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Bill	SEED LAW-COOL WEATHER GRASSES	Amends the Illinois Seed Law. Defines "cool weather grasses". Sets out a labelling requirement for cool weather grasses that includes a "sell by" date. Provides that cool weather grasses may be sold up to 15 months (instead of 12 months) after the applicable test under the Act. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	HB 2442	Illinois HB 2442 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	26	2	2009-02-19	2009-08-13	openstates	ocd-bill/29295b59-d88d-45be-9d4b-12303b40df09	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2442&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=44603&SessionID=76&GA=96	6b91c7173fe69856cc968d53194317c323cef92c6473afa7ad6695fb30fffe7e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 2442 (96th) — SEED LAW-COOL WEATHER GRASSES

Amends the Illinois Seed Law. Defines "cool weather grasses". Sets out a labelling requirement for cool weather grasses that includes a "sell by" date. Provides that cool weather grasses may be sold up to 15 months (instead of 12 months) after the applicable test under the Act. 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 — 58–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 114–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Dan Reitz — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-02-19 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Dan Reitz filing
• 2009-02-19 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-02-19 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2009-02-23 Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee referral-committee
• 2009-03-03 Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 012-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-03-04 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-03-23 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2009-03-23 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2009-03-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-03-24 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-03-25 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2009-03-25 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 26, 2009 reading-1
• 2009-03-26 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Michael W. Frerichs
• 2009-03-30 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-03-30 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2009-04-15 Assigned to Agriculture and Conservation referral-committee
• 2009-04-29 Do Pass Agriculture and Conservation; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-04-29 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 30, 2009
• 2009-05-12 Second Reading reading-2
• 2009-05-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** May 18, 2009
• 2009-05-19 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-05-19 Passed Both Houses
• 2009-06-17 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2009-08-13 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2009-08-13 Effective Date August 13, 2009
• 2009-08-13 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0394 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/29295b59-d88d-45be-9d4b-12303b40df09. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).