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Bill	EPA-WASTE DISPOSAL OPERATIONS	Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that, except as otherwise provided in the Act, no person other than the State of Illinois, its agencies and institutions, or a unit of local government shall own or operate (rather than conduct) any waste disposal operation on or after March 1, 1985, which requires a specified permit, unless that person has posted with the Agency a performance bond or other security. Provides that, on and after the effective date established by the USEPA for MSWLF units to provide financial assurance under Subtitle D of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, no person, other than the State of Illinois, its agencies and institutions, shall own or operate (rather than conduct) any disposal operation at a MSWLF unit that requires a specified permit, unless that person has posted with the Agency a performance bond or other security. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	SB 2947	Illinois SB 2947 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	34	2	2012-02-01	2012-08-02	openstates	ocd-bill/0d8d324f-4a20-4079-87e2-5f47e516c543	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2947&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=63826&SessionID=84&GA=97	dce20c720a668d54bb75dcf3cad28e4d658738e6b71be4ab4e52f9aa59151c79	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2947 (97th) — EPA-WASTE DISPOSAL OPERATIONS

Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that, except as otherwise provided in the Act, no person other than the State of Illinois, its agencies and institutions, or a unit of local government shall own or operate (rather than conduct) any waste disposal operation on or after March 1, 1985, which requires a specified permit, unless that person has posted with the Agency a performance bond or other security. Provides that, on and after the effective date established by the USEPA for MSWLF units to provide financial assurance under Subtitle D of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, no person, other than the State of Illinois, its agencies and institutions, shall own or operate (rather than conduct) any disposal operation at a MSWLF unit that requires a specified permit, unless that person has posted with the Agency a performance bond or other security. 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 — 112–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 52–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Cynthia Soto — cosponsor (person)
• Edward J. Acevedo — cosponsor (person)
• Elizabeth Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
• Ira I. Silverstein — primary (person)
• Karen May — cosponsor (person)
• Maria Antonia Berrios — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-02-01 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein filing
• 2012-02-01 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-02-01 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2012-02-07 Assigned to Environment referral-committee
• 2012-02-27 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein amendment-introduction
• 2012-02-27 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2012-02-28 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Environment
• 2012-02-29 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2012-02-29 Do Pass as Amended Environment; 006-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-02-29 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 1, 2012
• 2012-03-21 Second Reading reading-2
• 2012-03-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 22, 2012
• 2012-03-22 Third Reading - Passed; 052-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2012-03-22 Arrived in House introduction
• 2012-03-22 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2012-03-22 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Ann Williams
• 2012-03-23 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-03-23 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2012-04-10 Assigned to Environment & Energy Committee referral-committee
• 2012-04-18 Do Pass / Short Debate Environment & Energy Committee; 013-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-04-18 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen May
• 2012-04-19 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-05-02 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2012-05-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-05-10 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-001 reading-3, passage
• 2012-05-10 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
• 2012-05-10 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
• 2012-05-10 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Edward J. Acevedo
• 2012-05-10 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Maria Antonia Berrios
• 2012-05-10 Passed Both Houses
• 2012-06-08 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2012-08-02 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2012-08-02 Effective Date August 2, 2012
• 2012-08-02 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0887 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0d8d324f-4a20-4079-87e2-5f47e516c543. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).