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type: "Bill"
title: "GREEN GOVERNMENTS ILLINOIS"
description: "Creates the Green Governments Illinois Act. Provides for the creation of the Green Governments Coordinating Council and sets out the composition and responsibilities of the Council. Gives the Council the authority to solicit and receive grants to fulfill the Council's functions and to solicit, use, and publish advice and information to assist in the Council's duties. Provides that participation in the Green Governments Illinois program by units of State and local government and educational institutions is voluntary. Sets out responsibilities of State agencies under the Act. Provides that a member of the Lieutenant Governor's staff shall be responsible for the establishment and maintenance of a Green Governments Illinois website with specified content. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "SB 46"
citation: "Illinois SB 46 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 64
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2007-01-31"
last_action: "2007-10-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ce87c840-5df8-499a-892d-f5ffc586bc22"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=46&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=27259&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "db298c7b143805ced27fbfd5845f14a940086d2b71325fcf4a2383927c7d2e11"
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 46 (95th) — GREEN GOVERNMENTS ILLINOIS
Creates the Green Governments Illinois Act. Provides for the creation of the Green Governments Coordinating Council and sets out the composition and responsibilities of the Council. Gives the Council the authority to solicit and receive grants to fulfill the Council's functions and to solicit, use, and publish advice and information to assist in the Council's duties. Provides that participation in the Green Governments Illinois program by units of State and local government and educational institutions is voluntary. Sets out responsibilities of State agencies under the Act. Provides that a member of the Lieutenant Governor's staff shall be responsible for the establishment and maintenance of a Green Governments Illinois website with specified content. 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=09500SB0046&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=27259&DocNum=46&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB0046eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=27259&DocNum=46&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB0046enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=27259&DocNum=46&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Motion — **522** (pass) · upper
- Motion — **1111** (fail) · lower
- Third Reading — **580** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **1150** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bob Biggins — cosponsor (person)
- Carolyn H. Krause — cosponsor (person)
- Cynthia Soto — cosponsor (person)
- Donald L. Moffitt — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Sullivan, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth Coulson — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Jack D. Franks — cosponsor (person)
- James H. Meyer — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Dunn — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen A. Ryg — cosponsor (person)
- Linda Chapa LaVia — cosponsor (person)
- Mark H. Beaubien, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Fortner — cosponsor (person)
- Patricia R. Bellock — cosponsor (person)
- Rosemary Mulligan — cosponsor (person)
- Sandra M. Pihos — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Feigenholtz — cosponsor (person)
- Susan Garrett — primary (person)
- William B. Black — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2007-01-31** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Susan Garrett `filing`
- **2007-01-31** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-01-31** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-02** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
- **2007-02-07** Assigned to Environment and Energy `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-08** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2007-02-08** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson
- **2007-02-22** Do Pass Environment and Energy; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-02-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 23, 2007
- **2007-02-22** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-02-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 23, 2007
- **2007-02-23** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. David Koehler
- **2007-02-23** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Randall M. Hultgren
- **2007-02-23** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-02-23** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2007-02-23** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-02-23** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Sandy Cole
- **2007-02-23** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
- **2007-02-23** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-02-23** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-28** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Elaine Nekritz
- **2007-02-28** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandy Cole
- **2007-02-28** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen May
- **2007-04-17** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
- **2007-04-18** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Al Riley
- **2007-04-30** Assigned to Environmental Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-08** Do Pass / Short Debate Environmental Health Committee; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-05-09** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-05-10** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
- **2007-05-10** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Fortner
- **2007-05-21** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2007-05-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-05-21** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
- **2007-05-21** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
- **2007-05-22** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
- **2007-05-22** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
- **2007-05-22** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Rosemary Mulligan
- **2007-05-22** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen A. Ryg
- **2007-05-22** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
- **2007-05-22** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2007-05-22** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
- **2007-05-22** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. James H. Meyer
- **2007-05-22** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Joe Dunn
- **2007-05-22** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. William B. Black
- **2007-05-22** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Ed Sullivan, Jr.
- **2007-05-22** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Bob Biggins
- **2007-05-22** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Carolyn H. Krause
- **2007-05-22** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark H. Beaubien, Jr.
- **2007-05-22** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
- **2007-05-22** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-05-22** Passed Both Houses
- **2007-06-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2007-08-17** Governor Amendatory Veto `executive-veto`
- **2007-10-02** Placed on Calendar Amendatory Veto October 2, 2007
- **2007-10-02** Motion Filed Override Amendatory Veto Sen. Susan Garrett
- **2007-10-02** 3/5 Vote Required
- **2007-10-02** Override Amendatory Veto - Senate Passed 052-002-000
- **2007-10-04** Placed on Calendar Amendatory Veto October 10, 2007
- **2007-10-05** Motion Filed Override Amendatory Veto Rep. Elaine Nekritz
- **2007-10-10** 3/5 Vote Required
- **2007-10-10** Override Amendatory Veto - House Passed 111-001-000
- **2007-10-10** Amendatory Veto Overridden Both Houses
- **2007-10-17** Effective Date October 10, 2007
- **2007-10-17** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0657 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ce87c840-5df8-499a-892d-f5ffc586bc22`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).