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Bill	EPA-EXEMPT-WASTE FACILITIES	Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Exempts from regulation as a pollution control facility the portion of a site or facility that (i) accepts exclusively general construction or demolition debris, (ii) is located in a county with a population over 3,000,000 as of January 1, 2000 or a county that is contiguous to such a county (instead of a county with a population over 500,000), and (iii) is operated and located in accordance with another provision of the Act. Provides that this amendatory Act does not remove any liability for any operation, site, or facility operating without any required legal permit or authorization for activities taking place prior to the effective date. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	SB 2490	Illinois SB 2490 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	25	2	2009-10-28	2010-07-16	openstates	ocd-bill/e08f141d-78f2-40af-8e2e-3dfe61d420fa	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2490&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=48806&SessionID=76&GA=96	131ac5766e25c022c8f52087b1e2e48f14d45dc45d36ca545859fe1c6e8c787d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2490 (96th) — EPA-EXEMPT-WASTE FACILITIES

Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Exempts from regulation as a pollution control facility the portion of a site or facility that (i) accepts exclusively general construction or demolition debris, (ii) is located in a county with a population over 3,000,000 as of January 1, 2000 or a county that is contiguous to such a county (instead of a county with a population over 500,000), and (iii) is operated and located in accordance with another provision of the Act. Provides that this amendatory Act does not remove any liability for any operation, site, or facility operating without any required legal permit or authorization for activities taking place prior to the effective date. 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 — 110–5 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 54–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Pamela J. Althoff — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-10-28 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Pamela J. Althoff filing
• 2009-10-28 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-10-28 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2010-02-24 Assigned to Environment referral-committee
• 2010-03-04 Do Pass Environment; 006-000-000 committee-passage
• 2010-03-04 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 9, 2010
• 2010-03-15 Second Reading reading-2
• 2010-03-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 16, 2010
• 2010-03-16 Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2010-03-16 Arrived in House introduction
• 2010-03-16 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Michael W. Tryon
• 2010-03-16 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2010-03-16 First Reading reading-1
• 2010-03-16 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2010-04-08 Assigned to Environment & Energy Committee referral-committee
• 2010-04-14 Do Pass / Short Debate Environment & Energy Committee; 016-000-000 committee-passage
• 2010-04-14 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2010-04-20 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2010-04-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2010-04-21 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-005-000 reading-3, passage
• 2010-04-21 Passed Both Houses
• 2010-05-20 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2010-07-16 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2010-07-16 Effective Date July 16, 2010
• 2010-07-16 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1068 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e08f141d-78f2-40af-8e2e-3dfe61d420fa. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).