---
type: "Bill"
title: "EPA- BENEFICIAL USE DETER"
description: "Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that a provision concerning beneficial use determinations shall apply to dust suppressants applied to material that is burned for energy recovery that are used to produce a fuel or that is otherwise contained in a fuel."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "99th"
identifier: "HB 4007"
citation: "Illinois HB 4007 (99th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-02-27"
last_action: "2015-07-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d5963fe5-77d0-414c-b3d5-4d05a1ba57f1"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4007&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=90224&SessionID=88&GA=99"
source_hash: "0016f79ccdff3371c1c0cb558993a5c82a5e6137a286bdc17a58ea217085f479"
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 4007 (99th) — EPA- BENEFICIAL USE DETER

Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that a provision concerning beneficial use determinations shall apply to dust suppressants applied to material that is burned for energy recovery that are used to produce a fuel or that is otherwise contained in a fuel.

## 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=09900HB4007&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=90224&DocNum=4007&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900HB4007eng&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=90224&DocNum=4007&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900HB4007enr&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=90224&DocNum=4007&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **96–13** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **54–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jay Hoffman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-27** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jay Hoffman `filing`
- **2015-02-27** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-02-27** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-12** Assigned to Environment `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-24** Do Pass / Short Debate Environment; 013-002-001 `committee-passage`
- **2015-03-25** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2015-03-25** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jay Hoffman `amendment-introduction`
- **2015-03-25** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-26** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-17** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2015-04-17** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2015-04-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2015-04-21** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 096-013-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2015-04-22** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2015-04-22** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-22** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr.
- **2015-04-22** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-22** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-29** Assigned to Environment and Conservation `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-07** Do Pass Environment and Conservation; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2015-05-07** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 12, 2015
- **2015-05-20** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-05-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 21, 2015
- **2015-05-22** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2015 `reading-3`
- **2015-05-26** Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2015-05-26** Passed Both Houses
- **2015-06-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-07-21** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2015-07-21** Effective Date January 1, 2016
- **2015-07-21** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0089 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d5963fe5-77d0-414c-b3d5-4d05a1ba57f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).