republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/103rd/sb-3481.md

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Bill	EPA-BESS	Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that battery storage sites at which 5,000 kilograms or more of used batteries are stored must register with the Environmental Protection Agency prior to February 2026 or prior to commencing operation if not in operation in February 2026 and maintain records related to the weight or volume of batteries stored. Provides requirements for registration. Provides that the Agency shall propose and the Pollution Control Board shall adopt rules for the operation of battery storage sites no later than 1 year after the effective date of this amendatory Act, and provides requirements for those rules. Defines terms.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	103rd	SB 3481	Illinois SB 3481 (103rd)	bill		enacted	Anna Moeller Sara Feigenholtz	5	47	7	2024-02-08	2024-08-09	openstates	ocd-bill/cd302e9d-591a-4e68-b504-b7528b843d19	https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=3481&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=153162&SessionID=112	983fc16c616354b16217ed0b87e794fbfc683c87c9d180bdb424a507f48338e5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 3481 (103rd) — EPA-BESS

Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that battery storage sites at which 5,000 kilograms or more of used batteries are stored must register with the Environmental Protection Agency prior to February 2026 or prior to commencing operation if not in operation in February 2026 and maintain records related to the weight or volume of batteries stored. Provides requirements for registration. Provides that the Agency shall propose and the Pollution Control Board shall adopt rules for the operation of battery storage sites no later than 1 year after the effective date of this amendatory Act, and provides requirements for those rules. Defines terms.

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. House Amendment 002 (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Energy & Environment, Amendment 2 — 18–8 (pass) · lower
• Concurrence, Amendment 2 — 44–15 (pass) · lower
• Energy and Public Utilities, Amendment 2 — 11–4 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 58–1 (pass) · lower
• Energy and Public Utilities — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Energy & Environment — 19–8 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 77–35 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Anna Moeller — primary (person)
• Sara Feigenholtz — primary (person)
• Fred Crespo — cosponsor (person)
• Joyce Mason — cosponsor (person)
• Mary Edly-Allen — cosponsor (person)
• Rachel Ventura — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-08 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Sara Feigenholtz filing
• 2024-02-08 First Reading reading-1
• 2024-02-08 Referred to Assignments
• 2024-02-28 Assigned to Energy and Public Utilities referral-committee
• 2024-03-14 Do Pass Energy and Public Utilities; 015-000-000
• 2024-03-14 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 20, 2024 reading-2
• 2024-03-21 Second Reading reading-2
• 2024-03-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 22, 2024
• 2024-04-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading **
• 2024-04-11 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen
• 2024-04-12 Third Reading - Passed; 058-001-000 passage, reading-3
• 2024-04-12 Arrived in House introduction
• 2024-04-12 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Anna Moeller
• 2024-04-15 First Reading reading-1
• 2024-04-15 Referred to Rules Committee
• 2024-04-24 Assigned to Energy & Environment Committee referral-committee
• 2024-04-29 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Anna Moeller amendment-introduction
• 2024-04-29 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
• 2024-04-30 Do Pass / Short Debate Energy & Environment Committee; 019-008-000
• 2024-04-30 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled amendment-failure
• 2024-05-01 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2024-05-03 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Anna Moeller amendment-introduction
• 2024-05-03 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
• 2024-05-13 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Energy & Environment Committee
• 2024-05-15 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Energy & Environment Committee; 018-008-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-05-16 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2024-05-16 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2024-05-17 Third Reading/Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 24, 2024
• 2024-05-21 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2024-05-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2024-05-21 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason
• 2024-05-21 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Fred Crespo
• 2024-05-21 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 077-035-000 passage, reading-3
• 2024-05-21 Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 2
• 2024-05-21 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 2 - May 21, 2024
• 2024-05-22 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Sara Feigenholtz filing
• 2024-05-22 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments
• 2024-05-23 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Energy and Public Utilities
• 2024-05-24 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Energy and Public Utilities; 011-004-000
• 2024-05-24 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Senate Concurs 044-015-000
• 2024-05-24 Senate Concurs
• 2024-05-24 Passed Both Houses
• 2024-05-24 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachel Ventura
• 2024-06-21 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-08-09 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2024-08-09 Effective Date January 1, 2025
• 2024-08-09 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-1006 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cd302e9d-591a-4e68-b504-b7528b843d19. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).