Illinois HB 3508: LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE

Status: Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2026 (as of 2026-05-22)

State: Illinois · Session: 104th · Bill: HB 3508

Subjects: Energy, Environment, Public Safety

Sponsors: Don Harmon, Jawaharial Williams, William "Will" Davis

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HB3508 EngrossedLRB104 09464 BDA 19525 b

1 AN ACT concerning safety.

2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 

3represented in the General Assembly:

4 Section 5. The Illinois Low-Level Radioactive Waste 

5Management Act is amended by changing Sections 3 and 4 as 

6follows:

7 (420 ILCS 20/3) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 241-3)

8 Sec. 3. Definitions. As used in this Act: 

9 "Agency" or "IEMA-OHS" means the Illinois Emergency 

10Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security, or its 

11successor agency. 

12 "Broker" means any person who takes possession of 

13low-level waste for purposes of consolidation and shipment.

14 "Compact" means the Central Midwest Interstate Low-Level 

15Radioactive Waste Compact.

16 "Decommissioning" means the measures taken at the end of a 

17facility's operating life to assure the continued protection 

18of the public from any residual radioactivity or other 

19potential hazards present at a facility.

20 "Director" means the Director of the Agency.

21 "Disposal" means the isolation of waste from the biosphere 

22in a permanent facility designed for that purpose.

23 "Facility" means a parcel of land or site, together with 

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1structures, equipment and improvements on or appurtenant to 

2the land or site, which is used or is being developed for the 

3treatment, storage or disposal of low-level radioactive waste. 

4"Facility" does not include lands, sites, structures, or 

5equipment used by a generator in the generation of low-level 

6radioactive wastes.

7 "Generator" means any person who produces or possesses 

8low-level radioactive waste in the cour

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