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type: "Bill"
title: "METRO WATER RECLAMATION DIST"
description: "Amends the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act. Provides that, after a hearing, the board of commissioners of a sanitary district may order the party responsible for the discharge of sewage, industrial wastes, or other wastes into the district's sewerage system to pay a civil penalty in an amount that is not less than $1,000 (now, $100) nor more than $2,000 per day for each day of discharge in violation of the Act. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "HB 1563"
citation: "Illinois HB 1563 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-02-15"
last_action: "2011-08-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c622c216-0c92-4589-83f2-dc706fbf9ca9"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1563&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=58709&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "a853b7f8cc6d3ed8ed9f9bd2a3c0684ab825e46265ead0da85d938fb1d89f693"
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 1563 (97th) — METRO WATER RECLAMATION DIST
Amends the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act. Provides that, after a hearing, the board of commissioners of a sanitary district may order the party responsible for the discharge of sewage, industrial wastes, or other wastes into the district's sewerage system to pay a civil penalty in an amount that is not less than $1,000 (now, $100) nor more than $2,000 per day for each day of discharge in violation of the Act. 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=09700HB1563&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=58709&DocNum=1563&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB1563eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=58709&DocNum=1563&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB1563enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=58709&DocNum=1563&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **1100** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **570** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Marlow H. Colvin — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2011-02-15** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Marlow H. Colvin `filing`
- **2011-02-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-02-15** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-22** Assigned to Environment & Energy Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-02** Do Pass / Short Debate Environment & Energy Committee; 019-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-03-03** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-03-08** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2011-03-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-03-10** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-000-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-03-14** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2011-03-14** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 15, 2011 `reading-1`
- **2011-03-17** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
- **2011-03-23** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-23** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-27** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-06** Do Pass Local Government; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 10, 2011
- **2011-05-12** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-05-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2011
- **2011-05-17** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-05-17** Passed Both Houses
- **2011-06-15** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2011-08-11** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2011-08-11** Effective Date August 11, 2011
- **2011-08-11** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0298 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c622c216-0c92-4589-83f2-dc706fbf9ca9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).