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Bill	EPA-LOCAL SITING REVIEW	Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that applicants for local siting approval shall submit evidence to demonstrate compliance. Provides that applicants for local siting approval shall present testimony subject to cross-examination at specified public hearings. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	100th	HB 2842	Illinois HB 2842 (100th)	bill		enacted		3	35	2	2017-02-09	2017-08-25	openstates	ocd-bill/c4aa6eca-5376-4080-a242-b116f2a83c77	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2842&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=104263&SessionID=91&GA=100	b194541ca874e7630202e0eed65741efb01c4d5bfa074aca3a7594e46e34b893	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 2842 (100th) — EPA-LOCAL SITING REVIEW

Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that applicants for local siting approval shall submit evidence to demonstrate compliance. Provides that applicants for local siting approval shall present testimony subject to cross-examination at specified public hearings. Effective immediately.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 104–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 55–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Robert Rita — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-09 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Robert Rita filing
• 2017-02-09 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-02-09 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2017-02-22 Assigned to Environment referral-committee
• 2017-02-28 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Robert Rita amendment-introduction
• 2017-02-28 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2017-03-07 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Environment
• 2017-03-09 House Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Robert Rita amendment-introduction
• 2017-03-09 House Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2017-03-13 House Committee Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Environment
• 2017-03-21 House Committee Amendment No. 2 Adopted in Environment; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2017-03-21 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Environment; 015-000-000 committee-passage
• 2017-03-21 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40 amendment-failure
• 2017-03-22 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2017-03-23 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2017-03-23 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2017-04-07 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 104-000-001 reading-3, passage
• 2017-04-07 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jeanne M Ives
• 2017-04-20 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2017-04-20 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2017-04-20 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Bill Cunningham
• 2017-04-20 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-04-20 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2017-05-02 Assigned to Environment and Conservation referral-committee
• 2017-05-11 Do Pass Environment and Conservation; 005-000-000 committee-passage
• 2017-05-11 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 12, 2017
• 2017-05-15 Second Reading reading-2
• 2017-05-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 16, 2017
• 2017-05-26 Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2017 reading-3
• 2017-05-30 Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2017-05-30 Passed Both Houses
• 2017-06-28 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-08-25 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2017-08-25 Effective Date August 25, 2017
• 2017-08-25 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0382 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c4aa6eca-5376-4080-a242-b116f2a83c77. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).