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Bill	BIOGAS SYSTEM CO-OPS	Amends the General Not For Profit Corporation Act of 1986. Allows cooperatives that own and operate agriculture-based biogas (anaerobic digester) systems to organize as a non-profit. Activities of the cooperatives may include the marketing and sale of biogas system products including but not limited to methane gas, electricity, and compost. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	HB 1070	Illinois HB 1070 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	49	2	2013-01-30	2013-08-12	openstates	ocd-bill/b01f6ddb-710e-432a-a0f0-7ddc61a9defe	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1070&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=71518&SessionID=85&GA=98	a318a6e1b323ad10ad50fd0d057d1d0e20212f4306e5e84016f7f29cf5d54025	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 1070 (98th) — BIOGAS SYSTEM CO-OPS

Amends the General Not For Profit Corporation Act of 1986. Allows cooperatives that own and operate agriculture-based biogas (anaerobic digester) systems to organize as a non-profit. Activities of the cooperatives may include the marketing and sale of biogas system products including but not limited to methane gas, electricity, and compost. 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 — 56–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 109–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jerry F. Costello, II — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-01-30 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jerry F. Costello, II filing
• 2013-01-30 First Reading reading-1
• 2013-01-30 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2013-02-05 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Rich Brauer
• 2013-02-13 Assigned to Energy Committee referral-committee
• 2013-02-21 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Charles E. Meier
• 2013-02-21 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
• 2013-02-21 Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
• 2013-02-21 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. David Reis
• 2013-02-21 Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. David Reis
• 2013-02-26 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Brad E. Halbrook
• 2013-03-13 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Adam Brown
• 2013-03-13 Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Adam Brown
• 2013-03-13 Do Pass / Short Debate Energy Committee; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2013-03-14 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2013-03-15 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2013-03-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2013-03-19 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Smiddy
• 2013-03-19 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore
• 2013-03-19 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Katherine Cloonen
• 2013-03-19 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John D. Cavaletto
• 2013-03-22 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 109-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2013-03-22 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
• 2013-03-22 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel V. Beiser
• 2013-03-22 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2013-03-22 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 10, 2013 reading-1
• 2013-03-22 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Sacia
• 2013-04-10 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. David Koehler
• 2013-04-11 First Reading reading-1
• 2013-04-11 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2013-04-11 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. David S. Luechtefeld
• 2013-04-11 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Gary Forby
• 2013-04-11 Sponsor Removed Sen. Gary Forby
• 2013-04-16 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kyle McCarter
• 2013-04-17 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. John M. Sullivan
• 2013-04-18 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Gary Forby
• 2013-04-23 Assigned to Energy referral-committee
• 2013-04-30 Re-referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2013-04-30 Re-assigned to Agriculture and Conservation referral-committee
• 2013-05-08 Do Pass Agriculture and Conservation; 006-000-000 committee-passage
• 2013-05-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 9, 2013
• 2013-05-14 Second Reading reading-2
• 2013-05-14 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 15, 2013
• 2013-05-15 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2013-05-15 Passed Both Houses
• 2013-06-13 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-08-12 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2013-08-12 Effective Date August 12, 2013
• 2013-08-12 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0317 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b01f6ddb-710e-432a-a0f0-7ddc61a9defe. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).