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Bill	PEST CONTROL-PENALTIES	Amends the Structural Pest Control Act. Provides that a person convicted of a second or subsequent violation of specific provisions concerning licensure requirements is guilty of a Class 4 felony. Amends the Illinois Pesticide Act. Provides criminal penalties for retailers or wholesalers distributing or selling a pesticide not registered with the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the Illinois Department of Agriculture. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	93rd	HB 548	Illinois HB 548 (93rd)	bill		enacted		3	41	2	2003-01-31	2003-07-14	openstates	ocd-bill/77a825c7-0eab-4b2f-8e6c-b5e5335273b5	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=548&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=988&SessionID=3&GA=93	ed8e53be00bc839e8e4a8fe663c88501cfbb1fbc2e4303545e44e2fbe176c592	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 548 (93rd) — PEST CONTROL-PENALTIES

Amends the Structural Pest Control Act. Provides that a person convicted of a second or subsequent violation of specific provisions concerning licensure requirements is guilty of a Class 4 felony. Amends the Illinois Pesticide Act. Provides criminal penalties for retailers or wholesalers distributing or selling a pesticide not registered with the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the Illinois Department of Agriculture. Effective immediately.

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

• Third Reading — 117–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 57–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Antonio Munoz — cosponsor (person)
• Maria Antonia Berrios — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2003-01-31 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Sara Feigenholtz filing
• 2003-01-31 First Reading reading-1
• 2003-01-31 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2003-02-05 Assigned to Environment and Energy Committee referral-committee
• 2003-03-06 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Environment and Energy Committee amendment-introduction
• 2003-03-06 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Environment and Energy Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2003-03-06 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Environment and Energy Committee; 013-000-000 committee-passage
• 2003-03-06 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2003-03-07 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook
• 2003-03-12 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Sara Feigenholtz amendment-introduction
• 2003-03-12 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Maria Antonia Berrios
• 2003-03-12 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2003-03-13 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2003-03-18 Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Maria Antonia Berrios
• 2003-03-20 House Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Maria Antonia Berrios amendment-introduction
• 2003-03-20 House Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2003-03-25 House Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2003-03-25 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
• 2003-03-25 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2003-03-25 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Withdrawn by Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
• 2003-03-25 House Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2003-03-25 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2003-03-26 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 117-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2003-03-27 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2003-03-27 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 2, 2003 reading-1
• 2003-04-03 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
• 2003-04-04 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Rickey R. Hendon
• 2003-04-08 First Reading reading-1
• 2003-04-08 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2003-04-16 Assigned to Environment & Energy referral-committee
• 2003-04-30 Do Pass Environment & Energy; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2003-04-30 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 1, 2003
• 2003-05-01 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Antonio Munoz
• 2003-05-06 Second Reading reading-2
• 2003-05-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 7, 2003
• 2003-05-07 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2003-05-07 Passed Both Houses
• 2003-06-05 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2003-07-14 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2003-07-14 Effective Date July 14, 2003
• 2003-07-14 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0191 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/77a825c7-0eab-4b2f-8e6c-b5e5335273b5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).