republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/99th/sb-2950.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD"
description: "Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that the Pollution Control Board may employ one assistant for each member and 2 assistants for the Chairman. Provides that special meetings of the Board may be called by the Chairman or by any 2 Board members, upon delivery of 48 (instead of 24) hours' written notice to the office of each member. Provides that all Board meetings shall be open to the public, and public notice of all meetings shall be given at least 48 (instead of 24) hours in advance of each meeting. Provides that 3 (instead of 4) members of the Board constitute a quorum to transact business; and the affirmative vote of 3 members is necessary to adopt any order. Makes changes concerning judicial review of final orders by the Board. Updates a Public Act reference and deletes obsolete language. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "99th"
identifier: "SB 2950"
citation: "Illinois SB 2950 (99th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2016-02-18"
last_action: "2017-01-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/319cdac2-eb0a-4b37-b0b4-e885077ebec8"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2950&GAID=13&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=96275&SessionID=88&GA=99"
source_hash: "a310b93f12415d8feb9c4ec6b77df9714bdde74bbdb29f694b0e2e2f203f44be"
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 2950 (99th) — POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that the Pollution Control Board may employ one assistant for each member and 2 assistants for the Chairman. Provides that special meetings of the Board may be called by the Chairman or by any 2 Board members, upon delivery of 48 (instead of 24) hours' written notice to the office of each member. Provides that all Board meetings shall be open to the public, and public notice of all meetings shall be given at least 48 (instead of 24) hours in advance of each meeting. Provides that 3 (instead of 4) members of the Board constitute a quorum to transact business; and the affirmative vote of 3 members is necessary to adopt any order. Makes changes concerning judicial review of final orders by the Board. Updates a Public Act reference and deletes obsolete language. 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=09900SB2950&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=96275&DocNum=2950&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB2950eng&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=96275&DocNum=2950&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB2950enr&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=96275&DocNum=2950&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **108–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Heather A. Steans — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-18** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Heather A. Steans `filing`
- **2016-02-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-02-18** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-02** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-09** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Heather A. Steans `amendment-introduction`
- **2016-03-09** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-16** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Executive
- **2016-03-17** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2016-03-17** Do Pass as Amended Executive; 017-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2016-03-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 5, 2016
- **2016-04-05** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Heather A. Steans `amendment-introduction`
- **2016-04-05** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-12** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Executive
- **2016-04-14** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Executive; 017-000-000
- **2016-04-19** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-04-19** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Steans `amendment-passage`
- **2016-04-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 20, 2016
- **2016-04-21** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2016-04-21** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2016-04-21** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Gregory Harris
- **2016-04-21** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-04-21** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-11-28** Assigned to Environment `referral-committee`
- **2016-11-29** Motion Filed to Suspend Rule 21 Environment; Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
- **2016-11-29** Motion to Suspend Rule 21 - Prevailed
- **2016-11-30** Do Pass / Short Debate Environment; 017-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2016-11-30** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2016-11-30** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2016-11-30** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2016-12-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2016-12-01** 3/5 Vote Required
- **2016-12-01** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 108-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2016-12-01** Passed Both Houses
- **2016-12-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-01-27** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2017-01-27** Effective Date January 27, 2017
- **2017-01-27** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0934 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/319cdac2-eb0a-4b37-b0b4-e885077ebec8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).