Committee Meeting Scheduled

The Environment and Energy Committee is scheduled to meet at 4:00 pm, Wednesday 27, 2008. If you have not submitted your comments supporting the bill to the committee members, you need to get them submitted. The contact information for the Committee can be located at http://www.ilga.gov/house/committees/members.asp?committeeID=360.

HB4789 assigned to Environment and Energy Committee

February 21, 2008

The bill was assigned to the Environment and Energy Committee on February 20. The committee members and addresses can be located at http://www.ilga.gov/house/committees/members.asp?committeeID=360.

You can follow progress of the bill at http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4789&GAID=9&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=35580&SessionID=51


I urge you to contact the committee members expressing your support for the bill.

Illinois Rules Committee Members - 2008

If you would like to contact the Rules Committee members to express your support of HB4789, here are the members and their contact information. I have only listed their Springfield Office information. Their District Office information can be found at http://ilga.gov/house/committees/members.asp?CommitteeID=374&GA=95

2008 Illinois House Rules Committee Members

Chairperson
Representative Barbara Flynn Currie

Springfield Office
300 Capital Building

Springfield, IL 62706
(217) 782-8121
(217) 524-1794 FAX

Cook County


Republican Spokesman
Representative William B. Black

Springfield Office:
314 Capitol Building
Springfield, IL 62706
(217) 782-4811
(217) 782-1873 FAX
Vermilion County


Deputy Majority Leader
Representative Gary Hannig

Springfield Office:
300 Capitol Building
Springfield, IL 62706
(217) 782-8071
(217) 524-1794 FAX
Montgomery County


Deputy Republican Leader
Representative Brent Hassert

Springfield Office:
217-N Stratton Office Building
Springfield, IL 62706
(217) 782-4179
(217) 782-5257 FAX
Will County
Deputy Majority Leader
Representative Arthur L. Turner

Springfield Office:
300 Capitol Building

Springfield, IL 62706
(217) 782-8116
(217) 782-0888 FAX

2008 Legislation Update

I have great news to add to the blog. Rep. Karen May has introduced HB4789. The bill was introduced February 6, 2008. The synopsis of the bill reads as follows:

"Amends the Radon Industry Licensing Act. Requires the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, in coordination with the Environmental Protection Agency and the Pollution Control Board, to adopt rules for radon control for all new residential buildings. Requires that these rules incorporate the radon control methods set forth in the International Residential Code. Effective immediately."

This is great news. Thank you Karen.

We will need your assistance in shepherding this bill through the Legislature.

Check back here often for updates.

Change of email address

If you wish to contact me regarding this blog, please send email to Calvin@Alliedradon.com.

It Will Be Law Effective January 1, 2008

Following is the email released today by Peter Hendrick, AARST Executive Director.

Illinois House Bill 1425 was signed into law today by Illinois Governor Rod R. Blagojevich.

This law, which will go into effect January 1, 2008, has key provisions to increase risk reduction that require notifying buyers about radon risk at the time of signing a purchase and sale agreement.

This law was passed through the hard work of many stakeholders, including an on-going dialogue with the real estate sector, as well as the dedication of consumer advocate Gloria Linnertz, the Illinois Home Inspectors Association’s Executive Director John Dunn, and the mid-West chapter of AARST, and the American Lung Association, among others.

Instrumental in the bill’s passage, was the ability of Illinois’ state radon program to provide solid factual data (on a county by county basis) to state policy makers on the dangers and risks of radon exposure to Illinois homeowners.

It is hoped that this legislation will become a model for other states to follow to achieve higher rates of radon risk reduction.

For additional information on how this legislation succeeded through stakeholder cooperation, please contact:

Dallas Jones, ARPC at djones@radalink.com

or Calvin Murphy at Calvin@Alliedradon.com

Great News May 22, 2007

The bill was voted out of the Illinois Senate today 58-0-0. The Governor has indicated that he will sign the bill. Hopefully he will sign it very quickly. If he elects not to sign or veto the bill, it will become law in 60 days.