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Bill RIVERS-DAMS & BUOYS Amends the Rivers, Lakes, and Streams Act. Requires the Department of Natural Resources to adopt emergency rules under the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act to require the immediate marking of each dam the Department considers dangerous with signs and buoys warning the public of the hazards posed by the dam. Provides that the rules shall require that warning signs be placed on the dam and that warning signs and buoys be placed in the areas above and below the dam and on the banks immediately adjacent to the dam. Provides that the Department shall examine each dam located on navigable waterways to determine the hazards that exist at each dam and that the Department shall require the establishment of specifications for signs and devices that provide warnings and information for persons using the waterways. Provides that, after conducting the required examination and within 90 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the Department shall issue an order, with completion dates, specifying additional warning signs and safety devices to be required at the dam. Provides that the Department shall require each dam to have localized safety plans to maximize the safety of persons visiting the dam. Provides that the Department may designate enforceable exclusion zones around dams. Provides that any low-head dam owned by the State shall be maintained so that any scour hole formed at the dam shall not exceed 2 feet below the riverbed in depth. Effective immediately. us/states/il Illinois General Assembly 95th HB 33 Illinois HB 33 (95th)
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Illinois HB 33 (95th) — RIVERS-DAMS & BUOYS

Amends the Rivers, Lakes, and Streams Act. Requires the Department of Natural Resources to adopt emergency rules under the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act to require the immediate marking of each dam the Department considers dangerous with signs and buoys warning the public of the hazards posed by the dam. Provides that the rules shall require that warning signs be placed on the dam and that warning signs and buoys be placed in the areas above and below the dam and on the banks immediately adjacent to the dam. Provides that the Department shall examine each dam located on navigable waterways to determine the hazards that exist at each dam and that the Department shall require the establishment of specifications for signs and devices that provide warnings and information for persons using the waterways. Provides that, after conducting the required examination and within 90 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the Department shall issue an order, with completion dates, specifying additional warning signs and safety devices to be required at the dam. Provides that the Department shall require each dam to have localized safety plans to maximize the safety of persons visiting the dam. Provides that the Department may designate enforceable exclusion zones around dams. Provides that any low-head dam owned by the State shall be maintained so that any scour hole formed at the dam shall not exceed 2 feet below the riverbed in depth. 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 — 1150 (pass) · lower
  • Third Reading — 580 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Tom Cross — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2006-12-05 Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Tom Cross filing
  • 2007-01-19 First Reading reading-1
  • 2007-01-19 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
  • 2007-01-31 Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee referral-committee
  • 2007-02-06 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
  • 2007-02-07 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. LaShawn K. Ford
  • 2007-03-13 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia Reid Lindner
  • 2007-03-13 Remove Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. LaShawn K. Ford
  • 2007-03-13 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Brent Hassert
  • 2007-03-13 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. LaShawn K. Ford
  • 2007-03-13 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Agriculture & Conservation Committee amendment-introduction
  • 2007-03-13 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Agriculture & Conservation Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
  • 2007-03-13 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 010-000-000 committee-passage
  • 2007-03-14 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
  • 2007-03-14 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Deborah L. Graham
  • 2007-03-21 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
  • 2007-03-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
  • 2007-03-22 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 reading-3, passage
  • 2007-03-22 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William B. Black
  • 2007-03-22 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Timothy L. Schmitz
  • 2007-03-22 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
  • 2007-03-27 Arrive in Senate introduction
  • 2007-03-27 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
  • 2007-03-27 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. A. J. Wilhelmi
  • 2007-03-27 First Reading reading-1
  • 2007-03-27 Referred to Rules referral-committee
  • 2007-03-30 Assigned to Agriculture and Conservation referral-committee
  • 2007-04-19 Do Pass Agriculture and Conservation; 009-000-000 committee-passage
  • 2007-04-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 20, 2007
  • 2007-05-03 Second Reading reading-2
  • 2007-05-03 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 8, 2007
  • 2007-05-15 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
  • 2007-05-15 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 reading-3, passage
  • 2007-05-15 Passed Both Houses
  • 2007-05-23 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Susana A Mendoza
  • 2007-06-13 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
  • 2007-08-02 Governor Approved executive-signature
  • 2007-08-02 Effective Date August 2, 2007
  • 2007-08-02 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0020 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/33865e62-4377-4f3a-b23d-e7bebde8cb46. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).