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type: "Bill"
title: "BLOOMINGTON-TREATED WASTEWATER"
description: "Amends the Sanitary District Act of 1917. Provides that the board of trustees of the Bloomington and Normal Water Reclamation District may enter into an agreement to sell, convey, or disburse treated wastewater to a private entity located within 50 miles of the District's boundaries. Provides that the Bloomington and Normal Water Reclamation District may accept wastewater for treatment from a private entity located within 50 miles of the district's boundaries. Provides that the Bloomington and Normal Water Reclamation District may acquire and accept, by gift, grant, purchase, or otherwise fee simple interest or any lesser interest as may be desired in real property necessary to carry out its powers under the provisions. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "104th"
identifier: "HB 1538"
citation: "Illinois HB 1538 (104th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Koehler", "Sharon Chung"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-21"
last_action: "2025-08-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/092bd6fa-f583-466e-bc92-5992f05e45c6"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=1538&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=157627&SessionID=114"
source_hash: "48fef335cfb0f4e41dfe6cfd88d79a7e71a0ed32309b9385d23cc042ac8cee86"
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 HB 1538 (104th) — BLOOMINGTON-TREATED WASTEWATER
Amends the Sanitary District Act of 1917. Provides that the board of trustees of the Bloomington and Normal Water Reclamation District may enter into an agreement to sell, convey, or disburse treated wastewater to a private entity located within 50 miles of the District's boundaries. Provides that the Bloomington and Normal Water Reclamation District may accept wastewater for treatment from a private entity located within 50 miles of the district's boundaries. Provides that the Bloomington and Normal Water Reclamation District may acquire and accept, by gift, grant, purchase, or otherwise fee simple interest or any lesser interest as may be desired in real property necessary to carry out its powers under the provisions. Effective immediately.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB1538.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB1538eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB1538enr.pdf)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **580** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **1060** (pass) · lower
- Cities & Villages — **90** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- David Koehler — primary (person)
- Sharon Chung — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-21** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Sharon Chung `filing`
- **2025-01-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-28** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2025-02-18** Assigned to Cities & Villages Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-25** Do Pass / Short Debate Cities & Villages Committee; 009-000-000
- **2025-02-26** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-03-19** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-03-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2025-04-07** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 106-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-08** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-08** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-04-08** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. David Koehler
- **2025-04-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-04-08** Referred to Assignments
- **2025-04-23** Approved for Consideration Assignments
- **2025-04-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 29, 2025 `reading-2`
- **2025-05-01** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 6, 2025
- **2025-05-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading **
- **2025-05-22** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-22** Passed Both Houses
- **2025-06-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-08-15** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2025-08-15** Effective Date August 15, 2025
- **2025-08-15** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0186 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/092bd6fa-f583-466e-bc92-5992f05e45c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).