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Bill	POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD	Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that the Pollution Control Board may employ one assistant for each member and 2 assistants for the Chairman. Provides that special meetings of the Board may be called by the Chairman or by any 2 Board members, upon delivery of 48 (instead of 24) hours' written notice to the office of each member. Provides that all Board meetings shall be open to the public, and public notice of all meetings shall be given at least 48 (instead of 24) hours in advance of each meeting. Provides that 3 (instead of 4) members of the Board constitute a quorum to transact business; and the affirmative vote of 3 members is necessary to adopt any order. Makes changes concerning judicial review of final orders by the Board. Updates a Public Act reference and deletes obsolete language. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	99th	SB 2950	Illinois SB 2950 (99th)	bill		enacted		3	37	2	2016-02-18	2017-01-27	openstates	ocd-bill/319cdac2-eb0a-4b37-b0b4-e885077ebec8	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2950&GAID=13&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=96275&SessionID=88&GA=99	a310b93f12415d8feb9c4ec6b77df9714bdde74bbdb29f694b0e2e2f203f44be	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2950 (99th) — POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that the Pollution Control Board may employ one assistant for each member and 2 assistants for the Chairman. Provides that special meetings of the Board may be called by the Chairman or by any 2 Board members, upon delivery of 48 (instead of 24) hours' written notice to the office of each member. Provides that all Board meetings shall be open to the public, and public notice of all meetings shall be given at least 48 (instead of 24) hours in advance of each meeting. Provides that 3 (instead of 4) members of the Board constitute a quorum to transact business; and the affirmative vote of 3 members is necessary to adopt any order. Makes changes concerning judicial review of final orders by the Board. Updates a Public Act reference and deletes obsolete language. 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 — 56–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 108–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Heather A. Steans — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-18 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Heather A. Steans filing
• 2016-02-18 First Reading reading-1
• 2016-02-18 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2016-03-02 Assigned to Executive referral-committee
• 2016-03-09 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Heather A. Steans 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 Executive
• 2016-03-17 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2016-03-17 Do Pass as Amended Executive; 017-000-000 committee-passage
• 2016-03-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 5, 2016
• 2016-04-05 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Heather A. Steans amendment-introduction
• 2016-04-05 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2016-04-12 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Executive
• 2016-04-14 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Executive; 017-000-000
• 2016-04-19 Second Reading reading-2
• 2016-04-19 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Steans amendment-passage
• 2016-04-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 20, 2016
• 2016-04-21 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2016-04-21 Arrived in House introduction
• 2016-04-21 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Gregory Harris
• 2016-04-21 First Reading reading-1
• 2016-04-21 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2016-11-28 Assigned to Environment referral-committee
• 2016-11-29 Motion Filed to Suspend Rule 21 Environment; Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
• 2016-11-29 Motion to Suspend Rule 21 - Prevailed
• 2016-11-30 Do Pass / Short Debate Environment; 017-000-000 committee-passage
• 2016-11-30 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2016-11-30 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2016-11-30 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2016-12-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2016-12-01 3/5 Vote Required
• 2016-12-01 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 108-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2016-12-01 Passed Both Houses
• 2016-12-29 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-01-27 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2017-01-27 Effective Date January 27, 2017
• 2017-01-27 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0934 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/319cdac2-eb0a-4b37-b0b4-e885077ebec8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).