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Bill MERCURY SWITCHES & AMALGAMS Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Redefines "mercury switch" to include a mercury-containing product or device that makes, breaks, or changes a connection in an electrical circuit. Provides that, beginning in 2015, dental amalgam may not be added, removed, or modified in the course of treating patients at a dental office unless the dental office has an amalgam separator system installed that removes dental amalgam from the dental office's wastewater before it is discharged into a sewer or septic system and unless other related requirements are met. Requires dental schools and vocational dental education programs to instruct students on the use of certain practices to minimize the presence of elemental mercury, unused amalgam, and waste amalgam in discharged wastewater and solid waste. Amends the Mercury Switch Removal Act. Requires vehicle recyclers, vehicle crushers, and scrap metal recyclers to remove all mercury switches from each end-of-life vehicle within a specified time. Amends the Mercury-Added Product Prohibition Act. Prohibits, except under certain circumstances, mercury-containing pressure transducers from being sold, offered for sale, or distributed in the State. Also makes technical changes. Effective immediately. us/states/il Illinois General Assembly 97th SB 1213 Illinois SB 1213 (97th)
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Illinois SB 1213 (97th) — MERCURY SWITCHES & AMALGAMS

Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Redefines "mercury switch" to include a mercury-containing product or device that makes, breaks, or changes a connection in an electrical circuit. Provides that, beginning in 2015, dental amalgam may not be added, removed, or modified in the course of treating patients at a dental office unless the dental office has an amalgam separator system installed that removes dental amalgam from the dental office's wastewater before it is discharged into a sewer or septic system and unless other related requirements are met. Requires dental schools and vocational dental education programs to instruct students on the use of certain practices to minimize the presence of elemental mercury, unused amalgam, and waste amalgam in discharged wastewater and solid waste. Amends the Mercury Switch Removal Act. Requires vehicle recyclers, vehicle crushers, and scrap metal recyclers to remove all mercury switches from each end-of-life vehicle within a specified time. Amends the Mercury-Added Product Prohibition Act. Prohibits, except under certain circumstances, mercury-containing pressure transducers from being sold, offered for sale, or distributed in the State. 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 — 54–0 (pass) · upper
  • Third Reading — 115–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Heather A. Steans — primary (person)
  • Kelly M. Cassidy — cosponsor (person)
  • Kimberly du Buclet — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2011-02-08 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Heather A. Steans filing
  • 2011-02-08 First Reading reading-1
  • 2011-02-08 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
  • 2011-02-09 Assigned to Environment referral-committee
  • 2011-03-02 Postponed - Environment
  • 2011-03-07 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Heather A. Steans amendment-introduction
  • 2011-03-07 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
  • 2011-03-09 Postponed - Environment
  • 2011-03-09 Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Heather A. Steans amendment-introduction
  • 2011-03-09 Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
  • 2011-03-09 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Environment
  • 2011-03-11 Senate Committee Amendment No. 3 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Heather A. Steans amendment-introduction
  • 2011-03-11 Senate Committee Amendment No. 3 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
  • 2011-03-14 Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Environment
  • 2011-03-14 Senate Committee Amendment No. 3 Assignments Refers to Environment
  • 2011-03-17 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Environment
  • 2011-03-17 Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Postponed - Environment
  • 2011-03-17 Senate Committee Amendment No. 3 Adopted amendment-passage
  • 2011-03-17 Do Pass as Amended Environment; 007-000-000 committee-passage
  • 2011-03-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 29, 2011
  • 2011-03-18 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments referral-committee
  • 2011-03-18 Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments referral-committee
  • 2011-04-11 Second Reading reading-2
  • 2011-04-11 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 12, 2011
  • 2011-04-15 Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 4, 2011 reading-3
  • 2011-05-03 Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 reading-3, passage
  • 2011-05-03 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) amendment-failure
  • 2011-05-03 Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) amendment-failure
  • 2011-05-03 Arrived in House introduction
  • 2011-05-03 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
  • 2011-05-03 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough
  • 2011-05-04 First Reading reading-1
  • 2011-05-04 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
  • 2011-05-11 Assigned to Environmental Health Committee referral-committee
  • 2011-05-13 Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 20, 2011
  • 2011-05-19 Do Pass / Short Debate Environmental Health Committee; 012-000-000 committee-passage
  • 2011-05-19 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
  • 2011-05-20 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
  • 2011-05-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
  • 2011-05-23 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
  • 2011-05-23 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kimberly du Buclet
  • 2011-05-23 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 reading-3, passage
  • 2011-05-23 Passed Both Houses
  • 2011-06-21 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
  • 2011-08-19 Governor Approved executive-signature
  • 2011-08-19 Effective Date July 1, 2012
  • 2011-08-19 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0459 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3b56f7fc-42e5-4786-9130-d6884eadf56e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).

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