republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/104th/hb-1699.md

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Bill	EPA-PROVISIONAL CERTIFICATE	Amends the Environmental Protection Act. In a provision regarding operator certification for sewage works, provides that the Environmental Protection Agency shall establish a provisional wastewater operator certification program by which a person who does not possess a high school diploma or its equivalent may act as a provisional wastewater operator under a provisional wastewater operator certificate. Allows the Agency to adopt rules. Amends the Public Water Supply Operations Act. In a provision regarding community water supply operator certification, provides that the Environmental Protection Agency shall establish a provisional community water supply operator certification program by which a person who does not possess a high school diploma or its equivalent may act as a provisional community water supply operator under a provisional community water supply operator certificate. Allows the Agency to adopt rules.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	104th	HB 1699	Illinois HB 1699 (104th)	bill		enacted	Dagmara Avelar Laura Ellman	5	40	5	2025-01-24	2025-08-01	openstates	ocd-bill/e78dfd65-6c27-460a-9d5c-52d592ca1008	https://ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=1699&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=158788&SessionID=114	caee083355d3af30c526962bb0142bd19f96c7fa5a6b6ea4e8edda90aa03480a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 1699 (104th) — EPA-PROVISIONAL CERTIFICATE

Amends the Environmental Protection Act. In a provision regarding operator certification for sewage works, provides that the Environmental Protection Agency shall establish a provisional wastewater operator certification program by which a person who does not possess a high school diploma or its equivalent may act as a provisional wastewater operator under a provisional wastewater operator certificate. Allows the Agency to adopt rules. Amends the Public Water Supply Operations Act. In a provision regarding community water supply operator certification, provides that the Environmental Protection Agency shall establish a provisional community water supply operator certification program by which a person who does not possess a high school diploma or its equivalent may act as a provisional community water supply operator under a provisional community water supply operator certificate. Allows the Agency to adopt rules.

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

• Environment and Conservation — 7–1 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 75–39 (pass) · lower
• Energy & Environment — 19–10 (pass) · lower
• Energy & Environment, Amendment 2 — 17–8 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 55–3 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Dagmara Avelar — primary (person)
• Laura Ellman — primary (person)
• Doris Turner — cosponsor (person)
• Jason Plummer — cosponsor (person)
• Sara Feigenholtz — cosponsor (person)
• Willie Preston — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-24 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Dagmara Avelar filing
• 2025-01-28 First Reading reading-1
• 2025-01-28 Referred to Rules Committee
• 2025-02-18 Assigned to Energy & Environment Committee referral-committee
• 2025-03-10 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Dagmara Avelar amendment-introduction
• 2025-03-10 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
• 2025-03-11 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Energy & Environment Committee
• 2025-03-11 Do Pass / Short Debate Energy & Environment Committee; 019-010-000
• 2025-03-11 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled amendment-failure
• 2025-03-12 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2025-03-21 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Dagmara Avelar amendment-introduction
• 2025-03-21 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
• 2025-03-25 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Energy & Environment Committee
• 2025-03-26 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2025-03-26 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2025-04-08 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Energy & Environment Committee; 017-008-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-09 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2025-04-09 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2025-04-09 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 075-039-000 passage, reading-3
• 2025-04-10 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2025-04-10 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2025-04-10 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel
• 2025-04-10 First Reading reading-1
• 2025-04-10 Referred to Assignments
• 2025-04-23 Assigned to Environment and Conservation referral-committee
• 2025-04-28 Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Laura Ellman
• 2025-05-01 Do Pass Environment and Conservation; 007-001-000
• 2025-05-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 6, 2025 reading-2
• 2025-05-01 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Sara Feigenholtz
• 2025-05-07 Second Reading reading-2
• 2025-05-07 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 8, 2025
• 2025-05-21 Third Reading - Passed; 055-003-000 passage, reading-3
• 2025-05-21 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Willie Preston
• 2025-05-21 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Doris Turner
• 2025-05-21 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Jason Plummer
• 2025-05-21 Passed Both Houses
• 2025-06-17 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-08-01 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2025-08-01 Effective Date January 1, 2026
• 2025-08-01 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0050 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e78dfd65-6c27-460a-9d5c-52d592ca1008. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).