — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dan Reitz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-01-18** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Dan Reitz `filing`
- **2005-01-19** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-01-19** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-01-26** Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-01** Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 015-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-02-02** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-02-02** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-02-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-02-02** Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
- **2005-02-02** Co-Sponsor Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
- **2005-02-03** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Watson
- **2005-02-03** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
- **2005-02-03** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Brady
- **2005-02-03** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Winters
- **2005-02-03** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lisa M. Dugan
- **2005-02-03** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-02-15** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2005-02-15** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading February 16, 2005 `reading-1`
- **2005-02-24** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Deanna Demuzio
- **2005-02-24** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-02-24** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-01** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan Rutherford
- **2005-04-13** Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-14** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Deanna Demuzio `amendment-introduction`
- **2005-04-14** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-19** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Agriculture & Conservation
- **2005-04-20** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2005-04-20** Do Pass as Amended Agriculture & Conservation; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-04-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 21, 2005
- **2005-05-04** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-05-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 5, 2005
- **2005-05-11** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-05-11** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2005-05-11** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
- **2005-05-12** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Dan Reitz
- **2005-05-12** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-24** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000
- **2005-05-26** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 114-000-000
- **2005-05-26** Passed Both Houses
- **2005-06-16** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2005-06-20** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2005-06-20** Effective Date June 20, 2005
- **2005-06-20** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0060 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a50acfbb-29ee-434e-bf54-47755d06118d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).