Date	Chamber	Action
8/19/2011	Senate	Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0459

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

415 ILCS 5/3.284

415 ILCS 5/22.23b

415 ILCS 5/22.23d new

415 ILCS 97/15

410 ILCS 46/27

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Redefines "mercury switch" to include a mercury-containing product or device that makes, breaks, or changes a connection in an electrical circuit. Provides that, beginning in 2015, dental amalgam may not be added, removed, or modified in the course of treating patients at a dental office unless the dental office has an amalgam separator system installed that removes dental amalgam from the dental office's wastewater before it is discharged into a sewer or septic system and unless other related requirements are met. Requires dental schools and vocational dental education programs to instruct students on the use of certain practices to minimize the presence of elemental mercury, unused amalgam, and waste amalgam in discharged wastewater and solid waste. Amends the Mercury Switch Removal Act. Requires vehicle recyclers, vehicle crushers, and scrap metal recyclers to remove all mercury switches from each end-of-life vehicle within a specified time. Amends the Mercury-Added Product Prohibition Act. Prohibits, except under certain circumstances, mercury-containing pressure transducers from being sold, offered for sale, or distributed in the State. Also makes technical changes. Effective immediately.

Senate Committee Amendment No. 3

	Deletes reference to:
	415 ILCS 5/22.23d new

Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with changes. Further amends the Environmental Protection Act. Removes provisions regulating the disposal of mercury dental amalgam. Further amends the Mercury Switch Removal Act. Removes a provision requiring manufacturers subject to the collection program requirements to submit a quarterly report to the Environmental Protection Agency. Requires scrap metal recyclers to remove all mercury switches from accepted end-of-life vehicles before processing them for recycling (instead of before processing them for recycling or within 14 days after receiving them, whichever is earlier). Further amends the Mercury-added Product Prohibition Act. Also prohibits the sale and distribution of mercury-containing rings, seals, and sensors. Provides that the bill is effective July 1, 2012 rather than upon becoming law.

Actions 

Date	Chamber	Action
2/8/2011	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Heather A. Steans
2/8/2011	Senate	First Reading
2/8/2011	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2/9/2011	Senate	Assigned to Environment
3/2/2011	Senate	Postponed - Environment
3/7/2011	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Heather A. Steans
3/7/2011	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
3/9/2011	Senate	Postponed - Environment
3/9/2011	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Heather A. Steans
3/9/2011	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments
3/9/2011	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Environment
3/11/2011	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 3 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Heather A. Steans
3/11/2011	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 3 Referred to Assignments
3/14/2011	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Environment
3/14/2011	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 3 Assignments Refers to Environment
3/17/2011	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Environment
3/17/2011	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Postponed - Environment
3/17/2011	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 3 Adopted
3/17/2011	Senate	Do Pass as Amended Environment; 007-000-000
3/17/2011	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 29, 2011
3/18/2011	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
3/18/2011	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
4/11/2011	Senate	Second Reading
4/11/2011	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 12, 2011
4/15/2011	Senate	Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 4, 2011
5/3/2011	Senate	Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000
5/3/2011	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a)
5/3/2011	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a)
5/3/2011	House	Arrived in House
5/3/2011	House	Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
5/3/2011	House	Chief House Sponsor Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough
5/4/2011	House	First Reading
5/4/2011	House	Referred to Rules Committee
5/11/2011	House	Assigned to Environmental Health Committee
5/13/2011	House	Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 20, 2011
5/19/2011	House	Do Pass / Short Debate Environmental Health Committee; 012-000-000
5/19/2011	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
5/20/2011	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
5/20/2011	House	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
5/23/2011	House	Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
5/23/2011	House	Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kimberly du Buclet
5/23/2011	House	Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000
5/23/2011	Senate	Passed Both Houses
6/21/2011	Senate	Sent to the Governor
8/19/2011	Senate	Governor Approved
8/19/2011	Senate	Effective Date July 1, 2012
8/19/2011	Senate	Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0459

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