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Bill	EPA-UNCONTAMINATED PLASTICS	Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that to the extent allowed by federal law, uncontaminated plastics that meet feedstock specifications for a gasification facility or pyrolysis facility, and that are further processed by a gasification facility or pyrolysis facility and returned to the economic mainstream in the form of crude oil, diesel, gasoline, home heating oil or other fuels, chemicals, waxes, lubricants, chemical feedstocks, diesel and gasoline blendstocks, or other raw materials or intermediate or final products, are considered recycled and are not subject to regulation as waste. Defines terms for these provisions. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	101st	HB 2491	Illinois HB 2491 (101st)	bill		enacted		3	50	2	2019-02-13	2019-07-26	openstates	ocd-bill/4570b577-b227-4717-a99a-70a195d0a72d	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2491&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=118521&SessionID=108&GA=101	09fe8f7fede039d09b884ac38f536b061e53169cdbb3054019126e65df736b53	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 2491 (101st) — EPA-UNCONTAMINATED PLASTICS

Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that to the extent allowed by federal law, uncontaminated plastics that meet feedstock specifications for a gasification facility or pyrolysis facility, and that are further processed by a gasification facility or pyrolysis facility and returned to the economic mainstream in the form of crude oil, diesel, gasoline, home heating oil or other fuels, chemicals, waxes, lubricants, chemical feedstocks, diesel and gasoline blendstocks, or other raw materials or intermediate or final products, are considered recycled and are not subject to regulation as waste. Defines terms for these provisions. 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 — 106–4 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 56–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brad Halbrook — cosponsor (person)
• Chris Miller — cosponsor (person)
• Dave Severin — cosponsor (person)
• David A. Welter — cosponsor (person)
• Jason Plummer — cosponsor (person)
• Jay Hoffman — cosponsor (person)
• Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant — cosponsor (person)
• Lawrence Walsh, Jr. — primary (person)
• Mark Batinick — cosponsor (person)
• Monica Bristow — cosponsor (person)
• Norine K. Hammond — cosponsor (person)
• Pat McGuire — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-13 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Lawrence Walsh, Jr. filing
• 2019-02-13 First Reading reading-1
• 2019-02-13 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2019-02-26 Assigned to Energy & Environment Committee referral-committee
• 2019-03-19 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Lawrence Walsh, Jr. amendment-introduction
• 2019-03-19 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2019-03-20 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Energy & Environment Committee
• 2019-03-26 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Energy & Environment Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2019-03-26 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Energy & Environment Committee; 022-008-000 committee-passage
• 2019-03-29 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2019-04-05 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Lawrence Walsh, Jr. amendment-introduction
• 2019-04-05 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2019-04-09 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Energy & Environment Committee
• 2019-04-09 House Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Lawrence Walsh, Jr. amendment-introduction
• 2019-04-09 House Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2019-04-09 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Energy & Environment Committee; 020-004-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-10 House Floor Amendment No. 3 Rules Refers to Energy & Environment Committee
• 2019-04-10 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Norine K. Hammond
• 2019-04-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. David A. Welter
• 2019-04-10 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2019-04-10 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2019-04-11 House Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommends Be Adopted Energy & Environment Committee; 029-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-11 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Monica Bristow
• 2019-04-11 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jay Hoffman
• 2019-04-11 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Chris Miller
• 2019-04-11 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Brad Halbrook
• 2019-04-11 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2019-04-11 House Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2019-04-11 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2019-04-11 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 106-004-001 reading-3, passage
• 2019-04-11 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark Batinick
• 2019-04-11 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Severin
• 2019-04-12 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2019-04-12 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 30, 2019 reading-1
• 2019-04-24 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Pat McGuire
• 2019-04-24 First Reading reading-1
• 2019-04-24 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2019-04-30 Assigned to Environment and Conservation referral-committee
• 2019-05-09 Do Pass Environment and Conservation; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2019-05-09 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 14, 2019
• 2019-05-09 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jason Plummer
• 2019-05-15 Second Reading reading-2
• 2019-05-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 16, 2019
• 2019-05-16 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant
• 2019-05-16 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2019-05-16 Passed Both Houses
• 2019-06-14 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-07-26 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2019-07-26 Effective Date July 1, 2020
• 2019-07-26 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0141 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4570b577-b227-4717-a99a-70a195d0a72d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).