Illinois Lawmakers Convene for Veto Session
State lawmakers convene for two separate legislative sessions during the year. The first is the spring (or regular) session, which spans from January through the end of May and adjourns once the state budget has been passed. In the fall, lawmakers return to the Capitol for a veto session that lasts two weeks. The 2024 fall veto session takes place from Nov. 12-14 and Nov. 19-21. While Gov. JB Pritzker did not veto any bills this year, the six-day session gives lawmakers a chance to address bills that died in May.
IFCA believes lawmakers will engage in behind-the-scenes discussions over the next two weeks, but do not see much political movement taking place.
Most of the discussion this week was on CO2 capture. After passing a bill that regulates carbon pipelines, legislators have introduced a supplemental bill adding protections for the Mahomet Aquifer. State Sen. Dave Koehler, D-Peoria, is a co-sponsor of Senate Bill 3968, which states no person shall conduct carbon sequestration activity within a sequestration facility that overlies, underlies, or passes through a sole-source aquifer. Senator Chaplin Rose filed Senate Bill 3963 in July, which bans carbon sequestration activity over the federally designated sole-source of drinking water, the Mahomet Aquifer.
These pieces of legislation were debated in the Senate Executive Committee on Wednesday, but no vote was taken on either bill. Both pieces of legislation will likely we be discussed more in the second week of veto session.
IFCA believes lawmakers will engage in behind-the-scenes discussions over the next two weeks, but do not see much political movement taking place.
Most of the discussion this week was on CO2 capture. After passing a bill that regulates carbon pipelines, legislators have introduced a supplemental bill adding protections for the Mahomet Aquifer. State Sen. Dave Koehler, D-Peoria, is a co-sponsor of Senate Bill 3968, which states no person shall conduct carbon sequestration activity within a sequestration facility that overlies, underlies, or passes through a sole-source aquifer. Senator Chaplin Rose filed Senate Bill 3963 in July, which bans carbon sequestration activity over the federally designated sole-source of drinking water, the Mahomet Aquifer.
These pieces of legislation were debated in the Senate Executive Committee on Wednesday, but no vote was taken on either bill. Both pieces of legislation will likely we be discussed more in the second week of veto session.
