---
type: "Bill"
title: "ALTERNATE FUELS-HYBRID REBATE"
description: "Amends the Alternate Fuels Act. Provides that a conversion cost rebate may be issued for the cost of converting a conventional vehicle or a hybrid vehicle (now, just a conventional vehicle) to an alternate fuel vehicle. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "HB 6047"
citation: "Illinois HB 6047 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2010-02-10"
last_action: "2010-07-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/84f0f0f6-e822-4fc5-a085-cf97e9e5f5f7"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=6047&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=51801&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "1871a1c7dd44a05204c70f93b790b61023f84d0f222fca7fc7d287161647cc5a"
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 6047 (96th) — ALTERNATE FUELS-HYBRID REBATE

Amends the Alternate Fuels Act. Provides that a conversion cost rebate may be issued for the cost of converting a conventional vehicle or a hybrid vehicle (now, just a conventional vehicle) to an alternate fuel vehicle. Effective immediately.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB6047&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=51801&DocNum=6047&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB6047eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=51801&DocNum=6047&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB6047enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=51801&DocNum=6047&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **33–16** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sidney H. Mathias — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-02-10** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Sidney H. Mathias `filing`
- **2010-02-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-02-10** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-02-22** Assigned to Environment & Energy Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-03** Do Pass / Short Debate Environment & Energy Committee; 019-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-03-03** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-03-11** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2010-03-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-03-18** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-03-23** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2010-03-23** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 24, 2010 `reading-1`
- **2010-03-24** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Michael Noland
- **2010-03-24** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-03-24** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-06** Assigned to Environment `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-14** Do Pass Environment; 006-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-04-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 15, 2010
- **2010-04-20** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III
- **2010-04-22** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2010-04-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 23, 2010
- **2010-04-29** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2010-04-29** Third Reading - Passed; 033-016-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-04-29** Passed Both Houses
- **2010-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2010-07-26** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-26** Effective Date July 26, 2010
- **2010-07-26** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1278 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/84f0f0f6-e822-4fc5-a085-cf97e9e5f5f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).