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type: "Bill"
title: "EPA-COMPOSTING FACILITY"
description: "Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that incidental sales of finished compost do not need to be applied to agronomic rates in determining whether a person needs a permit to conduct a landscape waste composting operation at specified sites. Removes a provision requiring that no fee is charged for the acceptance of materials to be composted in order for a site having 10 or more occupied non-farm residences within 1/2 mile of its boundaries to be excepted from permit requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "HB 3277"
citation: "Illinois HB 3277 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Randy E. Frese", "Tom Bennett"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 49
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-17"
last_action: "2023-07-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f534687d-e1ae-4a52-9c21-c879ddd96c04"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=3277&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=148434&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "18d0106029955f00ea3ea00de601e6e21549eefbc1cd0215d66f62b936203c09"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
---
# Illinois HB 3277 (103rd) — EPA-COMPOSTING FACILITY
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that incidental sales of finished compost do not need to be applied to agronomic rates in determining whether a person needs a permit to conduct a landscape waste composting operation at specified sites. Removes a provision requiring that no fee is charged for the acceptance of materials to be composted in order for a site having 10 or more occupied non-farm residences within 1/2 mile of its boundaries to be excepted from permit requirements.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB3277.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB3277eng.pdf)
3. **House Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB3277ham001.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB3277enr.pdf)
## Votes
- Energy & Environment, Amendment 1 — **190** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **560** (pass) · lower
- Energy & Environment — **270** (pass) · lower
- Environment and Conservation — **90** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **1080** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Randy E. Frese — primary (person)
- Tom Bennett — primary (person)
- Andrew S. Chesney — cosponsor (person)
- Ann M. Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Charles Meier — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Swanson — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Ugaste — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Severin — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Bunting — cosponsor (person)
- Jil Tracy — cosponsor (person)
- Joyce Mason — cosponsor (person)
- Kam Buckner — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly M. Cassidy — cosponsor (person)
- Martin McLaughlin — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Jacobs — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-02-17** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Randy E. Frese `filing`
- **2023-02-17** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-17** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2023-02-27** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason
- **2023-02-28** Assigned to Energy & Environment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07** Do Pass / Short Debate Energy & Environment Committee; 027-000-000
- **2023-03-08** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ann M. Williams
- **2023-03-08** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Swanson
- **2023-03-08** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-03-08** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kam Buckner
- **2023-03-08** Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Swanson
- **2023-03-14** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Randy E. Frese `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-03-14** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
- **2023-03-15** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Energy & Environment Committee
- **2023-03-22** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Energy & Environment Committee; 019-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-22** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-03-22** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2023-03-22** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Charles Meier
- **2023-03-22** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Swanson
- **2023-03-22** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Severin
- **2023-03-22** Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Dave Severin
- **2023-03-22** Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Charles Meier
- **2023-03-22** Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Dan Swanson
- **2023-03-23** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 108-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-23** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jason Bunting
- **2023-03-23** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul Jacobs
- **2023-03-23** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Martin McLaughlin
- **2023-03-23** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
- **2023-03-23** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Ugaste
- **2023-03-27** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-03-27** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-27** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Tom Bennett
- **2023-03-27** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-27** Referred to Assignments
- **2023-03-28** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jil Tracy
- **2023-04-18** Assigned to Environment and Conservation `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-27** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Andrew S. Chesney
- **2023-04-27** Do Pass Environment and Conservation; 009-000-000
- **2023-04-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 2, 2023 `reading-2`
- **2023-05-02** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 3, 2023
- **2023-05-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** May 8, 2023
- **2023-05-11** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-11** Passed Both Houses
- **2023-06-09** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-07-28** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2023-07-28** Effective Date January 1, 2024
- **2023-07-28** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0342 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f534687d-e1ae-4a52-9c21-c879ddd96c04`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).