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SB 1213 Illinois Senate · 97th Regular Session

MERCURY SWITCHES & AMALGAMS

Summary
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.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2011
Committee Review
May 2011
Senate Passage
May 2011
House Passage
May 2011
Signed into Law
Aug 2011
Introduced May 3, 2011 Signed Aug 19, 2011
Floor votes · Senate May 3, 2011 · House May 23, 2011

How they voted

53–0
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 58
May 3, 2011
D Democratic34
30 Yea 4
88% Yea
R Republican24
23 Yea 1
95% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
49
Key actions
13
Committee
17
Amendments
6
Aug 19, 2011
Signed into law
Governor Approved
upper
May 23, 2011
Upper · Passed
Passed Both Houses
upper
May 23, 2011
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (115-0-3)
house
May 19, 2011
Lower · Passed
Do Pass / Short Debate Environmental Health Committee; 012-000-000
lower
May 13, 2011
Lower · Passed
Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 20, 2011
lower
May 11, 2011
Committee
Assigned to Environmental Health Committee
lower
May 4, 2011
Committee
Referred to Rules Committee
lower
May 3, 2011
Introduced
Arrived in House
lower
May 3, 2011
Amended
Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a)
upper
May 3, 2011
Amended
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a)
upper
May 3, 2011
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (53-0-5)
senate
Mar 18, 2011
Committee
Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
upper
Mar 18, 2011
Committee
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
upper
Mar 17, 2011
Upper · Passed
Do Pass as Amended Environment; 007-000-000
upper
Mar 17, 2011
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Amendment No. 3 Adopted
upper
Mar 17, 2011
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Postponed - Environment
upper
Mar 17, 2011
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Environment
upper
Mar 14, 2011
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Amendment No. 3 Assignments Refers to Environment
upper
Mar 14, 2011
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Environment
upper
Mar 11, 2011
Committee
Senate Committee Amendment No. 3 Referred to Assignments
upper
Mar 11, 2011
Introduced
Senate Committee Amendment No. 3 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Heather A. Steans
upper
Mar 9, 2011
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Environment
upper
Mar 9, 2011
Committee
Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments
upper
Mar 9, 2011
Introduced
Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Heather A. Steans
upper
Mar 7, 2011
Committee
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
upper
Mar 7, 2011
Introduced
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Heather A. Steans
upper
Feb 9, 2011
Committee
Assigned to Environment
upper
Feb 8, 2011
Committee
Referred to Assignments
upper
0 primary · 3 co-sponsors

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