Illinois legislation · 104th General Assembly
Illinois HB2955: EPA-PFAS WASTEWATER
Status: Signed into law, August 21, 2026
Creates the PFAS Wastewater Citizen Protection Act. Creates the PFAS Wastewater Citizen Protection Committee for specific purposes. Provides that the Committee shall submit a PFAS Action Plan to the Governor's Office, the General Assembly, and the Environmental Protection Agency no later than one year after the effective date of the Act. Provides that the Committee shall continue to periodically meet and shall annually update the PFAS Action Plan and submit annual reports with certain requirements. Provides for membership of the Committee. Provides that the Prairie Research Institute's Illinois Sustainable Technology Center shall provide technical assistance to the Committee. Makes findings and declares policy. Defines terms. Provides that the Act is repealed on December 31, 2044. Effective immediately.
What the bill says
An act concerning safety.
From the engrossed text, March 26, 2025:
AN ACT concerning safety. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: Section 1.Short title.This Act may be cited as thePFAS Wastewater Citizen Protection Act. Section 5.Findings; policy. (a) The General Assembly finds that: (1) Current scientific research suggests that exposure to certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) may cause adverse human health impacts. (2) Once released, PFAS does not naturally degrade and is difficult and costly to remove from the environment. (3) PFAS enters wastewater treatment plants through wastewater discharges associated with consumer products, industrial products, and solid waste streams, such as landfill leachate. (4) Wastewater agencies do not manufacture, intentionally use, or sell PFAS, but they are passive receivers of PFAS and are required to accept wastewater containing PFAS, including wastewater from domestic, industrial, and solid waste sources. (5) Wastewater treatment plants, which are generally owned by wastewater agencies and funded by the customers HB2955 Engrossed- 2 -LRB104 03057 BDA 13075 b HB2955 Engrossed - 2 - LRB104 03057 BDA 13075 b HB2955 Engrossed - 2 - LRB104 03057 BDA 13075 b within a specific service area, are not designed for or easily adapted to treat wastewater for PFAS. (6) If wastewater agencies are required to treat wastewater for PFAS in the future, that treatment will come at a significant …
Sponsors
- Abdelnasser Rashid (D, 21) · primary sponsor
- Carol Ammons (D, 103)
- Kimberly Du Buclet (D, 5)
- Nabeela Syed (D, 51)
- Joyce Mason (D, 61)
- Jawaharial Williams (D, 10)
- Anne Stava-Murray (D, 81)
- Norma Hernandez (D, 77)
- Elizabeth "Lisa" Hernandez (D, 2)
- Laura Faver Dias (D, 62)
- Michael Crawford (D, 31)
- Nicolle Grasse (D, 53)
Latest actions
- : Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0838
- : Effective Date August 21, 2026
- : Governor Approved
- : Sent to the Governor
- : Passed Both Houses
- : House Concurs
- : Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 House Concurs 078-039-000
- : Senate Committee Amendment No. 3 House Concurs 078-039-000
- : Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro
- : Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Energy & Environment Committee; 019-010-000
Votes
- Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 House Concurs (May 31, 2026): 78 yea, 39 nay, passed
- Senate Committee Amendment No. 3 House Concurs (May 31, 2026): 78 yea, 39 nay, passed
- Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Energy & Environment Committee (May 29, 2026): 19 yea, 10 nay, passed
- Senate Committee Amendment No. 3 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Energy & Environment Committee (May 29, 2026): 19 yea, 10 nay, passed
- Third Reading - Passed (May 28, 2026): 56 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Recommend Do Adopt Environment and Conservation (May 21, 2026): 10 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: New Act
Common questions
- What is HB2955?
- HB2955 is a bill in the Illinois Legislature (104th General Assembly): EPA-PFAS WASTEWATER.
- What does HB2955 do?
- In its own words: An act concerning safety.
- What is the status of HB2955?
- Signed into law as of August 21, 2026. Latest action: Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0838 (August 21, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB2955?
- Abdelnasser Rashid (D, 21), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB2955?
- On the Illinois Legislature website: https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=2955&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=114
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