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Bill	ENVIRONMENT JUSTICE COMMISSION	Amends the Environmental Justice Act. Provides that the Commission on Environmental Justice shall review any state implementation plan to comply with the United States Environmental Protection Agency Clean Power Plan and provide comments to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency before submittal to the United States Environmental Protection Agency for approval and the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency shall respond to the comments and make modifications to the plan in response. Makes changes to the membership of the Commission. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	99th	SB 2920	Illinois SB 2920 (99th)	bill		enacted		3	53	2	2016-02-18	2016-07-08	openstates	ocd-bill/69315139-1f29-4103-975e-0e8eec9d5821	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2920&GAID=13&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=96244&SessionID=88&GA=99	00becfa1d0b4ab7658b07684228c0fd9b9ab98d0772e0f7f63cf7be4f3e2b8d8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2920 (99th) — ENVIRONMENT JUSTICE COMMISSION

Amends the Environmental Justice Act. Provides that the Commission on Environmental Justice shall review any state implementation plan to comply with the United States Environmental Protection Agency Clean Power Plan and provide comments to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency before submittal to the United States Environmental Protection Agency for approval and the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency shall respond to the comments and make modifications to the plan in response. Makes changes to the membership of the Commission. 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 — 55–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 98–15 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Toi W. Hutchinson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-18 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson filing
• 2016-02-18 First Reading reading-1
• 2016-02-18 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2016-03-02 Assigned to Environment and Conservation referral-committee
• 2016-03-08 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Heather A. Steans
• 2016-03-10 Postponed - Environment and Conservation
• 2016-03-22 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
• 2016-03-29 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Patricia Van Pelt
• 2016-03-30 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Daniel Biss
• 2016-04-01 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson amendment-introduction
• 2016-04-01 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2016-04-01 Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson amendment-introduction
• 2016-04-01 Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2016-04-04 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison
• 2016-04-05 Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Environment and Conservation
• 2016-04-05 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-8 (b-1), this amendment will remain in the Committee on Assignments
• 2016-04-06 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
• 2016-04-07 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Bill Cunningham
• 2016-04-07 Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2016-04-07 Do Pass as Amended Environment and Conservation; 009-000-001 committee-passage
• 2016-04-07 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 12, 2016
• 2016-04-07 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Melinda Bush
• 2016-04-08 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
• 2016-04-22 Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 13, 2016
• 2016-04-27 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael Noland
• 2016-05-10 Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson amendment-introduction
• 2016-05-10 Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2016-05-11 Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Assignments Refers to Environment and Conservation
• 2016-05-12 Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommend Do Adopt Environment and Conservation; 007-000-000
• 2016-05-19 Second Reading reading-2
• 2016-05-19 Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted; Hutchinson amendment-passage
• 2016-05-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 23, 2016
• 2016-05-24 Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2016-05-24 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) amendment-failure
• 2016-05-24 Arrived in House introduction
• 2016-05-24 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Silvana Tabares
• 2016-05-24 First Reading reading-1
• 2016-05-24 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2016-05-25 Assigned to Environment referral-committee
• 2016-05-25 Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2016
• 2016-05-25 Motion Filed to Suspend Rule 21 Environment; Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
• 2016-05-25 Motion to Suspend Rule 21 - Prevailed 069-046-000
• 2016-05-26 Do Pass / Short Debate Environment; 014-003-000 committee-passage
• 2016-05-26 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2016-05-26 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2016-05-26 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2016-05-27 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2016-05-29 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 098-015-000 reading-3, passage
• 2016-05-29 Passed Both Houses
• 2016-06-27 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 . . . . . . . . . 99-0541 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/69315139-1f29-4103-975e-0e8eec9d5821. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).