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Bill	EPA-MERCURY THERMOSTATS	Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Prohibits the installation of thermostats containing mercury in new construction beginning July 1, 2008. Prohibits the installation or sale of thermostats that contain mercury beginning July 1, 2010. Provides that, beginning July 1, 2008, thermostats that contain mercury must not be disposed of in a landfill or incinerated. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	95th	SB 1241	Illinois SB 1241 (95th)	bill		enacted		3	51	2	2007-02-09	2007-08-27	openstates	ocd-bill/cc0a846f-5122-47ce-88b4-49ae0bf21d7f	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1241&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=29326&SessionID=51&GA=95	294300258cddf2cd079ae719d30fb809ea9b4c7ce0c345f177c387f4cbc658e2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 1241 (95th) — EPA-MERCURY THERMOSTATS

Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Prohibits the installation of thermostats containing mercury in new construction beginning July 1, 2008. Prohibits the installation or sale of thermostats that contain mercury beginning July 1, 2010. Provides that, beginning July 1, 2008, thermostats that contain mercury must not be disposed of in a landfill or incinerated. Makes other changes. 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 — 56–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Mattie Hunter — primary (person)
• Mike Boland — cosponsor (person)
• Sandra M. Pihos — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2007-02-09 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mattie Hunter filing
• 2007-02-09 First Reading reading-1
• 2007-02-09 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2007-02-21 Assigned to Environment and Energy referral-committee
• 2007-03-01 Held in Environment and Energy
• 2007-03-08 Do Pass Environment and Energy; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2007-03-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 13, 2007
• 2007-03-08 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mattie Hunter amendment-introduction
• 2007-03-08 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2007-03-12 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
• 2007-03-15 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
• 2007-03-15 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Carol Ronen
• 2007-03-15 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Susan Garrett
• 2007-03-20 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
• 2007-03-21 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Environment and Energy
• 2007-03-22 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Environment and Energy
• 2007-03-22 Second Reading reading-2
• 2007-03-22 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 27, 2007
• 2007-03-22 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mattie Hunter amendment-introduction
• 2007-03-22 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2007-03-27 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Environment and Energy
• 2007-03-28 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Environment and Energy
• 2007-03-28 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Environment and Energy; 013-000-000
• 2007-03-30 Recalled to Second Reading reading-2
• 2007-03-30 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Hunter amendment-passage
• 2007-03-30 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
• 2007-03-30 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2007-03-30 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) amendment-failure
• 2007-04-02 Arrived in House introduction
• 2007-04-02 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2007-04-02 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Karen May
• 2007-04-02 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
• 2007-04-09 First Reading reading-1
• 2007-04-09 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2007-04-17 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
• 2007-04-30 Assigned to Environmental Health Committee referral-committee
• 2007-05-03 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Boland
• 2007-05-03 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elaine Nekritz
• 2007-05-03 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Winters
• 2007-05-08 Do Pass / Short Debate Environmental Health Committee; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2007-05-09 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2007-05-10 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
• 2007-05-14 Fiscal Note Filed
• 2007-05-24 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2007-05-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2007-05-30 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 117-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2007-05-30 Passed Both Houses
• 2007-06-28 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2007-08-27 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2007-08-27 Effective Date August 27, 2007
• 2007-08-27 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0452 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cc0a846f-5122-47ce-88b4-49ae0bf21d7f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).