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+type: "Bill"
+title: "PUBLIC UTILITIES-UNIVERSITIES"
+description: "Amends the Public Utilities Act. Adds public institutions of higher education to the list of organizations from which cost-effective energy efficiency measures may be procured for purposes of the Act. Effective immediately."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
+legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
+session: "103rd"
+identifier: "HB 5539"
+citation: "Illinois HB 5539 (103rd)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Dale Fowler", "Jay Hoffman"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 29
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2024-02-09"
+last_action: "2024-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe534490-b7ef-47d0-9558-e49b693c1b14"
+source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=5539&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=153899&SessionID=112"
+source_hash: "a2e4b8c85dfd66102fc30a5474cd38e12674c34457f2aa00c1c8f34fc924f97a"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
+---
+
+# Illinois HB 5539 (103rd) — PUBLIC UTILITIES-UNIVERSITIES
+
+Amends the Public Utilities Act. Adds public institutions of higher education to the list of organizations from which cost-effective energy efficiency measures may be procured for purposes of the Act. Effective immediately.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB5539.pdf)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB5539eng.pdf)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB5539enr.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **59–0** (pass) · lower
+- Energy and Public Utilities — **15–0** (pass) · lower
+- Energy & Environment — **22–0** (pass) · lower
+- Third Reading — **109–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Dale Fowler — primary (person)
+- Jay Hoffman — primary (person)
+- Paul Faraci — cosponsor (person)
+- Sharon Chung — cosponsor (person)
+- Tom Bennett — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-02-09** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jay Hoffman `filing`
+- **2024-02-09** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2024-02-09** Referred to Rules Committee
+- **2024-02-28** Assigned to Energy & Environment Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-05** Do Pass / Short Debate Energy & Environment Committee; 022-000-000
+- **2024-03-06** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2024-04-11** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2024-04-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2024-04-17** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 109-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
+- **2024-04-17** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sharon Chung
+- **2024-04-18** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
+- **2024-04-18** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2024-04-18** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Dale Fowler
+- **2024-04-18** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2024-04-18** Referred to Assignments
+- **2024-04-24** Assigned to Energy and Public Utilities `referral-committee`
+- **2024-04-30** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Paul Faraci
+- **2024-04-30** Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 10, 2024
+- **2024-05-02** Do Pass Energy and Public Utilities; 015-000-000
+- **2024-05-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 7, 2024 `reading-2`
+- **2024-05-02** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Tom Bennett
+- **2024-05-08** Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2024-05-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 8, 2024
+- **2024-05-16** Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
+- **2024-05-16** Passed Both Houses
+- **2024-06-13** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-07-01** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
+- **2024-07-01** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0613 `became-law`
+- **2024-07-01** Effective Date July 1, 2024
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fe534490-b7ef-47d0-9558-e49b693c1b14`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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