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Bill	PEST CONTROL-FIREWOOD IMPORT	Amends the Pest and Predatory Animal Control Act. Provides that the Department of Agriculture, in collaboration with the Department of Natural Resources, shall promulgate rules concerning the control of firewood importation into the State with special attention to controlling the infestation of insect pests, including the emerald ash borer. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	95th	SB 550	Illinois SB 550 (95th)	bill		enacted		3	36	2	2007-02-08	2007-08-20	openstates	ocd-bill/68c1e86e-a3f8-4213-805a-a56f714454a8	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=550&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=28373&SessionID=51&GA=95	36be5e57bda9285e7e59afd01f7bc3d6947af3da5d3630a444a46e4d7e1c7502	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 550 (95th) — PEST CONTROL-FIREWOOD IMPORT

Amends the Pest and Predatory Animal Control Act. Provides that the Department of Agriculture, in collaboration with the Department of Natural Resources, shall promulgate rules concerning the control of firewood importation into the State with special attention to controlling the infestation of insect pests, including the emerald ash borer. 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 — 57–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 112–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Kirk W. Dillard — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2007-02-08 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kirk W. Dillard filing
• 2007-02-08 First Reading reading-1
• 2007-02-08 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2007-02-21 Assigned to Agriculture and Conservation referral-committee
• 2007-03-01 Postponed - Agriculture and Conservation
• 2007-03-05 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kirk W. Dillard amendment-introduction
• 2007-03-05 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2007-03-06 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Agriculture and Conservation
• 2007-03-07 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Agriculture and Conservation
• 2007-03-07 Postponed - Agriculture and Conservation
• 2007-03-14 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2007-03-14 Do Pass as Amended Agriculture and Conservation; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2007-03-14 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 15, 2007
• 2007-03-20 Second Reading reading-2
• 2007-03-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 21, 2007
• 2007-03-29 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
• 2007-03-29 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. John J. Millner
• 2007-03-29 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan Kotowski
• 2007-03-29 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2007-03-30 Arrived in House introduction
• 2007-03-30 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2007-03-30 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
• 2007-04-09 First Reading reading-1
• 2007-04-09 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2007-04-30 Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee referral-committee
• 2007-05-08 Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2007-05-09 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2007-05-10 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
• 2007-05-22 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2007-05-22 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2007-05-23 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2007-05-23 Passed Both Houses
• 2007-06-21 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2007-08-20 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2007-08-20 Effective Date August 20, 2007
• 2007-08-20 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0309 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/68c1e86e-a3f8-4213-805a-a56f714454a8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).