GLLC 2020 Virtual Meetings Briefing Book

S TATE AND P ROVINCIAL G REAT L AKES AND W ATER L EGISLATION , 2019-20

This list of bills is based on staff research. If you know of legislation that should be added to the list, please contact Tim Anderson at 630.925.1922 or tanderson@csg.org. The list was last updated on August 18, 2020.

State/Province Bill

Description

Author/Sponsor

Status

Illinois

HB 242

Conduct specified lead testing at Chicago public school facilities

Rep. Mary Flowers

Passed by committee

Illinois

HB 2650

Prioritize support for disadvantaged communities, utilities to build capacity for sustainable, equitable water management Provide that all state property adjacent to a body of water must contain a vegetative buffer with a 30-foot minimum width

Rep. Robert Rita

Signed into law

Illinois

HB 2930

Rep. Joyce Mason

Referred to committee

Illinois

HB 3327 and SB 1270

Require park districts to test water for lead in parks used by children under 6

Rep. Celina Villanueva and Sen. Robert Peters

SB 1270 passed by committee

Illinois

HB 3386

Stop high-volume horizontal hydraulic fracturing operations

Rep. Will Guzzardi

Referred to committee

Illinois

HB 3482

Amend the Lake Michigan Wind Energy Act

Rep. Robyn Gabel (GLLC vice chair)

Signed into law

Illinois

HB 3715

Require defining of "microplastics" and examine role of microplastics in public drinking water Establish statewide maximum contaminant levels for PFOS, PFOA, other PFAS compounds and other harmful toxins in public drinking water systems

Rep. Mark Batinick

Referred to committee

Illinois

HB 3982

Rep. Will Guzzardi

Referred to committee

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