Bill Title: Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that it is a Class 4 felony to openly dump more than 250 cubic feet of waste or 50 waste tires (presently, the penalty for a first violation of the open dumping prohibition is a Class A misdemeanor, regardless of the quantity of waste dumped). Increases the felony penalty for open dumping from $5,000 to $25,000. Also makes technical changes. Effective immediately.

Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-2)

Status: (Passed) 2011-08-10 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0286 [HB2001 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Contact	Phone	District	Sponsorship	State Profile	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Ann Williams [D]	Primary	Email	217-782-2458	HD-011	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Eddie Jackson [D]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-114	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Sidney Mathias [R]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-053	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Kenneth Dunkin [D]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-005	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Carol Sente [D]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-059	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Thomas Holbrook [D]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-113	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Karen May [D]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-058	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Marlow Colvin [D]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-033	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Linda LaVia [D]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-083	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jack Franks [D]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-063	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Keith Farnham [D]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-043	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative John D'Amico [D]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-015	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Naomi Jakobsson [D]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-103	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Daniel Beiser [D]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-111	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Deborah Mell [D]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-040	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Elizabeth Hernandez [D]	Cosponsor	Email	217-782-8173	HD-002	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator John Millner [R]	Primary	Inactive	Inactive	SD-028	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart