republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/103rd/hb-4954.md

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Bill	COAL MINING-RESCUE OPERATIONS	Amends the Coal Mining Act. Provides for State mine rescue stations that are maintained by the Department of Natural Resources for the sole purpose of responding to and preparing for emergencies in the coal mines of Illinois. Provides that recovery operations that are intended solely for the purpose of securing property are not covered under a provision concerning State mine rescue services. Provides that additional mine rescue services for the purpose of securing property are the responsibility of the operator of the property. Provides that mine rescue teams shall be based out of each State mine rescue station to serve the Illinois coal industry as either a primary or secondary responder. Provides that every coal producing mine in the State must assign its mine rescue team or mine complex rescue team to a State mine rescue station and must compensate these employees at their regular rate of pay. Provides that the Mining Board shall establish training requirements for mine rescue teams and mine complex rescue teams. Provides that coal producing mines that maintain a mine rescue station are exempt from providing a mine rescue team or mine complex rescue team to serve the State mine rescue station if certain conditions are met. Sets forth provisions concerning the Department providing suitably located sites for State mine rescue stations; supervision of State mine rescue operations; definitions; and mine rescue teams.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	103rd	HB 4954	Illinois HB 4954 (103rd)	bill		enacted	Gregg Johnson Terri Bryant	4	43	5	2024-02-07	2024-08-02	openstates	ocd-bill/eb709083-dfe7-403c-815e-9bac74583138	https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=4954&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=152868&SessionID=112	f3506ec71057641d8d3c241b7e673b3128cc0e699a0f966254cecdda2914f83b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 4954 (103rd) — COAL MINING-RESCUE OPERATIONS

Amends the Coal Mining Act. Provides for State mine rescue stations that are maintained by the Department of Natural Resources for the sole purpose of responding to and preparing for emergencies in the coal mines of Illinois. Provides that recovery operations that are intended solely for the purpose of securing property are not covered under a provision concerning State mine rescue services. Provides that additional mine rescue services for the purpose of securing property are the responsibility of the operator of the property. Provides that mine rescue teams shall be based out of each State mine rescue station to serve the Illinois coal industry as either a primary or secondary responder. Provides that every coal producing mine in the State must assign its mine rescue team or mine complex rescue team to a State mine rescue station and must compensate these employees at their regular rate of pay. Provides that the Mining Board shall establish training requirements for mine rescue teams and mine complex rescue teams. Provides that coal producing mines that maintain a mine rescue station are exempt from providing a mine rescue team or mine complex rescue team to serve the State mine rescue station if certain conditions are met. Sets forth provisions concerning the Department providing suitably located sites for State mine rescue stations; supervision of State mine rescue operations; definitions; and mine rescue teams.

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. House Amendment 001 (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 58–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 108–0 (pass) · lower
• Labor — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• Energy & Environment — 25–0 (pass) · lower
• Energy & Environment, Amendment 1 — 28–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Gregg Johnson — primary (person)
• Terri Bryant — primary (person)
• Ann M. Williams — cosponsor (person)
• Bradley Fritts — cosponsor (person)
• Charles Meier — cosponsor (person)
• Daniel Didech — cosponsor (person)
• Dave Severin — cosponsor (person)
• David Friess — cosponsor (person)
• Jil Tracy — cosponsor (person)
• Kevin Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
• Michael W. Halpin — cosponsor (person)
• Patrick Windhorst — cosponsor (person)
• Wayne A Rosenthal — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-07 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Gregg Johnson filing
• 2024-02-07 First Reading reading-1
• 2024-02-07 Referred to Rules Committee
• 2024-02-22 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel Didech
• 2024-03-05 Assigned to Energy & Environment Committee referral-committee
• 2024-04-02 Do Pass / Short Debate Energy & Environment Committee; 025-000-000
• 2024-04-03 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2024-04-04 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Severin
• 2024-04-04 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ann M. Williams
• 2024-04-16 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Gregg Johnson amendment-introduction
• 2024-04-16 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
• 2024-04-17 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Energy & Environment Committee
• 2024-04-17 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2024-04-17 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2024-04-18 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Energy & Environment Committee; 028-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-18 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2024-04-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2024-04-18 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 108-000-000 passage, reading-3
• 2024-04-18 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick Windhorst
• 2024-04-18 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. David Friess
• 2024-04-18 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Wayne A Rosenthal
• 2024-04-18 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Charles Meier
• 2024-04-18 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin Schmidt
• 2024-04-18 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Bradley Fritts
• 2024-04-19 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2024-04-19 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2024-04-19 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Terri Bryant
• 2024-04-19 First Reading reading-1
• 2024-04-19 Referred to Assignments
• 2024-04-30 Assigned to Labor referral-committee
• 2024-04-30 Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 10, 2024
• 2024-05-01 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael W. Halpin
• 2024-05-03 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Jil Tracy
• 2024-05-08 Do Pass Labor; 012-000-000
• 2024-05-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 9, 2024 reading-2
• 2024-05-09 Second Reading reading-2
• 2024-05-09 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
• 2024-05-16 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 passage, reading-3
• 2024-05-16 Passed Both Houses
• 2024-06-13 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-08-02 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2024-08-02 Effective Date January 1, 2025
• 2024-08-02 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0739 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/eb709083-dfe7-403c-815e-9bac74583138. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).