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Bill	EPA-ANIMAL CREMATION	Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that a deceased companion animal that is delivered to a provider of companion animal cremation services subject to the Companion Animal Cremation Act is not waste for the purposes of the Environmental Protection Act, and that providing companion animal cremation services at a location does not make that location a waste management facility for the purposes of the Environmental Protection Act.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	93rd	HB 176	Illinois HB 176 (93rd)	bill		enacted		3	48	3	2003-01-10	2003-07-10	openstates	ocd-bill/69ebaf97-4006-4f11-9d22-1972857dd219	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=176&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=397&SessionID=3&GA=93	806be20fe490d95d73069cdaaadca50fc8540d284436ff52fbadd12f6be967bc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 176 (93rd) — EPA-ANIMAL CREMATION

Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that a deceased companion animal that is delivered to a provider of companion animal cremation services subject to the Companion Animal Cremation Act is not waste for the purposes of the Environmental Protection Act, and that providing companion animal cremation services at a location does not make that location a waste management facility for the purposes of the Environmental Protection Act.

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. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Concurrence — 116–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 58–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 114–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson — cosponsor (person)
• Patricia R. Bellock — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2003-01-10 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Patricia R. Bellock filing
• 2003-01-16 First Reading reading-1
• 2003-01-16 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2003-01-23 Assigned to Environment and Energy Committee referral-committee
• 2003-01-30 Do Pass / Short Debate Environment and Energy Committee; 011-000-001 committee-passage
• 2003-01-30 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2003-02-04 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Brent Hassert
• 2003-02-04 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John Philip Novak
• 2003-02-06 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Renee Kosel
• 2003-02-06 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin A. McCarthy
• 2003-02-14 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Tom Cross
• 2003-02-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack McGuire
• 2003-02-28 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Patricia R. Bellock amendment-introduction
• 2003-02-28 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2003-03-05 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 005-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2003-03-26 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2003-03-26 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2003-03-26 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2003-03-27 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-002-000 reading-3, passage
• 2003-04-02 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2003-04-02 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 3, 2003 reading-1
• 2003-04-02 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Christine Radogno
• 2003-04-02 First Reading reading-1
• 2003-04-02 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2003-04-03 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Lawrence M. Walsh
• 2003-04-16 Assigned to Environment & Energy referral-committee
• 2003-04-29 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Christine Radogno amendment-introduction
• 2003-04-29 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2003-04-29 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Environment & Energy
• 2003-04-30 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2003-04-30 Do Pass as Amended Environment & Energy; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2003-04-30 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 1, 2003
• 2003-05-05 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson
• 2003-05-06 Second Reading reading-2
• 2003-05-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 7, 2003
• 2003-05-15 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2003-05-15 Arrived in House introduction
• 2003-05-15 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
• 2003-05-20 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Patricia R. Bellock; Motion # 1
• 2003-05-20 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2003-05-21 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-002-000
• 2003-05-23 Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2003
• 2003-05-28 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 116-000-000
• 2003-05-28 Passed Both Houses
• 2003-06-26 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2003-07-10 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2003-07-10 Effective Date January 1, 2004
• 2003-07-10 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0121 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/69ebaf97-4006-4f11-9d22-1972857dd219. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).