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type: "Bill"
title: "EPA-WATER LOAN PROGRAMS"
description: "Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Authorizes funds in 2 of the 3 special programs in the Water Revolving Fund to be used to make direct loans and provide subsidies for certain specified purposes. Authorizes funds in the Loan Support Program to be used to finance water pollution control projects. Authorizes funds in Public Water Supply Loan Program to be used to make direct loans and provide subsidies to eligible local government units and privately owned community water supplies for certain purposes. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "HB 5226"
citation: "Illinois HB 5226 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2010-02-03"
last_action: "2010-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e50f39f0-cc41-4780-9d31-761a5e4ac359"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5226&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=50227&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "7c3472ef5d9df7ea240a5a5fe16d3c077b78ba0a4c8f86098639284b1d8efaab"
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 HB 5226 (96th) — EPA-WATER LOAN PROGRAMS
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Authorizes funds in 2 of the 3 special programs in the Water Revolving Fund to be used to make direct loans and provide subsidies for certain specified purposes. Authorizes funds in the Loan Support Program to be used to finance water pollution control projects. Authorizes funds in Public Water Supply Loan Program to be used to make direct loans and provide subsidies to eligible local government units and privately owned community water supplies for certain purposes. 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=09600HB5226&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=50227&DocNum=5226&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB5226eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=50227&DocNum=5226&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB5226enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=50227&DocNum=5226&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **540** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **1090** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Deborah Mell — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2010-02-03** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Thomas Holbrook `filing`
- **2010-02-03** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-02-03** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-02** Assigned to Environment & Energy Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-10** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Environment & Energy Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2010-03-10** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Environment & Energy Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2010-03-10** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Environment & Energy Committee; 019-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-03-10** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-03-18** Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Deborah Mell
- **2010-03-18** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook
- **2010-03-18** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2010-03-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-03-19** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 109-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-03-19** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Al Riley
- **2010-03-23** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2010-03-23** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-03-23** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Heather Steans
- **2010-03-23** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-03-23** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-06** Assigned to Environment `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-14** Do Pass Environment; 006-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-04-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 15, 2010
- **2010-04-21** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2010-04-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 22, 2010
- **2010-04-27** Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-04-27** Passed Both Houses
- **2010-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2010-06-09** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2010-06-09** Effective Date June 9, 2010
- **2010-06-09** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0917 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e50f39f0-cc41-4780-9d31-761a5e4ac359`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).