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type: "Bill"
title: "POLLUTION CONTROL-COUNTIES"
description: "Amends the Solid Waste Planning and Recycling Act. Provides that nothing in the Act shall be construed to permit a county with a population of less than 2,000,000 residents the power to regulate the operations of pollution control facilities or recycling centers. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "100th"
identifier: "SB 1561"
citation: "Illinois SB 1561 (100th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-09"
last_action: "2017-08-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36461ab6-d442-474b-892b-c5df586053b7"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1561&GAID=14&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=104199&SessionID=91&GA=100"
source_hash: "a2b16de61da8eb188ebbd5695b5a8e75b1f771a2c14f01fb924d51a563811e08"
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 1561 (100th) — POLLUTION CONTROL-COUNTIES
Amends the Solid Waste Planning and Recycling Act. Provides that nothing in the Act shall be construed to permit a county with a population of less than 2,000,000 residents the power to regulate the operations of pollution control facilities or recycling centers. 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=10000SB1561&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=104199&DocNum=1561&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000SB1561eng&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=104199&DocNum=1561&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000SB1561enr&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=104199&DocNum=1561&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **560** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **8919** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- David Koehler — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-02-09** Filed with Secretary by Sen. David Koehler `filing`
- **2017-02-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-22** Assigned to Environment and Conservation `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-01** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Wm. Sam McCann
- **2017-03-02** Do Pass Environment and Conservation; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 7, 2017
- **2017-03-03** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Chuck Weaver
- **2017-04-25** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. David Koehler `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-04-25** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-26** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Pat McGuire
- **2017-04-26** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Environment and Conservation
- **2017-04-26** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-26** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 27, 2017
- **2017-04-27** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Environment and Conservation; 006-000-000
- **2017-04-27** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-27** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Koehler `amendment-passage`
- **2017-04-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2017-04-27** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-28** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2017-04-28** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Lawrence Walsh, Jr.
- **2017-04-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-28** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-09** Assigned to Environment `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-10** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Tim Butler
- **2017-05-16** Do Pass / Short Debate Environment; 016-001-000 `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-16** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2017-05-17** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2017-05-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2017-05-18** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 089-019-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-05-18** Passed Both Houses
- **2017-06-16** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-08-11** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2017-08-11** Effective Date August 11, 2017
- **2017-08-11** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0095 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/36461ab6-d442-474b-892b-c5df586053b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).