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Bill	STRUCTURAL PEST CONTROL ACT	Amends the Structural Pest Control Act. Defines "person" to also mean any public school or any licensed day care center. Provides that only a person who is certified or licensed as a structural pest control technician by a contiguous state or the federal government may apply for reciprocal certification without an examination by the Department in those sub-categories or areas for which the applicant holds certification or licensure. Provides that the Department shall adopt rules for any examinations required for the proper administration of the Act, including any category or sub-category examination involving the use of general or restricted use pesticides and any examination which may be required under certain categories specified in the rules adopted by the Department of Agriculture in the Illinois Administrative Code. Provides that any fine that remains unpaid 60 days after receiving notice from the Department may be submitted to any other public or private agency for collection of the amounts owed plus any fees and costs incurred during the collection process (now, may only be submitted to the Attorney General's Office). Provides that only the Department of Public Health and any local health department shall not be required to pay any fees, nor shall the employees thereof engaged in pest control activities in their official capacity be required to pay any fees for examination, certification, or renewal of certification (now, the State, any agency thereof, or any local unit of government). Makes changes in provisions concerning definitions, license or registration renewal, renewal of technician certification, violations, notification, and penalty. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	SB 2602	Illinois SB 2602 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	43	3	2010-01-21	2010-07-28	openstates	ocd-bill/7d770ce8-bbc9-4a7a-8e3a-e32d00c2442b	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2602&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=49480&SessionID=76&GA=96	416448b981c727107b69aaf88381172397b60b36b594a992a922189df193f6fe	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2602 (96th) — STRUCTURAL PEST CONTROL ACT

Amends the Structural Pest Control Act. Defines "person" to also mean any public school or any licensed day care center. Provides that only a person who is certified or licensed as a structural pest control technician by a contiguous state or the federal government may apply for reciprocal certification without an examination by the Department in those sub-categories or areas for which the applicant holds certification or licensure. Provides that the Department shall adopt rules for any examinations required for the proper administration of the Act, including any category or sub-category examination involving the use of general or restricted use pesticides and any examination which may be required under certain categories specified in the rules adopted by the Department of Agriculture in the Illinois Administrative Code. Provides that any fine that remains unpaid 60 days after receiving notice from the Department may be submitted to any other public or private agency for collection of the amounts owed plus any fees and costs incurred during the collection process (now, may only be submitted to the Attorney General's Office). Provides that only the Department of Public Health and any local health department shall not be required to pay any fees, nor shall the employees thereof engaged in pest control activities in their official capacity be required to pay any fees for examination, certification, or renewal of certification (now, the State, any agency thereof, or any local unit of government). Makes changes in provisions concerning definitions, license or registration renewal, renewal of technician certification, violations, notification, and penalty. Makes other changes. 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 — 61–49 (pass) · lower
• Concurrence — 39–15 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 37–18 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Heather Steans — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2010-01-21 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Heather Steans filing
• 2010-01-21 First Reading reading-1
• 2010-01-21 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2010-02-04 Assigned to Licensed Activities referral-committee
• 2010-02-16 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Heather Steans amendment-introduction
• 2010-02-16 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2010-02-17 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Licensed Activities
• 2010-02-17 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2010-02-17 Do Pass as Amended Licensed Activities; 006-002-000 committee-passage
• 2010-02-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 18, 2010
• 2010-02-18 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Heather Steans amendment-introduction
• 2010-02-18 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2010-02-18 Second Reading reading-2
• 2010-02-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 23, 2010
• 2010-02-23 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Licensed Activities
• 2010-02-24 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Postponed - Licensed Activities
• 2010-03-09 Third Reading - Passed; 037-018-000 reading-3, passage
• 2010-03-09 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) amendment-failure
• 2010-03-10 Arrived in House introduction
• 2010-03-17 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Harry Osterman
• 2010-03-17 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2010-03-17 First Reading reading-1
• 2010-03-17 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2010-03-22 Assigned to Business & Occupational Licenses Committee referral-committee
• 2010-04-21 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Business & Occupational Licenses Committee amendment-introduction
• 2010-04-21 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Business & Occupational Licenses Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2010-04-21 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Business & Occupational Licenses Committee; 009-002-000 committee-passage
• 2010-04-22 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2010-04-29 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2010-04-29 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2010-05-03 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 061-049-001 reading-3, passage
• 2010-05-03 Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1
• 2010-05-03 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1 - May 4, 2010
• 2010-05-03 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Heather Steans filing
• 2010-05-03 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2010-05-04 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Licensed Activities referral-committee
• 2010-05-04 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Licensed Activities; 006-000-000
• 2010-05-05 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 039-015-000
• 2010-05-05 Passed Both Houses
• 2010-06-03 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2010-07-28 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2010-07-28 Effective Date July 28, 2010
• 2010-07-28 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1362 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7d770ce8-bbc9-4a7a-8e3a-e32d00c2442b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).