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type: "Bill"
title: "EPA-FOSSIL FUEL EMISSIONS"
description: "Amends the Environmental Protection Act. In a Section regarding the control and reduction of emissions from fossil fuel-fired electric generating plants, provides that the Section is not intended to limit or restrict the authority of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency to propose, or the Illinois Pollution Control Board to adopt, any regulations applicable or that may become applicable to these facilities that are required by federal law or that are otherwise part of the State's plan to attain the national ambient air quality standards or that are necessary to comply with the requirements of the federal Clean Air Act (now, just the applicable regulations required by federal law). Deletes a provision requiring the Board to adopt certain sulfur dioxide regulations and emission standards for existing fuel combustion stationary emission sources. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "SB 1419"
citation: "Illinois SB 1419 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 47
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-02-09"
last_action: "2007-08-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b61cda71-7782-4e12-a714-eb24d03d2433"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1419&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=29510&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "9282857e5501bda41dadda0713e4dee063bfa44d914aae2891b65b7c3346dc16"
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 SB 1419 (95th) — EPA-FOSSIL FUEL EMISSIONS
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. In a Section regarding the control and reduction of emissions from fossil fuel-fired electric generating plants, provides that the Section is not intended to limit or restrict the authority of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency to propose, or the Illinois Pollution Control Board to adopt, any regulations applicable or that may become applicable to these facilities that are required by federal law or that are otherwise part of the State's plan to attain the national ambient air quality standards or that are necessary to comply with the requirements of the federal Clean Air Act (now, just the applicable regulations required by federal law). Deletes a provision requiring the Board to adopt certain sulfur dioxide regulations and emission standards for existing fuel combustion stationary emission sources. 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=09500SB1419&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=29510&DocNum=1419&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB1419eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=29510&DocNum=1419&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB1419enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=29510&DocNum=1419&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **550** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **9422** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson — primary (person)
- Harry Osterman — cosponsor (person)
- Lou Lang — cosponsor (person)
- Patricia Reid Lindner — cosponsor (person)
- Paul D. Froehlich — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Holbrook — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2007-02-09** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson `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** Postponed - Environment and Energy
- **2007-03-12** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson `amendment-introduction`
- **2007-03-12** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-15** Do Pass Environment and Energy; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-03-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 20, 2007
- **2007-03-19** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson `amendment-introduction`
- **2007-03-19** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-20** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-03-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 21, 2007
- **2007-03-21** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Environment and Energy
- **2007-03-22** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Environment and Energy; 012-000-000
- **2007-03-30** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2007 `reading-3`
- **2007-04-19** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-04-19** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Halvorson `amendment-passage`
- **2007-04-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2007-04-19** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-04-19** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) `amendment-failure`
- **2007-04-20** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2007-04-20** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-04-20** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Julie Hamos
- **2007-04-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-04-20** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-30** Assigned to Environment & Energy Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-10** Do Pass / Short Debate Environment & Energy Committee; 014-004-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-05-10** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-05-11** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook
- **2007-05-14** Fiscal Note Filed
- **2007-05-14** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Lou Lang
- **2007-05-14** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
- **2007-05-17** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry Osterman
- **2007-05-17** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2007-05-17** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2007-05-17** Alternate Co-Sponsor Removed Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2007-05-24** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2007-05-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-05-25** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia Reid Lindner
- **2007-05-30** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 094-022-000 `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 . . . . . . . . . 95-0460 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b61cda71-7782-4e12-a714-eb24d03d2433`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).