IEC Legislative Updates

Our Progress in the Halls of Government

IEC regularly produces reports designed to help our affiliates, individual supporters and decision makers better understand the issues facing our environment in Illinois.

Wrapping Up the 2025 Illinois Legislative Session

Our team has been on the ground at the Capitol for the last five months, all the way up until the final moments this evening. And you’ve been right there with us.

June 3, 2025

A Sprint to Accelerate Illinois’ Clean Energy Progress

With two full weeks of the legislative session left before the May 31 deadline, IEC is working overtime to ensure our priorities cross the finish line.

May 16, 2025

Conservation Advocacy in Illinois

We’re midway through the legislative session. Our team has been hard at work this week rounding up roll call votes for many of the bills we’ve been tracking.

April 11, 2025

Tackling Plastic Pollution in Illinois

Our legislative team at IEC has been working hard to ensure our bill sponsors have the tools and public support to advance our agenda this session.

March 20, 2025

Illinois’ 2025 Environmental Legislative Agenda

See Illinois’ 2025 Environmental Legislative Agenda, including all of the most important environmental bills this session!

February 26, 2025

2024 Environmental Legislative Update

Early Wednesday morning, days after its scheduled adjournment date of May 24, the Illinois General Assembly passed the state budget and concluded the Spring legislative

May 30, 2024

2024 Environmental Legislative Update

Today is the scheduled adjournment day of the regular legislative session. However, as of this morning, it became clear that leading members of the House

May 24, 2024

2024 Environmental Legislative Update

Both the House and the Senate were in and conducting business this week as we move closer to the final days of this year’s regular

May 17, 2024

2024 Environmental Legislative Update

Both the House and the Senate were in and conducting business this week as we move closer to the final weeks of this year’s regular

May 10, 2024

2024 Environmental Legislative Update

While both the House and the Senate were in this week, both chambers have until Friday, May 3, to vote bills out of committee. (Unofficially

May 3, 2024

2024 Environmental Legislative Update

Legislators were back in session again this week to conduct business, and pieces of the Illinois Environmental Legislative Agenda continue to move through the legislative

March 15, 2024

2024 Environmental Legislative Update

Legislators are getting to business this session, and pieces of the Illinois Environmental Legislative Agenda are starting to move through the legislative process.

March 8, 2024