HB 1640 Illinois House · 104th Regular Session

EPA-UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS

Summary

Amends the Environmental Protection Act. In a provision regarding leaking underground storage tanks, site investigation, and corrective action, provides that any bidding process adopted to determine the reasonableness of costs of corrective action must provide for a publicly-noticed, competitive, and sealed bidding process that includes, at least 14 days prior to the date set in the invitation for the opening of bids, public notice of the invitation for bids to be published on an electronic procurement website approved by the Environmental Protection Agency (rather than only in a local paper of general circulation for the area in which the site is located).

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Apr 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

House Passage

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Apr 14, 2025 Last action May 30, 2025

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What changed between versions

Introduced → Engrossed · 3 edits · Apr 10, 2025

MINOR

The bill was amended to require that bidding processes for underground storage tank cleanup projects use a publicly-noticed, competitive, and sealed bidding system. Additionally, the report required after completing a site investigation was updated to include a new section on the interpretation of results, while a section on current and future property use was moved to the corrective action phase.

REQUIREMENT

Changed the bidding process for cleanup costs to mandate a publicly-noticed, competitive, and sealed bidding procedure with electronic notice published at least 14 days before bid opening.

Added a requirement for a site investigation completion report to include an interpretation of results.

Moved the requirement to describe the current and projected future use of the property from the site investigation report to the corrective action plan.

Floor votes · House Apr 10, 2025

How they voted

112–0

Passed · 6 other

Total votes 118

Apr 10, 2025

D Democratic78

74 Yea 4

94% Yea

R Republican40

38 Yea 2

95% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Apr 23, 2025

Committee

Referred to Assignments

upper

Apr 14, 2025

Introduced

Arrive in Senate

upper

Apr 10, 2025

Lower · Passed

Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000

lower

Feb 25, 2025

Lower · Passed

Do Pass / Short Debate Energy & Environment Committee; 026-000-000

lower

Feb 18, 2025

Committee

Assigned to Energy & Environment Committee

lower

Jan 28, 2025

Committee

Referred to Rules Committee

lower

2 primary · 23 co-sponsors