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Bill	EXOTIC WEED ACT	Amends the Illinois Exotic Weed Act. Adds exotic bush honeysuckles (Lonicera maackii, Lonicera tatarica, Lonicera morrowii, and Lonicera fragrantissima), exotic olives (Elaeagnus umbellata, Elaeagnus pungens, Elaeagnus angustifolia), salt cedar (all members of the Tamarix genus), poison hemlock (Conium maculatum), giant hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum), Oriental bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus), and lesser celandine (Ficaria verna), teasel (all members of the Dipsacus genus), and Japanese, giant, and Bohemian knotweed (Fallopia japonica, syn. Polygonum cuspidatum; Fallopia sachalinensis; and Fallopia x bohemica, resp.) to designated exotic weeds.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	99th	SB 681	Illinois SB 681 (99th)	bill		enacted		3	47	2	2015-02-03	2015-07-20	openstates	ocd-bill/3d4ae52a-e50a-48f2-96fa-94597c080774	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=681&GAID=13&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=84897&SessionID=88&GA=99	8189209780fe3040626cb4a49f566903fd1dd497c9ddccee596bbeba512bbf7a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 681 (99th) — EXOTIC WEED ACT

Amends the Illinois Exotic Weed Act. Adds exotic bush honeysuckles (Lonicera maackii, Lonicera tatarica, Lonicera morrowii, and Lonicera fragrantissima), exotic olives (Elaeagnus umbellata, Elaeagnus pungens, Elaeagnus angustifolia), salt cedar (all members of the Tamarix genus), poison hemlock (Conium maculatum), giant hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum), Oriental bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus), and lesser celandine (Ficaria verna), teasel (all members of the Dipsacus genus), and Japanese, giant, and Bohemian knotweed (Fallopia japonica, syn. Polygonum cuspidatum; Fallopia sachalinensis; and Fallopia x bohemica, resp.) to designated exotic weeds.

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 — 58–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 115–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Daniel Biss — primary (person)
• Dwight Kay — cosponsor (person)
• John Bradley — cosponsor (person)
• Kelly M. Burke — cosponsor (person)
• Linda Chapa LaVia — cosponsor (person)
• Michael D. Unes — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-03 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Daniel Biss filing
• 2015-02-03 First Reading reading-1
• 2015-02-03 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2015-02-11 Assigned to Environment and Conservation referral-committee
• 2015-02-19 Postponed - Environment and Conservation
• 2015-03-04 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Melinda Bush
• 2015-03-04 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
• 2015-03-04 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. David Koehler
• 2015-03-05 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Daniel Biss amendment-introduction
• 2015-03-05 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2015-03-05 Postponed - Environment and Conservation
• 2015-03-10 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. William R. Haine
• 2015-03-10 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Environment and Conservation
• 2015-03-12 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2015-03-12 Do Pass as Amended Environment and Conservation; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2015-03-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 17, 2015
• 2015-03-18 Second Reading reading-2
• 2015-03-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 19, 2015
• 2015-03-19 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. John M. Sullivan
• 2015-03-24 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Patricia Van Pelt
• 2015-03-26 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison
• 2015-04-06 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. John G. Mulroe
• 2015-04-08 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Chris Nybo
• 2015-04-15 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Jason A. Barickman
• 2015-04-15 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2015-04-15 Arrived in House introduction
• 2015-04-15 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
• 2015-04-15 First Reading reading-1
• 2015-04-15 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2015-04-20 Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee referral-committee
• 2015-04-20 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Dwight Kay
• 2015-04-24 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael D. Unes
• 2015-04-30 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. John Bradley
• 2015-05-04 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2015-05-08 Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 15, 2015
• 2015-05-12 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Burke
• 2015-05-12 Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 016-000-000 committee-passage
• 2015-05-13 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2015-05-18 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2015-05-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2015-05-18 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Fortner
• 2015-05-20 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2015-05-20 Passed Both Houses
• 2015-06-18 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2015-07-20 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2015-07-20 Effective Date January 1, 2016
• 2015-07-20 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0081 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3d4ae52a-e50a-48f2-96fa-94597c080774. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).