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Bill	LAWN SPRINKLER-RAINFALL SENSOR	Amends the Illinois Plumbing License Law. Provides that all automatically operated lawn sprinkler systems shall have furnished and installed technology that inhibits or interrupts operation of the system during periods of sufficient moisture or rainfall. Provides that this requirement does not apply to systems operating on golf courses or agricultural lands. Effective January 1, 2009.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	95th	SB 730	Illinois SB 730 (95th)	bill		enacted		3	25	2	2007-02-08	2007-08-24	openstates	ocd-bill/ef7542af-fb09-4737-875b-3860696c7784	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=730&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=28618&SessionID=51&GA=95	7e97a8902b20c3d0c4f256a01f0e0022ec4db6eb58b9f124ec81a1f8a22d820c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 730 (95th) — LAWN SPRINKLER-RAINFALL SENSOR

Amends the Illinois Plumbing License Law. Provides that all automatically operated lawn sprinkler systems shall have furnished and installed technology that inhibits or interrupts operation of the system during periods of sufficient moisture or rainfall. Provides that this requirement does not apply to systems operating on golf courses or agricultural lands. Effective January 1, 2009.

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 — 40–15 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 95–21 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Susan Garrett — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2007-02-08 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Susan Garrett filing
• 2007-02-08 First Reading reading-1
• 2007-02-08 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2007-02-21 Assigned to Licensed Activities referral-committee
• 2007-03-02 Do Pass Licensed Activities; 006-000-000 committee-passage
• 2007-03-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 2, 2007
• 2007-03-02 Second Reading reading-2
• 2007-03-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 6, 2007
• 2007-03-15 Third Reading - Passed; 040-015-000 reading-3, passage
• 2007-03-15 Arrived in House introduction
• 2007-03-15 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2007-03-20 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Elaine Nekritz
• 2007-03-21 First Reading reading-1
• 2007-03-21 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2007-04-30 Assigned to Consumer Protection Committee referral-committee
• 2007-05-08 Do Pass / Short Debate Consumer Protection Committee; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2007-05-09 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 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 095-021-000 reading-3, passage
• 2007-05-29 Passed Both Houses
• 2007-06-27 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2007-08-24 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2007-08-24 Effective Date January 1, 2009
• 2007-08-24 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0421 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ef7542af-fb09-4737-875b-3860696c7784. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).