republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/97th/hb-2001.md

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Bill	IEPA-OPEN DUMPING-PENALTIES	Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that it is a Class 4 felony to openly dump more than 250 cubic feet of waste or 50 waste tires (presently, the penalty for a first violation of the open dumping prohibition is a Class A misdemeanor, regardless of the quantity of waste dumped). Increases the felony penalty for open dumping from $5,000 to $25,000. Also makes technical changes. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	HB 2001	Illinois HB 2001 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	40	2	2011-02-17	2011-08-10	openstates	ocd-bill/da8d87ae-720f-4240-a1b1-32a01ea486de	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2001&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=59203&SessionID=84&GA=97	b355606bbfd381aeb99c9122530855d2c5200ce7a93a401c11e58620fd35be49	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 2001 (97th) — IEPA-OPEN DUMPING-PENALTIES

Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that it is a Class 4 felony to openly dump more than 250 cubic feet of waste or 50 waste tires (presently, the penalty for a first violation of the open dumping prohibition is a Class A misdemeanor, regardless of the quantity of waste dumped). Increases the felony penalty for open dumping from $5,000 to $25,000. Also makes technical 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 — 41–1 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 84–28 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ann Williams — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-17 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Ann Williams filing
• 2011-02-17 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-02-17 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-02-23 Assigned to Environment & Energy Committee referral-committee
• 2011-03-02 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook
• 2011-03-02 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen May
• 2011-03-02 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Marlow H. Colvin
• 2011-03-02 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2011-03-02 Do Pass / Short Debate Environment & Energy Committee; 017-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-03-03 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-03-03 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Lee Jackson, Sr.
• 2011-03-08 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2011-03-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-03-15 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
• 2011-03-15 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 084-028-001 reading-3, passage
• 2011-03-15 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kenneth Dunkin
• 2011-03-15 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol A. Sente
• 2011-03-15 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
• 2011-03-15 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith Farnham
• 2011-03-15 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John D'Amico
• 2011-03-15 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
• 2011-03-15 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel V. Beiser
• 2011-03-15 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Deborah Mell
• 2011-03-15 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
• 2011-03-16 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2011-03-16 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 17, 2011 reading-1
• 2011-03-16 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John J. Millner
• 2011-03-23 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-03-23 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2011-04-27 Assigned to Environment referral-committee
• 2011-05-06 Do Pass Environment; 007-000-000 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
• 2011-05-22 Third Reading - Passed; 041-001-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-05-22 Passed Both Houses
• 2011-06-20 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2011-08-10 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2011-08-10 Effective Date August 10, 2011
• 2011-08-10 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0286 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/da8d87ae-720f-4240-a1b1-32a01ea486de. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).