republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/96th/hb-658.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "EPA--PHARMACEUTICAL TASK FORCE"
description: "Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Creates the Task Force on Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products and Other Emerging Contaminants in Drinking Water. Provides for the appointment of Task Force members by the Director. Provides that the Task Force must initially focus on evaluating pharmaceuticals and personal care products and other emerging contaminants. Specifies certain data that the Task Force must evaluate. Provides that the Task Force must submit its findings, along with recommendations for legislation, to the General Assembly by December 31, 2010. Repeals the Section creating the Task Force on July 1, 2011. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "HB 658"
citation: "Illinois HB 658 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-02-05"
last_action: "2009-08-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1f6f436-587b-4e40-b811-f216d8b3e46c"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=658&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=41127&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "8d3c2aefd3bad31ecdd9e7808401690e4a9aa863dc0f65082d4a401132df8411"
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 658 (96th) — EPA--PHARMACEUTICAL TASK FORCE

Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Creates the Task Force on Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products and Other Emerging Contaminants in Drinking Water. Provides for the appointment of Task Force members by the Director. Provides that the Task Force must initially focus on evaluating pharmaceuticals and personal care products and other emerging contaminants. Specifies certain data that the Task Force must evaluate. Provides that the Task Force must submit its findings, along with recommendations for legislation, to the General Assembly by December 31, 2010. Repeals the Section creating the Task Force on July 1, 2011. 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=09600HB0658&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=41127&DocNum=658&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB0658eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=41127&DocNum=658&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB0658enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=41127&DocNum=658&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Paul D. Froehlich — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-05** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Paul D. Froehlich `filing`
- **2009-02-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-02-06** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-10** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
- **2009-02-11** Assigned to Environmental Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-26** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Environmental Health Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2009-02-26** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Environmental Health Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2009-02-26** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Environmental Health Committee; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-02-26** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-02-26** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen May
- **2009-03-03** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-03-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-03-19** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-03-19** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2009-03-19** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 24, 2009 `reading-1`
- **2009-03-27** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John J. Cullerton
- **2009-03-27** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
- **2009-03-30** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-30** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-30** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Susan Garrett
- **2009-03-30** Sponsor Removed Sen. Susan Garrett
- **2009-04-22** Assigned to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-22** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Susan Garrett
- **2009-04-29** Do Pass Public Health; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-04-29** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 30, 2009
- **2009-05-07** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-05-07** 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 . . . . . . . . . 96-0369 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f1f6f436-587b-4e40-b811-f216d8b3e46c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).