republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/98th/sb-1925.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "EPA-WASTE DETERMINATIONS"
description: "Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that, before approving, or approving with conditions, an application for a Beneficial Use Determination, the Agency must conduct an evaluation of the prospective owner's or operator's prior experience in waste management operations and clean construction or demolition debris fill operations. Authorizes the Agency to deny an application for a Beneficial Use Determination if the prospective owner or operator, or any employee or officer of the prospective owner or operator, has a history of gross carelessness or incompetence or has repeatedly violated federal, State, or local laws."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "SB 1925"
citation: "Illinois SB 1925 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-02-15"
last_action: "2013-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b36edc8d-3547-40b6-8e95-746f0e2155c5"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1925&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=73370&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "8777099770651929a0d95a4f55116ae1199605ebd1a14f1cb61c9f00850c2a7a"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
---

# Illinois SB 1925 (98th) — EPA-WASTE DETERMINATIONS

Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that, before approving, or approving with conditions, an application for a Beneficial Use Determination, the Agency must conduct an evaluation of the prospective owner's or operator's prior experience in waste management operations and clean construction or demolition debris fill operations. Authorizes the Agency to deny an application for a Beneficial Use Determination if the prospective owner or operator, or any employee or officer of the prospective owner or operator, has a history of gross carelessness or incompetence or has repeatedly violated federal, State, or local laws.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB1925&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=73370&DocNum=1925&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB1925eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=73370&DocNum=1925&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB1925enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=73370&DocNum=1925&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David Koehler — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-15** Filed with Secretary by Sen. David Koehler `filing`
- **2013-02-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-02-15** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-05** Assigned to Environment `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-14** Postponed - Environment
- **2013-03-15** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. David Koehler `amendment-introduction`
- **2013-03-15** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-19** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Environment
- **2013-03-21** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2013-03-21** Do Pass as Amended Environment; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2013-03-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 10, 2013
- **2013-03-27** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. David Koehler `amendment-introduction`
- **2013-03-27** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-03** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Environment
- **2013-04-18** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Environment; 008-001-000
- **2013-04-18** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-04-18** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Koehler `amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 23, 2013
- **2013-04-23** Third Reading - Passed; 051-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2013-04-24** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2013-05-01** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Jehan A. Gordon-Booth
- **2013-05-01** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-05-01** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-01** Assigned to Environment `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-07** Do Pass / Short Debate Environment; 016-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2013-05-08** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2013-05-10** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2013-05-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2013-05-17** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2013-05-17** Passed Both Houses
- **2013-06-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-08-09** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2013-08-09** Effective Date January 1, 2014
- **2013-08-09** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0296 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b36edc8d-3547-40b6-8e95-746f0e2155c5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).