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Bill	LAKE MICHIGAN-PERMIT/LEASE	Amends the Lake Michigan Wind Energy Act. Provides that the Offshore Wind Energy Economic Development Policy Task Force shall report its findings to the Governor and General Assembly within 12 months of convening. Provides that the Department of Natural Resources shall adopt rules by which it may grant in the name of the State of Illinois permits and site leases with respect to public trust lands of Lake Michigan for the assessment of sites for offshore wind energy development. Provides that if the Department receives an application for such a site assessment permit and lease in advance of the adoption of such rules, the Department may grant such permit and lease, and in considering such application shall take into account the general principles set forth in the Act as well as existing environmental, marine, public infrastructure, transportation, and security uses and factors. Provides that in advance of rulemaking specific to the Act no site for which an assessment permit or lease is granted shall be within 3 miles of the shore of Lake Michigan, nor shall it include known breeding grounds or habitat of any avian species considered threatened or endangered under federal or State law. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	101st	HB 3482	Illinois HB 3482 (101st)	bill		enacted		3	29	2	2019-02-15	2019-08-09	openstates	ocd-bill/08698946-4571-448e-bfb2-8b012476f914	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3482&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=120093&SessionID=108&GA=101	24c50bbea5a5fc9dd49b6201dad691d03e94811e1b7e9c500570805afb7b6190	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 3482 (101st) — LAKE MICHIGAN-PERMIT/LEASE

Amends the Lake Michigan Wind Energy Act. Provides that the Offshore Wind Energy Economic Development Policy Task Force shall report its findings to the Governor and General Assembly within 12 months of convening. Provides that the Department of Natural Resources shall adopt rules by which it may grant in the name of the State of Illinois permits and site leases with respect to public trust lands of Lake Michigan for the assessment of sites for offshore wind energy development. Provides that if the Department receives an application for such a site assessment permit and lease in advance of the adoption of such rules, the Department may grant such permit and lease, and in considering such application shall take into account the general principles set forth in the Act as well as existing environmental, marine, public infrastructure, transportation, and security uses and factors. Provides that in advance of rulemaking specific to the Act no site for which an assessment permit or lease is granted shall be within 3 miles of the shore of Lake Michigan, nor shall it include known breeding grounds or habitat of any avian species considered threatened or endangered under federal or State law. Effective immediately.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 59–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 112–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Laura Fine — primary (person)
• Robyn Gabel — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-15 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Robyn Gabel filing
• 2019-02-15 First Reading reading-1
• 2019-02-15 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2019-03-05 Assigned to Public Utilities Committee referral-committee
• 2019-03-12 Do Pass / Short Debate Public Utilities Committee; 019-000-000 committee-passage
• 2019-03-13 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2019-04-04 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Robyn Gabel amendment-introduction
• 2019-04-04 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2019-04-09 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-10 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2019-04-10 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2019-04-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2019-04-11 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2019-04-11 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2019-04-11 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 12, 2019 reading-1
• 2019-04-12 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Laura Fine
• 2019-04-12 First Reading reading-1
• 2019-04-12 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2019-04-24 Assigned to Energy and Public Utilities referral-committee
• 2019-05-02 Do Pass Energy and Public Utilities; 019-000-000 committee-passage
• 2019-05-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 7, 2019
• 2019-05-15 Second Reading reading-2
• 2019-05-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 16, 2019
• 2019-05-22 Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2019-05-22 Passed Both Houses
• 2019-06-20 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-08-09 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2019-08-09 Effective Date August 9, 2019
• 2019-08-09 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0283 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/08698946-4571-448e-bfb2-8b012476f914. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).