---
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).