republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/104th/sb-783.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "SAFETY-TECH"
description: "Amends the Illinois Groundwater Protection Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "104th"
identifier: "SB 783"
citation: "Illinois SB 783 (104th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Koehler", "Lawrence \"Larry\" Walsh, Jr."]
version_count: 5
action_count: 46
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-01-24"
last_action: "2025-08-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f10f6a8-fc75-4edb-81dd-563414083cab"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=783&GAID=18&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=158494&SessionID=114"
source_hash: "5d26a1143cb31bd65628666864096714eb14014818cbc05971662a6e59cdda05"
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 783 (104th) — SAFETY-TECH

Amends the Illinois Groundwater Protection Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

## 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/SB/PDF/10400SB0783.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB0783eng.pdf)
3. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB0783sam001.pdf)
4. **Senate Amendment 002** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB0783sam002.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB0783enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Agriculture & Conservation — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Executive — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **50–4** (pass) · upper
- Agriculture, Amendment 2 — **8–4** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David Koehler — primary (person)
- Lawrence "Larry" Walsh, Jr. — primary (person)
- Jason R. Bunting — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick J. Joyce — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Faraci — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-24** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Don Harmon `filing`
- **2025-01-24** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-24** Referred to Assignments
- **2025-03-12** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19** Do Pass Executive; 011-000-000
- **2025-03-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 20, 2025 `reading-2`
- **2025-03-20** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 1, 2025
- **2025-04-04** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. David Koehler `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-04** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
- **2025-04-08** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-8(b-1), the following amendments will remain in the Committee on Assignments
- **2025-04-08** Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. David Koehler
- **2025-04-09** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Patrick J. Joyce
- **2025-04-11** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 9, 2025
- **2025-05-06** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Agriculture
- **2025-05-06** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. David Koehler `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-06** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments
- **2025-05-07** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Agriculture
- **2025-05-07** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Paul Faraci
- **2025-05-08** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Agriculture
- **2025-05-08** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Agriculture; 008-004-000
- **2025-05-09** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 23, 2025
- **2025-05-21** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-21** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Koehler `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2025-05-21** Third Reading - Passed; 050-004-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-21** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) `amendment-failure`
- **2025-05-21** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2025-05-21** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Emanuel "Chris" Welch
- **2025-05-21** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-05-21** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2025-05-22** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Lawrence "Larry" Walsh, Jr.
- **2025-05-22** Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-22** Committee/Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2025
- **2025-05-29** Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 009-000-000
- **2025-05-29** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jason R. Bunting
- **2025-05-29** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-05-29** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-05-29** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-05-31** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2025-05-31** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-31** Passed Both Houses
- **2025-06-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-08-15** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2025-08-15** Effective Date January 1, 2026
- **2025-08-15** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0363 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2f10f6a8-fc75-4edb-81dd-563414083cab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).