Bill Sponsors: IL HB3656 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly

Bill Title: Creates the Flue Gas Desulfurization (FGD) Task Force Act. Creates the FGD Task Force to study the cost benefits of and make recommendations for the construction of new stacks at coal-fired power plants with flue gas desulfurization scrubber technology and the conversion of existing stacks at coal-fired power plants to flue gas desulfurization scrubber technology for the purpose of safely burning more Illinois-mined coal. Provides for the membership of the Task Force and provides that members shall serve without compensation. Requires the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly by December 31, 2017. Requires the Department of Natural Resources and the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency to provide administrative and other support to the Task Force. Repeals the Act on January 1, 2019. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 9-1)

Status: (Passed) 2017-09-08 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0499 [HB3656 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Sponsors

NameTypeSponsorshipDistrictFinancialEncyclopediaBiography
Representative Avery Bourne [R]PrimarySponsored BillsHD-095FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Representative Dave Severin [R]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-116FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Representative Charles Meier [R]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-109FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Representative Daniel Swanson [R]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-071FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Representative Steven Reick [R]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-063FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Representative Reginald Phillips [R]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-110FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Andy Manar [D]PrimarySponsored BillsSD-048FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator William McCann [R]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-050FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Dale Fowler [R]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-059FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Paul Schimpf [R]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-058FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart

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