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type: "Bill"
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title: "EPA-ANIMAL CREMATION"
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description: "Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that a deceased companion animal that is delivered to a provider of companion animal cremation services subject to the Companion Animal Cremation Act is not waste for the purposes of the Environmental Protection Act, and that providing companion animal cremation services at a location does not make that location a waste management facility for the purposes of the Environmental Protection Act."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
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legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
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session: "93rd"
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identifier: "HB 176"
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citation: "Illinois HB 176 (93rd)"
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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: 48
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2003-01-10"
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last_action: "2003-07-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/69ebaf97-4006-4f11-9d22-1972857dd219"
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source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=176&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=397&SessionID=3&GA=93"
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source_hash: "806be20fe490d95d73069cdaaadca50fc8540d284436ff52fbadd12f6be967bc"
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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 176 (93rd) — EPA-ANIMAL CREMATION
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Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that a deceased companion animal that is delivered to a provider of companion animal cremation services subject to the Companion Animal Cremation Act is not waste for the purposes of the Environmental Protection Act, and that providing companion animal cremation services at a location does not make that location a waste management facility for the purposes of the Environmental Protection Act.
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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=09300HB0176&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=397&DocNum=176&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB0176eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=397&DocNum=176&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB0176enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=397&DocNum=176&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
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## Votes
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- Concurrence — **116–0** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper
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- Third Reading — **114–2** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson — cosponsor (person)
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- Patricia R. Bellock — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2003-01-10** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Patricia R. Bellock `filing`
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- **2003-01-16** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2003-01-16** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2003-01-23** Assigned to Environment and Energy Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2003-01-30** Do Pass / Short Debate Environment and Energy Committee; 011-000-001 `committee-passage`
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- **2003-01-30** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2003-02-04** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Brent Hassert
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- **2003-02-04** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John Philip Novak
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- **2003-02-06** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Renee Kosel
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- **2003-02-06** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin A. McCarthy
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- **2003-02-14** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Tom Cross
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- **2003-02-20** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack McGuire
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- **2003-02-28** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Patricia R. Bellock `amendment-introduction`
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- **2003-02-28** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2003-03-05** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 005-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2003-03-26** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2003-03-26** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2003-03-26** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2003-03-27** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-002-000 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2003-04-02** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
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- **2003-04-02** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 3, 2003 `reading-1`
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- **2003-04-02** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Christine Radogno
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- **2003-04-02** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2003-04-02** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2003-04-03** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Lawrence M. Walsh
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- **2003-04-16** Assigned to Environment & Energy `referral-committee`
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- **2003-04-29** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Christine Radogno `amendment-introduction`
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- **2003-04-29** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2003-04-29** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Environment & Energy
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- **2003-04-30** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
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- **2003-04-30** Do Pass as Amended Environment & Energy; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2003-04-30** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 1, 2003
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- **2003-05-05** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson
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- **2003-05-06** Second Reading `reading-2`
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- **2003-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 7, 2003
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- **2003-05-15** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2003-05-15** Arrived in House `introduction`
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- **2003-05-15** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
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- **2003-05-20** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Patricia R. Bellock; Motion # 1
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- **2003-05-20** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2003-05-21** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-002-000
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- **2003-05-23** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2003
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- **2003-05-28** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 116-000-000
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- **2003-05-28** Passed Both Houses
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- **2003-06-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2003-07-10** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
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- **2003-07-10** Effective Date January 1, 2004
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- **2003-07-10** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0121 `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/69ebaf97-4006-4f11-9d22-1972857dd219`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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