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Bill	GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE ACT	Creates the Green Infrastructure for Clean Water Act. Requires the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency to adopt comprehensive storm water management rules that meet certain requirements by July 1, 2012. Requires the Agency, beginning in 2010, to implement a storm water permit fee program adequate to support the adoption and implementation of State storm water regulations as required by the Act. Requires the Agency to establish a Statewide standard for storm water management programs in order to transition toward the use of green infrastructure as the predominant storm water management strategy. Requires the Agency to review its rules on the distribution of money from the Water Revolving Fund and to endeavor to establish new criteria which prioritize the use of green infrastructure in all projects involving storm water management and water efficiency.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	SB 1489	Illinois SB 1489 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	58	3	2009-02-18	2009-06-30	openstates	ocd-bill/6c27c916-903e-4e5d-9578-3c872dee540e	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1489&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=43192&SessionID=76&GA=96	368b51b4911473112972e81557d7064e1b861966ccfd75bd45e287724291cd17	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 1489 (96th) — GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE ACT

Creates the Green Infrastructure for Clean Water Act. Requires the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency to adopt comprehensive storm water management rules that meet certain requirements by July 1, 2012. Requires the Agency, beginning in 2010, to implement a storm water permit fee program adequate to support the adoption and implementation of State storm water regulations as required by the Act. Requires the Agency to establish a Statewide standard for storm water management programs in order to transition toward the use of green infrastructure as the predominant storm water management strategy. Requires the Agency to review its rules on the distribution of money from the Water Revolving Fund and to endeavor to establish new criteria which prioritize the use of green infrastructure in all projects involving storm water management and water efficiency.

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
• Concurrence — 57–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 114–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Elizabeth Coulson — cosponsor (person)
• Iris Y. Martinez — primary (person)
• Mike Fortner — cosponsor (person)
• Naomi D. Jakobsson — cosponsor (person)
• Rosemary Mulligan — cosponsor (person)
• Sandra M. Pihos — cosponsor (person)
• Sara Feigenholtz — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-02-18 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Iris Y. Martinez filing
• 2009-02-18 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-02-18 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2009-02-18 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
• 2009-02-25 Assigned to Environment referral-committee
• 2009-02-25 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Susan Garrett
• 2009-02-27 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
• 2009-03-04 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
• 2009-03-10 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Iris Y. Martinez amendment-introduction
• 2009-03-10 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2009-03-10 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Environment
• 2009-03-11 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2009-03-12 Do Pass as Amended Environment; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-03-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 17, 2009
• 2009-03-25 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Iris Y. Martinez amendment-introduction
• 2009-03-25 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2009-03-30 Second Reading reading-2
• 2009-03-30 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 31, 2009
• 2009-03-30 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Environment
• 2009-03-31 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Environment; 008-000-000
• 2009-04-02 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
• 2009-04-02 Recalled to Second Reading reading-2
• 2009-04-02 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Martinez amendment-passage
• 2009-04-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
• 2009-04-02 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-04-03 Arrived in House introduction
• 2009-04-03 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2009-04-03 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Elaine Nekritz
• 2009-04-03 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jehan A. Gordon
• 2009-04-06 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-04-06 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2009-04-20 Assigned to Environment & Energy Committee referral-committee
• 2009-04-23 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Deborah Mell
• 2009-04-29 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
• 2009-04-29 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Environment & Energy Committee amendment-introduction
• 2009-04-29 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Environment & Energy Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2009-04-29 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Environment & Energy Committee; 017-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-04-29 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-04-30 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2009-04-30 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-05-14 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-05-14 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
• 2009-05-14 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
• 2009-05-14 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Rosemary Mulligan
• 2009-05-14 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
• 2009-05-14 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Fortner
• 2009-05-15 Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1
• 2009-05-15 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1 - May 17, 2009
• 2009-05-19 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Iris Y. Martinez filing
• 2009-05-19 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2009-05-22 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Environment referral-committee
• 2009-05-26 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Environment; 006-000-000
• 2009-05-27 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 057-000-000
• 2009-05-27 Passed Both Houses
• 2009-06-25 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2009-06-30 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2009-06-30 Effective Date June 30, 2009
• 2009-06-30 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0026 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6c27c916-903e-4e5d-9578-3c872dee540e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).