Gaming; authorize aboard cruise vessels on the Pearl River or adjoining water within a city with a population of 145,000 or more.

2025 Regular Session Introduced by John Horhn

The act updates the Low‑Level Radioactive Waste Act to define water treatment residuals and require generators/brokers to register with IEMA‑OHS within 60 days, with specific exemp

Died In Committee

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Summary — SB 2425 (Public Act 104‑0148)

Subject: Gaming (metadata) / Actual document: Amendments to the Illinois Low‑Level Radioactive Waste Management Act (420 ILCS 20/3, 20/4)

Note on sources: The bill metadata provided (title about gaming aboard cruise vessels; status “Died In Committee”) conflicts with the enrolled text and legislative history included in the document. The text in the record and the enrolled bill that became Public Act 104‑0148 amend the Illinois Low‑Level Radioactive Waste Management Act. This summary describes the enrolled text / Public Act.

Purpose and intent

The act updates definitions and registration requirements in the Illinois Low‑Level Radioactive Waste Management Act to (1) expressly define “water treatment residuals,” (2) revise how generators and brokers of low‑level radioactive waste register with the State, and (3) make related technical corrections. The changes are intended to clarify what materials are covered and to modernize registration and oversight procedures.

Key provisions

Adds a definition for “water treatment residuals”: includes biosolids, sludge, filter media, anthracite, scales, or similar solids that are technologically enhanced in combined radium concentration (radium‑226, radium‑228 or progeny) as a result of treating groundwater.

Revises registration requirements for generators and brokers:

Removes prior registration wording and replaces it with a new requirement that generators and brokers register with the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security (IEMA‑OHS).
Requires registration within 60 days after beginning to generate or take possession of low‑level radioactive waste.

Creates limited exemptions from the registration requirement:

Generators that store waste composed of radioactive material with a physical half‑life of less than 120 days.
Generators of water treatment residuals (as newly defined).

Makes technical and conforming edits to Sections 3 and 4 of the Act (420 ILCS 20/3 and 20/4).

Who is affected

Generators of low‑level radioactive waste (hospitals, medical clinics, research institutions, industrial facilities, power plants, water treatment entities).

Brokers who consolidate or transport low‑level radioactive waste.

IEMA‑OHS, which gains explicit registration authority/role for these entities.

Water treatment facilities producing residuals with technologically enhanced radium concentrations are specifically defined and exempted from registration.

Procedural / timeline aspects

Legislative history in the enrolled record shows the bill passed both chambers, was sent to the Governor (sent 2025‑06‑20), approved by the Governor on 2025‑08‑01, and is listed with an effective date of January 1, 2026 (Public Act 104‑0148).

The statutory sections amended are 420 ILCS 20/3 and 20/4.

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