---
type: "Bill"
title: "ENERGY ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS"
description: "Amends the Energy Assistance Act. In a provision concerning energy assistance payments for qualifying applicants who are not the customer of record of an energy provider, who receive housing assistance under a rent subsidy or housing voucher program, or whose rental expenses for housing are a specified percentage of their household income, removes language making the provision inoperative after August 31, 2012."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "HB 4141"
citation: "Illinois HB 4141 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nabeela Syed", "Ram Villivalam"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-09-20"
last_action: "2024-07-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58c401a1-4181-4b8c-b33e-9956cdcbe915"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=4141&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=150543&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "2fe40468a30eaa610b4c635052cb4877f71e8392fc890fa9503020bebbf81118"
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 4141 (103rd) — ENERGY ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS

Amends the Energy Assistance Act. In a provision concerning energy assistance payments for qualifying applicants who are not the customer of record of an energy provider, who receive housing assistance under a rent subsidy or housing voucher program, or whose rental expenses for housing are a specified percentage of their household income, removes language making the provision inoperative after August 31, 2012.

## 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/10300HB4141.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB4141eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB4141enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **105–0** (pass) · lower
- Energy & Environment — **24–0** (pass) · lower
- Energy and Public Utilities — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nabeela Syed — primary (person)
- Ram Villivalam — primary (person)
- Carol Ammons — cosponsor (person)
- Dagmara Avelar — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Beth Canty — cosponsor (person)
- Mattie Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- Yolonda Morris — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-09-20** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Nabeela Syed `filing`
- **2023-10-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-10-18** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2024-02-29** Assigned to Energy & Environment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-12** Do Pass / Short Debate Energy & Environment Committee; 024-000-000
- **2024-03-13** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-04-12** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-04-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2024-04-15** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 105-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-15** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
- **2024-04-15** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Yolonda Morris
- **2024-04-15** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Beth Canty
- **2024-04-15** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dagmara Avelar
- **2024-04-16** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-04-16** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-04-16** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Ram Villivalam
- **2024-04-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-04-16** Referred to Assignments
- **2024-04-24** Assigned to Energy and Public Utilities `referral-committee`
- **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`
- **2024-05-07** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- **2024-05-08** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-05-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 8, 2024
- **2024-05-15** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-15** Passed Both Houses
- **2024-06-13** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-07-19** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2024-07-19** Effective Date January 1, 2025
- **2024-07-19** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0663 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/58c401a1-4181-4b8c-b33e-9956cdcbe915`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).