republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/99th/sb-2918.md

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Bill	PESTICIDES-LICENSING	Amends the Illinois Pesticide Act. Provides that "Commercial Not For Hire Applicator" includes a certified applicator who uses or supervises the use of pesticides classified for general or restricted use as an employee of a State agency, municipality, or other duly constituted governmental agency or unit. Removes the definition of "Licensed Public Applicator" and makes conforming changes. Adds provisions concerning multi-year licenses and pesticide dealer registrations.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	99th	SB 2918	Illinois SB 2918 (99th)	bill		enacted		3	29	2	2016-02-18	2016-07-08	openstates	ocd-bill/8e015dd0-2fa2-4887-8afc-64131c460ded	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2918&GAID=13&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=96242&SessionID=88&GA=99	fd3eb3150365cbd369f90e23535e1768054fdceb22ab78bc102cac0f16777128	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2918 (99th) — PESTICIDES-LICENSING

Amends the Illinois Pesticide Act. Provides that "Commercial Not For Hire Applicator" includes a certified applicator who uses or supervises the use of pesticides classified for general or restricted use as an employee of a State agency, municipality, or other duly constituted governmental agency or unit. Removes the definition of "Licensed Public Applicator" and makes conforming changes. Adds provisions concerning multi-year licenses and pesticide dealer registrations.

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 — 82–29 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 58–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bill Cunningham — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-18 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Bill Cunningham filing
• 2016-02-18 First Reading reading-1
• 2016-02-18 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2016-03-02 Assigned to Agriculture referral-committee
• 2016-03-09 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Bill Cunningham amendment-introduction
• 2016-03-09 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2016-03-16 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Agriculture
• 2016-04-07 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2016-04-07 Do Pass as Amended Agriculture; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2016-04-07 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 12, 2016
• 2016-04-19 Second Reading reading-2
• 2016-04-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 20, 2016
• 2016-04-21 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2016-04-21 Arrived in House introduction
• 2016-04-21 Chief House Sponsor Rep. David B. Reis
• 2016-04-21 First Reading reading-1
• 2016-04-21 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2016-05-02 Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee referral-committee
• 2016-05-10 Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 009-005-000 committee-passage
• 2016-05-11 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2016-05-17 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
• 2016-05-17 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2016-05-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2016-05-23 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 082-029-000 reading-3, passage
• 2016-05-23 Passed Both Houses
• 2016-06-21 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-07-08 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2016-07-08 Effective Date January 1, 2017
• 2016-07-08 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0540 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8e015dd0-2fa2-4887-8afc-64131c460ded. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).