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type: "Bill"
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title: "EPA-UNCONTAMINATED PLASTICS"
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description: "Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that to the extent allowed by federal law, uncontaminated plastics that meet feedstock specifications for a gasification facility or pyrolysis facility, and that are further processed by a gasification facility or pyrolysis facility and returned to the economic mainstream in the form of crude oil, diesel, gasoline, home heating oil or other fuels, chemicals, waxes, lubricants, chemical feedstocks, diesel and gasoline blendstocks, or other raw materials or intermediate or final products, are considered recycled and are not subject to regulation as waste. Defines terms for these provisions. Effective immediately."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
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legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
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session: "101st"
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identifier: "HB 2491"
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citation: "Illinois HB 2491 (101st)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 50
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2019-02-13"
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last_action: "2019-07-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4570b577-b227-4717-a99a-70a195d0a72d"
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source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2491&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=118521&SessionID=108&GA=101"
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source_hash: "09fe8f7fede039d09b884ac38f536b061e53169cdbb3054019126e65df736b53"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
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---
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# Illinois HB 2491 (101st) — EPA-UNCONTAMINATED PLASTICS
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Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that to the extent allowed by federal law, uncontaminated plastics that meet feedstock specifications for a gasification facility or pyrolysis facility, and that are further processed by a gasification facility or pyrolysis facility and returned to the economic mainstream in the form of crude oil, diesel, gasoline, home heating oil or other fuels, chemicals, waxes, lubricants, chemical feedstocks, diesel and gasoline blendstocks, or other raw materials or intermediate or final products, are considered recycled and are not subject to regulation as waste. Defines terms for these provisions. Effective immediately.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB2491&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=118521&DocNum=2491&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB2491eng&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=118521&DocNum=2491&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB2491enr&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=118521&DocNum=2491&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
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## Votes
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- Third Reading — **106–4** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Brad Halbrook — cosponsor (person)
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- Chris Miller — cosponsor (person)
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- Dave Severin — cosponsor (person)
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- David A. Welter — cosponsor (person)
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- Jason Plummer — cosponsor (person)
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- Jay Hoffman — cosponsor (person)
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- Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant — cosponsor (person)
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- Lawrence Walsh, Jr. — primary (person)
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- Mark Batinick — cosponsor (person)
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- Monica Bristow — cosponsor (person)
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- Norine K. Hammond — cosponsor (person)
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- Pat McGuire — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-13** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Lawrence Walsh, Jr. `filing`
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- **2019-02-13** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2019-02-13** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-26** Assigned to Energy & Environment Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-19** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Lawrence Walsh, Jr. `amendment-introduction`
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- **2019-03-19** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-20** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Energy & Environment Committee
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- **2019-03-26** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Energy & Environment Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2019-03-26** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Energy & Environment Committee; 022-008-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2019-03-29** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2019-04-05** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Lawrence Walsh, Jr. `amendment-introduction`
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- **2019-04-05** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2019-04-09** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Energy & Environment Committee
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- **2019-04-09** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Lawrence Walsh, Jr. `amendment-introduction`
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- **2019-04-09** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2019-04-09** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Energy & Environment Committee; 020-004-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-04-10** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Rules Refers to Energy & Environment Committee
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- **2019-04-10** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Norine K. Hammond
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- **2019-04-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. David A. Welter
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- **2019-04-10** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2019-04-10** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2019-04-11** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommends Be Adopted Energy & Environment Committee; 029-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-04-11** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Monica Bristow
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- **2019-04-11** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jay Hoffman
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- **2019-04-11** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Chris Miller
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- **2019-04-11** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Brad Halbrook
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- **2019-04-11** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted `amendment-passage`
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- **2019-04-11** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted `amendment-passage`
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- **2019-04-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2019-04-11** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 106-004-001 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2019-04-11** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark Batinick
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- **2019-04-11** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Severin
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- **2019-04-12** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
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- **2019-04-12** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 30, 2019 `reading-1`
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- **2019-04-24** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Pat McGuire
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- **2019-04-24** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2019-04-24** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
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- **2019-04-30** Assigned to Environment and Conservation `referral-committee`
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- **2019-05-09** Do Pass Environment and Conservation; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2019-05-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 14, 2019
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- **2019-05-09** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jason Plummer
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- **2019-05-15** Second Reading `reading-2`
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- **2019-05-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 16, 2019
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- **2019-05-16** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant
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- **2019-05-16** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2019-05-16** Passed Both Houses
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- **2019-06-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-07-26** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
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- **2019-07-26** Effective Date July 1, 2020
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- **2019-07-26** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0141 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4570b577-b227-4717-a99a-70a195d0a72d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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