republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/96th/sb-2812.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "EPA-CLEAN AIR PERMITTING"
description: "Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Authorizes the Illinois Pollution Control Board to stay the effectiveness of certain actions taken or permit conditions imposed by the Environmental Protection Agency in the course of administering the Clean Air Act Permit Program (CAAPP). Provides that if the Board stays any contested conditions, then any related conditions from any prior existing permit continue in full force and effect until the Board makes its final decision regarding the appeal of the granted CAAPP permit. Authorizes the Board to stay all the conditions in a CAAPP permit upon a demonstration that the issues raised on appeal can be reasonably expected to affect the CAAPP permit in its entirety. Provides that if the entire CAAPP permit is stayed by the Board, then any prior existing permit continues in full force and effect until the Board makes its final decision regarding the appeal of the granted CAAPP permit. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "SB 2812"
citation: "Illinois SB 2812 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2010-01-28"
last_action: "2010-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc6a91a4-d162-4987-b5ee-0f1923fa589f"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2812&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=49843&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "5a16175fe060aa230e47a15db7b60d7acd016a35a88fcc71864732747fd1d4ed"
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 SB 2812 (96th) — EPA-CLEAN AIR PERMITTING

Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Authorizes the Illinois Pollution Control Board to stay the effectiveness of certain actions taken or permit conditions imposed by the Environmental Protection Agency in the course of administering the Clean Air Act Permit Program (CAAPP). Provides that if the Board stays any contested conditions, then any related conditions from any prior existing permit continue in full force and effect until the Board makes its final decision regarding the appeal of the granted CAAPP permit. Authorizes the Board to stay all the conditions in a CAAPP permit upon a demonstration that the issues raised on appeal can be reasonably expected to affect the CAAPP permit in its entirety. Provides that if the entire CAAPP permit is stayed by the Board, then any prior existing permit continues in full force and effect until the Board makes its final decision regarding the appeal of the granted CAAPP permit. Effective immediately.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB2812&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=49843&DocNum=2812&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB2812eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=49843&DocNum=2812&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB2812enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=49843&DocNum=2812&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **53–3** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Don Harmon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-01-28** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Don Harmon `filing`
- **2010-01-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-01-28** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2010-02-10** Assigned to Energy `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-03** Postponed - Energy
- **2010-03-05** Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As March 19, 2010
- **2010-03-11** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Don Harmon `amendment-introduction`
- **2010-03-11** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-16** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Energy
- **2010-03-17** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2010-03-17** Do Pass as Amended Energy; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-03-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 18, 2010
- **2010-03-18** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2010-03-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 23, 2010
- **2010-03-19** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As March 26, 2010 `reading-3`
- **2010-03-24** Third Reading - Passed; 053-003-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-03-25** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2010-03-25** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Jim Watson
- **2010-03-25** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-03-25** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-03-25** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-12** Assigned to Environment & Energy Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-21** Do Pass / Short Debate Environment & Energy Committee; 017-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-04-22** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-04-23** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2010-04-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-04-28** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-04-28** Passed Both Houses
- **2010-05-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2010-06-21** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2010-06-21** Effective Date June 21, 2010
- **2010-06-21** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0934 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dc6a91a4-d162-4987-b5ee-0f1923fa589f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).