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Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Defines the terms "anaerobic digester", "anaerobic digestion", and "food". Deletes provisions that exempted certain composting facilities from regulation as a pollution control facility. Creates exemptions from the definition of "pollution control facility" for (i) the portion of a site or facility that is used for anaerobic digestion and (ii) the portion of a site or facility that is used to process food scrap at a food scrap processing facility. Provides for moneys that are appropriated from the Solid Waste Management Fund to the Agency in certain years for solid waste management activities to be segregated into a separate account for use by the Prairie Research Institute of the University of Illinois for the costs of implementing the Illinois Solid Waste Management Act. Amends the Solid Waste Planning and Recycling Act. Updates requirements for each county waste management plan's recycling program with respect to food scrap collection programs. Amends the Illinois Solid Waste Management Act. Provides that a person that generates more than the applicable regulatory threshold of food and food scrap and that is located within 20 miles, prior to July 1, 2035, or 25 miles, on and after July 1, 2035, of an Agency-permitted composting facility or anaerobic digester that accepts food scrap and that has the permitted capacity to accept food scrap shall, among other things, source separate food and food scrap from other solid waste and either arrange for the transfer of the food or food scrap to a location that manages food and food scrap in a manner consistent with the food and food scrap management hierarchy set forth in the Act or manage the food and food scrap on site in accordance with other applicable State and local laws and rules. Grants the Agency rulemaking powers. Contains other provisions. Effective immediately.
Introduced
Jan 29, 2025
Last Action
Mar 13, 2026
Session
IL 104th
Sponsors
1 primary · 14 co
Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 24, 2026
Re-assigned to Appropriations
Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As June 1, 2025
Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 23, 2025
Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 9, 2025
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Porfirio
Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 11, 2025
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Karina Villa
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Lakesia Collins
Assigned to Appropriations
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Simmons
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. David Koehler
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Sara Feigenholtz
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura Fine
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura Ellman
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachel Ventura
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Willie Preston
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Graciela Guzmán
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen
First Reading
Referred to Assignments
Filed with Secretary by Sen. Adriane Johnson
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Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 24, 2026
David Koehler
Mike Simmons
Julie A. Morrison
Laura M. Murphy