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GREAT LAKES-ST. LAWRENCE LEGISLATIVE CAUCUS STATE AND PROVINCIAL GREAT LAKES AND WATER LEGISLATION, 2019-2020 This list of bills is based on staff research. If you know of legislation that should be added to the list, please contact Tim Anderson at 630.925.1922 or [email protected]. The list was last updated on May 15, 2020. State/Province Bill Description Author/Sponsor Status Illinois HB 242 Conduct specified lead testing at Rep. Mary Flowers Passed by Chicago public school facilities committee Illinois HB 2650 Prioritize support for disadvantaged Rep. Robert Rita Signed into communities, utilities to build law capacity for sustainable, equitable water management Illinois HB 2930 Provide that all state property adjacent Rep. Joyce Mason Referred to to a body of water must contain a committee vegetative buffer with a 30-foot minimum width Illinois HB 3327 and Require park districts to test water for Rep. Celina SB 1270 SB 1270 lead in parks used by children under 6 Villanueva and Sen. passed by Robert Peters committee Illinois HB 3386 Stop high-volume horizontal Rep. Will Guzzardi Referred to hydraulic fracturing operations committee Illinois HB 3482 Amend the Lake Michigan Wind Rep. Robyn Gabel Signed into Energy Act (GLLC vice chair) law Illinois HB 3715 Require defining of "microplastics" Rep. Mark Batinick Referred to and examine role of microplastics in committee public drinking water State/Province Bill Description Author/Sponsor Status Illinois HB 3982 Establish statewide maximum Rep. Will Guzzardi Referred to contaminant levels for PFOS, PFOA, committee other PFAS compounds and other harmful toxins in public drinking water systems Illinois HB 4378 and Require, fund study of water rates in Rep. La Shawn Ford Referred to HB 4379 and Lake Michigan service area and Sen. Napoleon committees SB 2993 and Harris SB 2994 Illinois HB 4605 and Require groundwater monitoring at Rep. John Connor and Referred to SB 2975 all clean construction or demolition Sen. Laura Ellman committees debris fill operations and all uncontaminated soil fill operations Illinois HB 4851 and Establish water quality assurance Rep. Natalie Manley Referred to SB 3390 programs at new and existing health and Sen. Laura Ellman committee facilities Illinois HB 4929 Require additional notice Rep. David Welter Referred to requirements for water or sewer committee utilities with greater than 2,500 total customers Illinois HB 5292 Require public water supplies to test Rep. Deanne Referred to for endocrine-disrupting chemicals, Mazzochi committee including androgen and estrogen receptor compounds Illinois HB 5529 Establish voluntary take-back Rep. Ann Williams Referred to program for local fire departments committee that used PFAS firefighting foam Illinois HR 121 Urge Illinois municipalities to develop Rep. Ann Williams Referred to plans to eliminate lead pipes from committee drinking water systems Illinois HR 221 and Declare Sept. 7, 2019, as Great Lakes- Rep. Robyn Gabel Resolutions SR 288 St. Lawrence Appreciation Day in (GLLC vice chair) and adopted Illinois Sen. Laura Fine (GLLC member) Illinois SB 9 Create Coal Ash Cleanup and Storage Sen. Scott Bennett Signed into Act law 2 State/Province Bill Description Author/Sponsor Status Illinois SB 175 Create Cook County Water Sen. Napoleon Harris Passed by Infrastructure Fund to help Senate municipalities fund improvements to facilitate water supplies from Lake Michigan Illinois SB 1352 Create the Wetlands Protection Act Sen. Laura Fine Referred to (GLLC member) committee Illinois SB 1724 Require study and report of setting of Sen. Napoleon Harris Signed into water rates in Illinois law Illinois SB 2253 Require expanding livestock Sen. David Koehler Referred to management facilities to have an committee Illinois State Water Survey report done to verify adequacy of water supply Illinois SB 3154 Ban use (for training or testing Sen. Laura Ellman Referred to purposes) of a class B firefighting committee foam containing intentionally added PFAS Illinois SB 3156 Strengthen rules regulating livestock Sen. David Koehler Referred to waste