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type: "Bill"
title: "EPA-LEAD/MERCURY-TIRE WEIGHTS"
description: "Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that, on and after January 1, 2011, a person may not (i) use a weight or other product to balance a vehicle wheel or tire if the weight or other product contains lead or mercury or (ii) sell, offer to sell, distribute, or offer to distribute a weight or other product for balancing a vehicle wheel or tire if the weight or other product contains lead or mercury. Also provides that, on and after January 1, 2012, a person may not sell a new vehicle equipped with a weight or other product used to balance a vehicle wheel or tire if the weight or other product contains lead or mercury. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "SB 3347"
citation: "Illinois SB 3347 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 44
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2010-02-10"
last_action: "2010-07-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/15bb1391-6dc4-4b1d-9d18-368208f86c0d"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3347&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=51199&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "34f2d2898ce8dc3929d3cf7cc9daa67166a2a760a66f403363b96f3ecc1d0d75"
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 SB 3347 (96th) — EPA-LEAD/MERCURY-TIRE WEIGHTS
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that, on and after January 1, 2011, a person may not (i) use a weight or other product to balance a vehicle wheel or tire if the weight or other product contains lead or mercury or (ii) sell, offer to sell, distribute, or offer to distribute a weight or other product for balancing a vehicle wheel or tire if the weight or other product contains lead or mercury. Also provides that, on and after January 1, 2012, a person may not sell a new vehicle equipped with a weight or other product used to balance a vehicle wheel or tire if the weight or other product contains lead or mercury. 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=09600SB3347&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=51199&DocNum=3347&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB3347eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=51199&DocNum=3347&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB3347enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=51199&DocNum=3347&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **460** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **9717** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Elaine Nekritz — cosponsor (person)
- Heather Steans — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2010-02-10** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Heather Steans `filing`
- **2010-02-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-02-10** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2010-02-24** Assigned to Environment `referral-committee`
- **2010-02-25** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Heather Steans `amendment-introduction`
- **2010-02-25** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-02** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Environment
- **2010-03-03** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2010-03-04** Do Pass as Amended Environment; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-03-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 9, 2010
- **2010-03-09** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Heather Steans `amendment-introduction`
- **2010-03-09** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-10** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Environment
- **2010-03-10** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Heather Steans `amendment-introduction`
- **2010-03-10** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-11** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Assignments Refers to Environment
- **2010-03-11** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Postponed - Environment
- **2010-03-11** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommend Do Adopt Environment; 008-000-000
- **2010-03-12** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2010-03-12** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted; Steans `amendment-passage`
- **2010-03-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 15, 2010
- **2010-03-15** Third Reading - Passed; 046-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-03-15** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) `amendment-failure`
- **2010-03-15** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2010-03-15** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Karen May
- **2010-03-15** 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`
- **2010-03-22** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol A. Sente
- **2010-04-08** Assigned to Environmental Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-22** Do Pass / Short Debate Environmental Health Committee; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-04-22** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-04-22** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
- **2010-04-22** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William D. Burns
- **2010-04-22** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael W. Tryon
- **2010-04-22** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Elaine Nekritz
- **2010-04-23** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2010-04-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-04-28** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 097-017-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-04-28** Passed Both Houses
- **2010-05-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2010-07-26** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-26** Effective Date July 26, 2010
- **2010-07-26** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1296 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/15bb1391-6dc4-4b1d-9d18-368208f86c0d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).