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Bill	MOTOR FUEL STANDARDS-BIODIESEL	Amends the Motor Fuel and Petroleum Standards Act. Removes language requiring a label to be placed on the retail motor fuel dispensing device for motor fuel containing at least 2% by volume of the methanol derivative methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE). Requires that biodiesel and biodiesel blends be identified by the capital letter "B" followed by the numerical value representing the volume percentage of biodiesel fuel. Provides requirements for a label that must be located on the retail motor fuel dispensing device concerning biodiesel and biodiesel blend fuels. Provides that devices used to dispense only motor fuels that contain a total of less than 5% by volume of biodiesel need not be labeled. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	95th	SB 649	Illinois SB 649 (95th)	bill		enacted		3	39	2	2007-02-08	2007-08-23	openstates	ocd-bill/ba781f1b-244f-4dd4-8a71-3eaa9a114e0b	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=649&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=28497&SessionID=51&GA=95	4f0601ace746a623131241e8b0538c354565b106964c0358436940e789decaf8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 649 (95th) — MOTOR FUEL STANDARDS-BIODIESEL

Amends the Motor Fuel and Petroleum Standards Act. Removes language requiring a label to be placed on the retail motor fuel dispensing device for motor fuel containing at least 2% by volume of the methanol derivative methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE). Requires that biodiesel and biodiesel blends be identified by the capital letter "B" followed by the numerical value representing the volume percentage of biodiesel fuel. Provides requirements for a label that must be located on the retail motor fuel dispensing device concerning biodiesel and biodiesel blend fuels. Provides that devices used to dispense only motor fuels that contain a total of less than 5% by volume of biodiesel need not be labeled. 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 — 116–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 57–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• David Reis — cosponsor (person)
• Jerry L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
• John M. Sullivan — primary (person)
• Linda Chapa LaVia — cosponsor (person)
• Richard P. Myers — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2007-02-08 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John M. Sullivan 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
• 2007-03-06 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John M. Sullivan amendment-introduction
• 2007-03-06 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2007-03-07 Do Pass Agriculture and Conservation; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2007-03-07 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 8, 2007
• 2007-03-08 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Gary G. Dahl
• 2007-03-15 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John M. Sullivan amendment-introduction
• 2007-03-15 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2007-03-21 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Agriculture and Conservation
• 2007-03-22 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Agriculture and Conservation; 009-000-000
• 2007-03-22 Second Reading reading-2
• 2007-03-22 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Sullivan amendment-passage
• 2007-03-22 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 27, 2007
• 2007-03-29 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2007-03-29 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) amendment-failure
• 2007-03-30 Arrived in House introduction
• 2007-03-30 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2007-04-19 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Jil Tracy
• 2007-04-19 First Reading reading-1
• 2007-04-19 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2007-04-30 Assigned to Ethanol Production Oversight Committee referral-committee
• 2007-05-15 Do Pass / Short Debate Ethanol Production Oversight Committee; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2007-05-16 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2007-05-16 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2007-05-16 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry L. Mitchell
• 2007-05-16 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Richard P. Myers
• 2007-05-16 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. David Reis
• 2007-05-24 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2007-05-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2007-05-29 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2007-05-29 Passed Both Houses
• 2007-06-27 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2007-08-23 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2007-08-23 Effective Date July 1, 2008
• 2007-08-23 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0381 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ba781f1b-244f-4dd4-8a71-3eaa9a114e0b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).