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type: "Bill"
title: "RADON AWARENESS-RESIDENTL PROP"
description: "Creates the Illinois Radon Awareness Act. Provides definitions, including \"residential real property\" which means a manufactured housing lot or a parcel of real property, improved with not less than one nor more than 4 residential dwelling units. Provides that the Act applies to the sale of any interest in residential real property by an owner or through a real estate broker. Provides that the seller shall provide a prospective buyer with a pamphlet entitled \"Radon Testing Guidelines for Real Estate Transactions\", prepared by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency. Provides that buyer has the right to have the property inspected for radon. Provides that the buyer and seller, and any brokers involved, must sign a statement acknowledging that the buyer was notified of his or her rights under the Act and received the information required by the Act. Provides that a seller is not required to have the property tested for radon, but must furnish the buyer with a copy of any radon tests conducted on the property. Provides that the Act does not apply to transfers: pursuant to court order; from a mortgagor to a mortgagee in lieu of foreclosure; by a fiduciary; from a co-owner to another co-owner; through testate or intestate succession; to a spouse or a relative in the lineal line of consanguinity; that are part of a seller's relocation; or, to or from a governmental entity. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "HB 1425"
citation: "Illinois HB 1425 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-02-21"
last_action: "2007-08-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a637f48-9cf1-4751-b70b-7551522b6694"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1425&GAID=9&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=30215&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "29693274e78910dddd9692689ba3a02e138ef7ee635622fe6713a1e3c88a01d5"
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 1425 (95th) — RADON AWARENESS-RESIDENTL PROP
Creates the Illinois Radon Awareness Act. Provides definitions, including "residential real property" which means a manufactured housing lot or a parcel of real property, improved with not less than one nor more than 4 residential dwelling units. Provides that the Act applies to the sale of any interest in residential real property by an owner or through a real estate broker. Provides that the seller shall provide a prospective buyer with a pamphlet entitled "Radon Testing Guidelines for Real Estate Transactions", prepared by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency. Provides that buyer has the right to have the property inspected for radon. Provides that the buyer and seller, and any brokers involved, must sign a statement acknowledging that the buyer was notified of his or her rights under the Act and received the information required by the Act. Provides that a seller is not required to have the property tested for radon, but must furnish the buyer with a copy of any radon tests conducted on the property. Provides that the Act does not apply to transfers: pursuant to court order; from a mortgagor to a mortgagee in lieu of foreclosure; by a fiduciary; from a co-owner to another co-owner; through testate or intestate succession; to a spouse or a relative in the lineal line of consanguinity; that are part of a seller's relocation; or, to or from a governmental entity. Effective immediately.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB1425&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=30215&DocNum=1425&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB1425eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=30215&DocNum=1425&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB1425enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=30215&DocNum=1425&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **580** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **1080** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Dan Reitz — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2007-02-21** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Dan Reitz `filing`
- **2007-02-21** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-02-21** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-27** Assigned to Environmental Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-28** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen May
- **2007-03-06** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Environmental Health Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2007-03-06** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Environmental Health Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2007-03-06** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Environmental Health Committee; 012-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-03-07** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-03-07** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough
- **2007-03-07** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
- **2007-03-07** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J Verschoore
- **2007-03-07** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel V. Beiser
- **2007-03-13** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2007-03-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-03-22** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin Joyce
- **2007-03-22** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
- **2007-03-22** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 108-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-03-27** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2007-03-27** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 28, 2007 `reading-1`
- **2007-03-27** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Donne E. Trotter
- **2007-03-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-28** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-30** Assigned to Housing and Community Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-18** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2007-04-25** Do Pass Housing and Community Affairs; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-04-25** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 26, 2007
- **2007-05-15** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael Noland
- **2007-05-16** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-05-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 17, 2007
- **2007-05-22** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-05-22** Passed Both Houses
- **2007-06-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2007-08-16** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2007-08-16** Effective Date January 1, 2008
- **2007-08-16** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0210 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3a637f48-9cf1-4751-b70b-7551522b6694`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).