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type: "Bill"
title: "EPA-INDUSTRIAL HYGIENIST"
description: "Amends the State Finance Act. Repeals the Industrial Hygiene Regulatory and Enforcement Fund. Repeals the Industrial Hygienists Licensure Act. Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides for the transfer of funds from the Industrial Hygiene Regulatory and Enforcement Fund to the Environmental Protection Permit and Inspection Fund. Provides that a community water supply that is exempt from regulation under the Public Water Supply Operations Act does not have to register a person who is in charge of the community water supply in order to be exempt from the Illinois Pollution Control Board's mandatory chlorination requirements. Recognizes Certified Industrial Hygienists certified by the American Board of Industrial Hygiene as environmental professionals who may, among other things, conduct Phase I and Phase II Environmental Audits. Amends the Rivers, Lakes, and Streams Act. Requires the Environmental Protection Agency to report on the water quality of Lake Michigan every 2 years or at the direction of the Governor (rather than every year or at the direction of the Governor). Effective immediately, except that the repeal of the Industrial Hygiene Regulatory and Enforcement Fund takes place on January 1, 2014."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "SB 72"
citation: "Illinois SB 72 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-01-16"
last_action: "2013-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9075d835-a6bd-4a76-b5c0-df224fc74796"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=72&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=69181&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "b3c21e21d6a2209d81827dd50162d7ddd5d262f1f4f58556b6ec7ac785015432"
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 72 (98th) — EPA-INDUSTRIAL HYGIENIST
Amends the State Finance Act. Repeals the Industrial Hygiene Regulatory and Enforcement Fund. Repeals the Industrial Hygienists Licensure Act. Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides for the transfer of funds from the Industrial Hygiene Regulatory and Enforcement Fund to the Environmental Protection Permit and Inspection Fund. Provides that a community water supply that is exempt from regulation under the Public Water Supply Operations Act does not have to register a person who is in charge of the community water supply in order to be exempt from the Illinois Pollution Control Board's mandatory chlorination requirements. Recognizes Certified Industrial Hygienists certified by the American Board of Industrial Hygiene as environmental professionals who may, among other things, conduct Phase I and Phase II Environmental Audits. Amends the Rivers, Lakes, and Streams Act. Requires the Environmental Protection Agency to report on the water quality of Lake Michigan every 2 years or at the direction of the Governor (rather than every year or at the direction of the Governor). Effective immediately, except that the repeal of the Industrial Hygiene Regulatory and Enforcement Fund takes place on January 1, 2014.
## 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=09800SB0072&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=69181&DocNum=72&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB0072eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=69181&DocNum=72&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB0072enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=69181&DocNum=72&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **490** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **1120** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- William R. Haine — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2013-01-16** Filed with Secretary by Sen. William R. Haine `filing`
- **2013-01-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-01-16** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2013-01-30** Assigned to Environment `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-01** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. William R. Haine `amendment-introduction`
- **2013-03-01** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-06** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Environment
- **2013-03-07** Postponed - Environment
- **2013-03-14** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2013-03-14** Do Pass as Amended Environment; 007-000-001 `committee-passage`
- **2013-03-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 19, 2013
- **2013-03-21** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-03-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 10, 2013
- **2013-04-11** Third Reading - Passed; 049-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2013-04-11** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2013-04-11** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Michael W. Tryon
- **2013-04-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-11** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-24** Assigned to Environment `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-30** Do Pass / Short Debate Environment; 015-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2013-05-01** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2013-05-02** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2013-05-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2013-05-03** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2013-05-03** Passed Both Houses
- **2013-05-31** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-07-15** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2013-07-15** Effective Date July 15, 2013
- **2013-07-15** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0078 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9075d835-a6bd-4a76-b5c0-df224fc74796`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).