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Bill	MWRD-RESOURCE RECOVERY	Amends the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act. Provides that the district may sell or otherwise dispose of recovered resources or renewable energy resources resulting from the operation of district facilities. Allows the district to take in materials used in the generation of usable products from recovered resources or which increase the production of renewable energy resources. Provides legislative findings, and defines terms. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	HB 4716	Illinois HB 4716 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	29	2	2014-02-05	2014-07-16	openstates	ocd-bill/3391fc95-9a1a-4b18-8086-705a8855db81	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4716&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=79383&SessionID=85&GA=98	8fd0d0961b4e6e1941488f5d2ab429c99e718ebbd7b97cea219427066a3e5dc0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 4716 (98th) — MWRD-RESOURCE RECOVERY

Amends the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act. Provides that the district may sell or otherwise dispose of recovered resources or renewable energy resources resulting from the operation of district facilities. Allows the district to take in materials used in the generation of usable products from recovered resources or which increase the production of renewable energy resources. Provides legislative findings, and defines terms. 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 — 57–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 102–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Elaine Nekritz — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-02-05 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Elaine Nekritz filing
• 2014-02-05 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-02-05 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2014-02-18 Assigned to Executive Committee referral-committee
• 2014-02-26 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Elaine Nekritz amendment-introduction
• 2014-02-26 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2014-03-03 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Executive Committee
• 2014-03-05 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Executive Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2014-03-05 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Executive Committee; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2014-03-05 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-03-06 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2014-03-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-03-19 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 102-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2014-03-19 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2014-03-19 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 20, 2014 reading-1
• 2014-03-19 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Daniel Biss
• 2014-03-20 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-03-20 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2014-04-23 Approved for Consideration Assignments
• 2014-04-23 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 29, 2014
• 2014-04-30 Second Reading reading-2
• 2014-04-30 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 1, 2014
• 2014-05-23 Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2014
• 2014-05-27 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2014-05-27 Passed Both Houses
• 2014-05-30 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-07-16 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2014-07-16 Effective Date July 16, 2014
• 2014-07-16 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0731 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3391fc95-9a1a-4b18-8086-705a8855db81. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).