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type: "Bill"
title: "MWRD-FLOODPLAIN/STORMWATER"
description: "Amends the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act. Provides that the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago may provide for a civil penalty for each offense of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000, with each day's continuance of a violation to be a separate offense, excluding costs and fees that may be assessed. Requires a hearing in front of the board of commissioners, or its designee, before a civil penalty may be imposed. Specifies procedures that must be adopted by the board of commissioners relating to imposing a civil penalty. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "SB 1673"
citation: "Illinois SB 1673 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz", "Laura Fine"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-08"
last_action: "2023-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ddfef5fd-2273-4cf4-951a-e1a310d93a00"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=1673&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=146453&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "9e029aa3fbd72cfa88be321f97a690a06a1d2c04882ed6aa2f8cd54bfbb0ee27"
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 1673 (103rd) — MWRD-FLOODPLAIN/STORMWATER
Amends the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act. Provides that the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago may provide for a civil penalty for each offense of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000, with each day's continuance of a violation to be a separate offense, excluding costs and fees that may be assessed. Requires a hearing in front of the board of commissioners, or its designee, before a civil penalty may be imposed. Specifies procedures that must be adopted by the board of commissioners relating to imposing a civil penalty. Effective immediately.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB1673.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB1673eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB1673enr.pdf)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **3417** (pass) · lower
- Public Utilities — **190** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **7537** (pass) · lower
- Local Government — **100** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz — primary (person)
- Laura Fine — primary (person)
- Joyce Mason — cosponsor (person)
- Laura M. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-02-08** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Laura Fine `filing`
- **2023-02-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-08** Referred to Assignments
- **2023-02-21** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Do Pass Local Government; 010-000-000
- **2023-03-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 10, 2023 `reading-2`
- **2023-03-10** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 21, 2023
- **2023-03-24** Third Reading - Passed; 034-017-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-24** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2023-03-24** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz
- **2023-03-24** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-24** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2023-04-11** Assigned to Public Utilities Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-18** Do Pass / Short Debate Public Utilities Committee; 019-000-000
- **2023-04-19** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-04-21** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
- **2023-05-02** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-05-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2023-05-09** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason
- **2023-05-09** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 075-037-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-09** Passed Both Houses
- **2023-06-07** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-30** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-30** Effective Date June 30, 2023
- **2023-06-30** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0221 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ddfef5fd-2273-4cf4-951a-e1a310d93a00`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).