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Bill	EPA-COAL BY-PRODUCT-DISPOSAL	Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that it is not a violation of the Act to store or dispose of coal combustion waste that is reused as structural fill at a site or facility, if that waste is fully encapsulated. Defines "fully encapsulated" and "structural fill".	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	HB 3620	Illinois HB 3620 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	41	3	2011-02-24	2011-08-23	openstates	ocd-bill/43717124-f90f-4bb4-8546-b1ac60b9c98c	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3620&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=61012&SessionID=84&GA=97	893dbb08b7d094595768aa533aa40c96136b957bfb75d4ae6e6c4ef31e98c47e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 3620 (97th) — EPA-COAL BY-PRODUCT-DISPOSAL

Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that it is not a violation of the Act to store or dispose of coal combustion waste that is reused as structural fill at a site or facility, if that waste is fully encapsulated. Defines "fully encapsulated" and "structural fill".

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

• Concurrence — 106–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 55–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 111–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Sara Feigenholtz — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-24 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Sara Feigenholtz filing
• 2011-02-24 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-02-24 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-03-03 Assigned to Environment & Energy Committee referral-committee
• 2011-03-14 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Sara Feigenholtz amendment-introduction
• 2011-03-14 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-03-16 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Environment & Energy Committee
• 2011-03-16 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Environment & Energy Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2011-03-16 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Environment & Energy Committee; 018-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-03-17 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-03-17 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen May
• 2011-04-05 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2011-04-05 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-04-06 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-04-06 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
• 2011-04-07 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2011-04-07 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 8, 2011 reading-1
• 2011-04-08 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Heather A. Steans
• 2011-04-11 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-04-11 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2011-04-27 Assigned to Environment referral-committee
• 2011-05-04 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Heather A. Steans amendment-introduction
• 2011-05-04 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2011-05-05 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Environment
• 2011-05-05 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2011-05-06 Do Pass as Amended Environment; 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; 055-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-05-18 Arrived in House introduction
• 2011-05-18 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
• 2011-05-19 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
• 2011-05-19 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-05-27 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-001-000
• 2011-05-28 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 106-000-000
• 2011-05-28 Passed Both Houses
• 2011-06-24 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2011-08-23 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2011-08-23 Effective Date August 23, 2011
• 2011-08-23 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0510 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/43717124-f90f-4bb4-8546-b1ac60b9c98c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).