and presence of phosphorus in committee soil Illinois SB 3311 Require testing of water for lead in Sen. Robert Peters Referred to sources of potable water at public committee parks Illinois SR 190 Oppose any effort to divert water Sen. Thomas Adopted by from Lake Michigan, other Great Cullerton Senate Lakes, to outside basin Indiana HB 1406 Establish a water infrastructure Rep. Ed Soliday Signed into assistance fund law Indiana HB 1419 Require schools to ensure use of lead- Rep. Earl Harris Jr Referred to (2019) free plumbing products (GLLC member) committee Indiana HB 1433 Require child care centers and school Rep. Carolyn Jackson Referred to (2019) buildings be tested for lead before Jan. committee 1, 2022 Indiana HB 1438 Establish task force to inventory, Rep. Ed Soliday Referred to (2019) assess state’s water resources committee 3 State/Province Bill Description Author/Sponsor Status Indiana HB 1519 Permit certain local government units Rep. Phil GiaQuinta Referred to (2019) to establish a water infrastructure area committee to capture sales tax to repair/replace lead water systems Indiana SB 4 Determine water and wastewater Sen. Ed Charbonneau Signed into (2019) priorities of different areas of state (GLLC chair) law Indiana SB 247 Require annual state inspections of Sen. Rick Niemeyer Referred to (2019) confined animal feed operations (GLLC member) committee Indiana SB 297 Require annual lead testing of every Sen. Lonnie Randolph Passed by (2019) school building in Lake County (GLLC member) Senate Indiana SB 467 Carry out a program to sample water Sen. Greg Taylor Referred to (2019) for lead in school buildings committee Indiana SB 553 Define rights of public to use the Lake Sen. Karen Tallian Passed by (2019) Michigan shoreline for recreational (GLLC member) Senate activities Indiana SB 581 Define “Lake Michigan shore zone” as Sen. Blake Doriot Passed by (2019) land between ordinary high water Senate mark of Lake Michigan and privately owned property; provide authority to Indiana Department of Natural Resources Indiana SB 593 Provide that the state issue permits, Sen. Mark Stoops Referred to (2019) rather than “approvals,” for confined committee feeding operations Indiana SCR 45 Recognize the Great Lakes and St. Sen. Ed Charbonneau Adopted in (2019) Lawrence River’s contributions to (GLLC chair) Senate and Indiana and urging governor to House declare Sept. 7, 2019, as Great Lakes- St. Lawrence Appreciation Day Indiana HB 1031 Provides that state Natural Resources Rep. Doug Miller Passed by (2020) Commission has exclusive authority to committee establish standards, approve placement of seawalls and other structures within ordinary high water mark of Lake Michigan Indiana HB 1154 Require inspections of septic systems Rep. Mike Aylesworth Referred to (2020) before property transfers committee 4 State/Province Bill Description Author/Sponsor Status Indiana HB 1265 Require testing of lead in certain Rep. Carolyn Jackson Passed by (2020) school buildings in Lake County; House require action be taken if levels exceed federal lead action level Indiana HB 1338 Establish maximum contaminant Rep. 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Linda Rogers Referred to (2020) natural ordinary high water mark as committee private property; establish rights of beach use by the public and rights of property owners along Lake Michigan; allow for public recreational activities, but not non-transient activities, on shores deemed private property Indiana SB 325 Declare that state of Indiana owns all Sen. Susan Glick Referred to (2020) of Lake Michigan within state’s committee boundaries in trust for use and enjoyment of all citizens; provides that owner of land bordering lake does not have exclusive right to use water or land below ordinary high water mark 5 State/Province Bill Description Author/Sponsor Status Indiana SB 414 Establish maximum contaminant Sen. Eddie Melton Referred to (2020) levels for pollutants in water, committee including for levels of PFAS, chromium-6 and 1, and 4-dioxane Michigan HB 4064 Develop program for testing and Rep. 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