Proposed draft — not law
PROPOSED draft language under legal review — not enacted law, not a filed bill — Illinois only.
Verified Inspections
Geolocated proof the inspector was actually there — the integrity standard applies to government too.
In plain language
This bill asks operators to log everything: continuous chemistry, bather counts, staffing, equipment serials, permit revisions. Fairness — and record integrity — cut both ways: an inspection only protects the public if it actually happened, at the facility, when the record says it did.
PWO's §11.7 lets an inspection be recorded through the electronic permitting and records system in a way that captures the date, time, and geographic location of the inspection — enough to confirm the inspector's physical presence at the licensed premises. That geolocated confirmation becomes part of the permit record, and an inspection recorded this way satisfies any requirement that the inspection be conducted on site.
Like electronic permitting, it is drafted as "may": an enabling path, not a mandate on the Department or the local health departments that conduct inspections as its agents.
What the July 2026 draft already covers
The base draft's §9 authorizes inspections, including by means of electronic monitoring data — but provides no mechanism to verify that an in-person inspection physically took place.
What Pure Water Ops adds
Section 11.7 is a PWO addition in full: geolocated, timestamped recording of inspections into the permit record, drafted as an enabling ("may") provision.
“…captures the date, time, and geographic location of the inspection sufficient to confirm the inspector's physical presence at the licensed premises.”
What it means
For operators
Protection against a paper inspection: the record shows the visit occurred, when, and where — the same standard the operator's own logs are held to.
For regulators
Inspections carry built-in proof of presence, so disputes about whether or when a visit happened resolve on the record.
For the public
Inspection reports are backed by verifiable presence, not just a signature — the accountability in this bill runs in both directions.