---
type: "Bill"
title: "DCEO-ENERGY ASSISTANCE ACT"
description: "Amends the Energy Assistance Act. Removes the January 1, 2025 repealer date for the Supplemental Low-Income Energy Assistance Fund. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "HB 4471"
citation: "Illinois HB 4471 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carol Ammons", "Paul Faraci"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 45
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-17"
last_action: "2024-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/593d9618-8fe5-4819-ba1e-3cdb9dff8dc5"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=4471&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=151572&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "df6857e1c7c81f3ce3eea482eb6b027f53f5206e1c5ab04f85f736488d82d17f"
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 4471 (103rd) — DCEO-ENERGY ASSISTANCE ACT

Amends the Energy Assistance Act. Removes the January 1, 2025 repealer date for the Supplemental Low-Income Energy Assistance Fund. 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/10300HB4471.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB4471eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB4471enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **107–0** (pass) · lower
- Appropriations-General Service — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Energy and Public Utilities — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carol Ammons — primary (person)
- Paul Faraci — primary (person)
- Cristina Castro — cosponsor (person)
- Dagmara Avelar — cosponsor (person)
- Debbie Meyers-Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Doris Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Emil Jones, III — cosponsor (person)
- Hoan Huynh — cosponsor (person)
- Javier L. Cervantes — cosponsor (person)
- Julie A. Morrison — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly A. Lightford — cosponsor (person)
- Laura M. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Edly-Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Maurice A. West, II — cosponsor (person)
- Meg Loughran Cappel — cosponsor (person)
- Napoleon Harris, III — cosponsor (person)
- Suzanne M. Ness — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-17** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Carol Ammons `filing`
- **2024-01-17** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-01-17** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2024-03-12** Assigned to Appropriations-General Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-05** Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Extended-Rule May 24, 2024
- **2024-04-12** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin
- **2024-04-12** Do Pass / Short Debate Appropriations-General Services Committee; 015-000-000
- **2024-04-12** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-04-15** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dagmara Avelar
- **2024-04-15** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Suzanne M. Ness
- **2024-04-17** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-04-17** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-04-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2024-04-18** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 107-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin Schmidt
- **2024-04-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maurice A. West, II
- **2024-04-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Hoan Huynh
- **2024-04-19** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-04-19** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-04-19** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Paul Faraci
- **2024-04-19** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-04-19** Referred to Assignments
- **2024-04-30** Assigned to Energy and Public Utilities `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-30** Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 10, 2024
- **2024-05-09** Do Pass Energy and Public Utilities; 010-000-000
- **2024-05-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 14, 2024 `reading-2`
- **2024-05-13** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Doris Turner
- **2024-05-13** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel
- **2024-05-14** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-05-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2024-05-15** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-15** Passed Both Houses
- **2024-05-24** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro
- **2024-05-24** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison
- **2024-05-24** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Javier L. Cervantes
- **2024-05-24** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Adriane Johnson
- **2024-05-24** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen
- **2024-05-24** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Napoleon Harris, III
- **2024-05-24** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
- **2024-05-25** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III
- **2024-05-26** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
- **2024-06-13** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-08-09** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2024-08-09** Effective Date August 9, 2024
- **2024-08-09** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0820 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/593d9618-8fe5-4819-ba1e-3cdb9dff8dc5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).