Bill Status of SB 1398   104th General Assembly

Short Description:  SOLID WASTE-BAN-FOOD WASTE

Senate Sponsors
Sen. Adriane Johnson

Last Action  View All Actions

DateChamber Action
  1/29/2025SenateReferred to Assignments

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
415 ILCS 5/3.121 new
415 ILCS 5/3.122 new
415 ILCS 5/3.196 new
415 ILCS 5/3.197
415 ILCS 5/3.198 new
415 ILCS 5/3.330was 415 ILCS 5/3.32
415 ILCS 5/22.15
415 ILCS 5/22.22from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1022.22
415 ILCS 15/6from Ch. 85, par. 5956
415 ILCS 20/11 new

Synopsis As Introduced
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.

Actions 
DateChamber Action
  1/29/2025SenateFiled with Secretary by Sen. Adriane Johnson
  1/29/2025SenateFirst Reading
  1/29/2025SenateReferred to Assignments

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